John Kiriakou: Cellphone Seizures & the Courts
We cannot trust that federal agents will just be looking for child pornographers or international drug traffickers when they demand access to our electronics at the border.
EFF Opposes the American Privacy Rights Act
By Hayley Tsukayama and India McKinney / Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Protecting people’s privacy is the first step we should take to create meaningful online regulation. That’s why EFF has…
CIA Director Claims Lawsuit Against Alleged CIA-Backed Spying on Assange Visitors Could Damage US Security
In December, a U.S. judge found that four Americans could sue the CIA for violating their privacy rights under the U.S. Constitution.
Privacy Isn’t Dead. Far From It
By Jason Kelley / Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) The fact that you’re reading this means that you probably care deeply about the issue of privacy, which warms our hearts. Unfortunately,…
Victory: Utah Supreme Court Upholds Right to Refuse to Tell Cops Your Passcode
By Andrew Crocker / Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Last week, the Utah Supreme Court ruled that prosecutors violated a defendant’s Fifth Amendment privilege against self incrimination when they presented testimony…
US Says If CIA-Backed Embassy Security Opened Phones of Assange Visitors, It Was Constitutional
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter An attorney for the United States government contended CIA-backed contractors had not violated the privacy rights when they allegedly opened the physical structure of…
NYC Police Plan to Use Drones to Surveil Labor Day Parties
By Zane McNeill / PopularResistance Civil Liberties Groups Believe Police Use Of Surveillance Drones Is “Poised To Explode.” The New York City Police Department (NYPD) is planning to use surveillance…
Matt Taibbi: Tracking Orwellian Change: The Aristocratic Takeover of ‘Transparency’
Klaus Schwab, the Aspen Institute and others flip the meaning of a word that once meant the empowerment of populations against political elites.
The Broad, Vague RESTRICT Act Is a Dangerous Substitute for Comprehensive Data Privacy Legislation
By Jason Kelley and David Greene / Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) The recently introduced RESTRICT Act (S. 686, Sen. Warner and Sen. Thune) rightfully is causing a lot of concern.…
The US War Drum Against China Sounds Like: Tik. Tok.
The ongoing effort to investigate and ban TikTok is not about our privacy, but about fueling more aggression against China.