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Invasion of Privacy

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Privacy

Is Kamala Harris Serious About Privacy Rights?

Stop government interference in reproduction, medical decisions, gun ownership, drug use, and more.

J.D. Tuccille | 5.9.2022 7:00 AM

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Privacy

The FBI Secretly Searched Americans' Digital Communications 3.4 Million Times Last Year

Plus: A questionable algorithm can sic state social workers on families, governments aren't the only entities that can expand contraceptive access, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.2.2022 9:52 AM

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Privacy

Houston Says Businesses Must Install Surveillance Cameras and Cops Can View Footage Without a Warrant

Plus: The Warrant for Metadata Act, DOJ will appeal order ending mask mandate, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.21.2022 9:30 AM

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Privacy

'Geofence Warrant' for All Cell Location Data From Area Near Robbery Is Ruled Unconstitutional

Plus: New rules on sex discrimination in education, economists warn of housing market exuberance, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.1.2022 9:30 AM

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Privacy

Encryption Protects Ukrainians, Dissident Russians, and You

No class of governments can be trusted with access to people’s private communications.

J.D. Tuccille | 3.14.2022 8:30 AM

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Surveillance

Brickbat: School Disciplinarian

Charles Oliver | 3.1.2022 4:00 AM

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Scandal

Brickbat: Freeze Frame

Charles Oliver | 2.28.2022 4:00 AM

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Privacy

EARN IT Act Abuses Privacy in the Guise of Protecting Kids

It probably won't save any children, but it might mean the end of encrypted messaging.

J.D. Tuccille | 2.16.2022 7:00 AM

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Privacy

Smile! The IRS Wants You To Send Selfies to a Facial Recognition Company

Plus: What the U.S. should do about Ukraine, America’s geriatric music market, and more…

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 1.24.2022 9:32 AM

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Censorship

Twitter's New 'Privacy' Policy Could Destroy Its Value for Decentralized Citizen Journalism

Why give legacy media a stranglehold over information that Twitter at its best is great for sharing?

Brian Doherty | 12.2.2021 3:39 PM

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Privacy

The Government's Secret 'Google Search' Warrant Trap

With “keyword warrants,” anyone who queries certain terms on search engines will get caught in the surveillance dragnet.

Andrea O'Sullivan | 10.12.2021 8:30 AM

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California

California Will Let 'Violence Prevention' Researchers Know That You Have a Gun

An academic field rife with hostility to private gun ownership now gets to know the address of every California owner of a weapon, a weapon part, or ammo.

Brian Doherty | 9.27.2021 3:52 PM

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Privacy

Apple Delays Plan To Snoop on Users' Pictures

An encryption back door will lead to abusive authoritarian surveillance—even if you present it as a way to stop child porn.

Scott Shackford | 9.7.2021 1:00 PM

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Privacy

Apple Will Start Checking Your Messages for Dick Pics

For the children, of course

Scott Shackford | 8.6.2021 2:30 PM

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Privacy

Top Cops Pick the Midst of an International Spying Scandal To Demand Encryption Curbs

Regulating privacy protections would put the public at greater risk than criminals.

J.D. Tuccille | 8.4.2021 7:00 AM

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Privacy

A School District Asked To Survey Students About Private Matters. The Uproar Was Inevitable.

Government domination of education has bred distrust and conflict.

J.D. Tuccille | 7.23.2021 7:00 AM

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Privacy

Brickbat: Caught on Camera

Charles Oliver | 7.20.2021 4:00 AM

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Privacy

Federal Law Enforcement Is Running Roughshod Over Facial Recognition Privacy, Says GAO

Civil liberties advocates call for a moratorium on federal facial recognition.

Ronald Bailey | 6.30.2021 3:55 PM

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Privacy

Cops Say Encryption Hinders Investigations. These Documents Say Otherwise.

Law enforcers have plenty of tools; they just want to paw through our data without effort or expense.

J.D. Tuccille | 6.25.2021 7:00 AM

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Police

Brickbat: Every Picture Tells a Story

Charles Oliver | 6.15.2021 4:00 AM

Libel

Motion to Dismiss in Marc Rotenberg v. Politico LLC

“For diversity jurisdiction to exist, no plaintiff may share state citizenship with any defendant," and "[u]nincorporated associations, including LLCs, have the citizenship of each of their members."

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 6.7.2021 1:30 PM

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