USPS Gets Hit With Lawsuit Over Social Media Snooping
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Watch what happens when the drive for government surveillance meets longstanding technological ignorance.
Some agencies don't even know ways their employees are using facial recognition.
The government's long and shameful history of intercepting people's letters
The agency best known for delivering mail has a side hustle in online snooping.
The House of Representatives gave the agency $2 billion in additional funding.
The Fox News pundit’s emails were probably reviewed legally—and that’s part of the problem.
Baltimore kept tabs on citizens' movement across 90 percent of the city, without a warrant, to investigate crimes.
And it's not a moment too soon.
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If this doubly punitive anti-press maneuver sounds familiar, that's because it keeps happening, including to Reason.
It's ten times more powerful than the current U.S. effort.
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People have only official assurances that the technology isn’t being used to invade their privacy.
Doing the wrong thing at an off-campus party could lead to on-campus consequences.
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Section 702 is supposed to be used to snoop on spies and terrorists, not Americans.
Say what you will about the U.S., but its financial reporting rules are at least consistent.
A 2018 Supreme Court decision was supposed to protect your location data from federal snooping. That’s not what happened.
Databases of involuntarily supplied identities make for a plug-and-play surveillance state.
Two women still face felony charges, though the cases against all male defendants were dropped.
Government agencies have repeatedly proven themselves to be abusive.
A sloppy panopticon is almost as dangerous as an effective one.
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Authorities "shall destroy the videos unlawfully obtained through the surveillance of the Orchids of Asia Day Spa," a federal judge says.
Government grows in response to a crisis.
We don’t need new tools or agencies to track alleged domestic terrorists.
Frightening events create openings for attacks on civil liberties.
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The idea is looking less like a Get Out of Jail Free card and more like a hall pass.
Government surveillance doesn't just violate privacy rights; it’s a major security risk.
Authoritarian-minded officials have found opportunity in public health fears.
Time to add a hat and sunglasses!
Real-time police spying through smart security cams is already here.
The president has the worst record for clemency in modern history.
By lowering the “travel rule” threshold to $250, the government could access more of our financial data.
It's unclear what Biden will ultimately be able to accomplish as president, but he has been trying to bring transformative change since the 1970s.
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