Tag: privacy

The CIA Has Been Secretly Stealing Our Data For Years. Will...

Since the passage of the USA PATRIOT Act in 2001, most Americans have grown accustomed to the knowledge that their internet, banking, commerce, and...
Kris Kobach signing an autograph for a fan in 2014 (image courtesy Democracy International, available under a Creative Commons BY-SA license)

States Tell Kobach To ‘Kick Rocks’ With Latest Request For Voter...

Earlier this spring, Donald Trump created a commission on "election integrity," ostensibly to review concerns about the manner in which elections are conducted. The...
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An Open Letter To The Forced-Birth Movement–From A Former Anti-Abortion Liberal...

To The "Leadership" Of The "Pro-Life" Movement: For most of the time from around 2004 to 2011, I was one of you. I opposed abortion,...
South Carolina Republican Party chairman Drew McKissick (image courtesy McKissick's Twitter)

SC Repubs Put Voter Privacy At Risk, Hand Over Data To...

Last week, Donald Trump's Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity made a sweeping request of the nation's election officials. The commission, helmed by former Kansas...

Sen Jeff Flake’s Bill ‘Protects’ Us – Allows Telecom Giants To...

Bills have been introduced in both the House of Representatives and the Senate that would allow telecommunication giants like Comcast and Verizon to sell...

ACLU Fighting A Warrant Requesting That Facebook Divulge Information On Protesters...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is trying to stop a warrant issued to police to search a private Facebook group protesting the Dakota...
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US Border Patrol Can Stop You For Just About Anything –...

A gay, Canadian man, identified only as André, has come forward and said that he was not allowed into the United States because of messages...

Wikileaks Proposal To Create A Database Of Verified Twitter Users Gets...

It's been a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad weekend for WikiLeaks. On Friday, the national intelligence community confirmed that WikiLeaks worked hand in...

Is The FBI Going Too Far To Fight ISIS?

Some lawmakers are expressing concern that FBI committees meant to prevent Americans from joining radical extremist groups may be exploited by law enforcement officials...
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FBI And Apple Reach Cease Fire Over Privacy Concerns

The FBI is dropping their legal suit to compel Apple to assist them in unlocking the iPhone of the San Bernardino attacker. The Bureau and Justice...

Apple Versus The FBI: What Now?

Unexpectedly, the FBI has made a motion to cancel a hearing with the court that might have forced Apple to cooperate with a previous...
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This App Could Have Avoided Flap Over San Bernardino Shooter’s iPhone

Earlier, I told you that the FBI isn't telling the truth when it says there's no way it can unlock the San Bernardino shooter's...
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Investigators Are Lying, They Can Crack San Bernardino Shooter’s iPhone After...

When the FBI convinced a judge to order Apple to help it crack the iPhone of San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook, it claimed that...
A copy of the "voting violation" mailer many Iowa voters received (image from Logan Smith's Twitter feed)

This Mailer May Cost Team Cruz The Iowa Caucuses

Less than 24 hours before the Iowa caucuses, Ted Cruz' team is in full damage control mode over a mailer that went out to...

Kids Walk Home Alone, Parents in Trouble

A Montgomery County, Maryland?family is in trouble with local authorities after they allowed their two children, ages six and ten, to walk home by...
A screenshot of student progress on ClassDojo (from AuburnChick's Flickr)

Popular Classroom Tracking App Raises Serious Privacy Concerns

A number of teachers across the country from pre-K to high school have begun trying a new way to handle a longstanding issue--monitoring their...
A Kingfish, one of the devices that law enforcement uses to monitor cell phone data. (Courtesy Ars Technica)

Charlotte Police’s Tracking Of Cell Phone Signals Raises Privacy Concerns

Sunday's edition of The Charlotte Observer led with an article that should send a chill down the spine of anyone concerned about privacy issues....
The Prince William County Courthouse in Manassas, Virginia (courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

Virginia Teen Facing Sexting Charges Could Be Forced To Have Erection...

If police in Manassas, Virginia have their way, a 17-year-old boy facing charges for sexting with his 15-year-old girlfriend could be forced to have...

NSA Black Budget: $52 Billion, $136 Million A Day Spying On...

The NSA isn't just invading your privacy; it's getting you to pay for it, too. That's right; $52.6 billion is what American taxpayers provide for...

Is China Putting Wi-Fi Chips Into Electronics So They Can...

  CBS Moneywatch reported on a Russian news story about Chinese made home electronics goods that came with a little something extra- hidden wi-fi chips...