The Intercept obtained classified rules for National Security Letters, secret orders that the FBI uses to obtain information on journalists’ phone records. Say goodbye to freedom of the press and the ability … Continue reading Secret Rules Make It Pretty Easy for the FBI to Spy on Journalists
Search company launches new opt-in ad service for non-Google sites and tools that show how it tracks your internet activity And it’s quite a lot of information! You need to be on … Continue reading Google’s My Activity reveals just how much it knows about you
This could get creepy fast…. There are plenty of scenarios in which Facebook casually connecting you with people because your phones were in the same place at the same time could end … Continue reading Facebook is using your phone’s location to suggest new friends—which could be a privacy disaster
https://www.decidethefuture.org/ An amendment known as Mccain amendment 4787, seeks to give the government warrantless access to your internet browsing history under the Patriot Act. Luckily one website is making it incredibly easy … Continue reading John McCain and Mitch McConnell want the FBI to have warrantless access to your internet browsing history.
As it often does, Facebook recently tweaked the way its advertising (and privacy) settings work, which means you now have extra options when it comes to stopping your social media activities from … Continue reading Stop Facebook From Following You Around the Web
The FBI steadily, stealthily compiled a massive facial recognition database without oversight and in disregard of federal law, according to a report released today by the Government Accountability… They were and are … Continue reading FBI built a massive facial recognition database without proper oversight
Apple’s newest encryption tool better secures files on all its devices, just the latest in a move to widespread encryption in the tech industry Good for them. If our government is going … Continue reading Take that, FBI: Apple goes all in on encryption
Back in March, I filed a Freedom of Information request with the FBI asking if the agency had ever wiretapped an Amazon Echo. This week I got a response: “We can neither … Continue reading The FBI Can Neither Confirm Nor Deny Wiretapping Your Amazon Echo
More than 800 pages of formerly classified NSA documents, including emails sent from the highest levels of government, give unprecedented insight into both Edward Snowden’s final weeks at the agency and its … Continue reading Exclusive: Snowden Tried to Tell NSA About Surveillance Concerns, Documents Reveal
A female cyber-security specialist discusses the best ways to guard your sensitive information (nudes, sexts, emails). You would think the best answer is “just don’t take or send nude selfies!” But listening … Continue reading How to Protect Yourself From Vengeful Exes and Trolls
Women who have visited almost any abortion clinic in the United States have seen anti-choice protesters outside, wielding placards and chanting abuse. A Boston advertiser’s technology, when deployed by anti-choice groups, allows … Continue reading Anti-Choice Groups Use Smartphone Surveillance to Target ‘Abortion-Minded Women’ During Clinic Visits
We call ourselves private citizens, and we refer to elected representatives as public officials, because we’re supposed to know everything about them and their activities. At the same time, they’re supposed to … Continue reading Snowden interview: Why the media isn’t doing its job
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