Obama administration won’t reveal how many Americans’ emails the NSA has reviewed without warrants
Trevor Timm EFF Since last year, a few members of Congress—led by Senator Ron Wyden—have been trying to get the Obama administration to answer a…
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Big Pharma wants nano-scavengers in its drugs
Rady Ananda Activist Post To clean up its drugs that are contaminated with genotoxic ingredients (which are also carcinogenic), Big Pharma may deploy lab-created, nanosized,…
GMO Farming, Glyphosate Significant Causes of Water Pollution
Mike Barrett Activist Post Water pollution and air pollution has been and continues to be a serious issue in many nations. Both of these pollution…
Do We Have a Right to Internet Privacy or an Obligation to Disclosure?
S. Paul Forrest Activist Post Many in America are speaking of how the right to privacy is being assaulted by Facebook and other social media…
New Intelligent Biometric Security Program Can Adapt to Human Behavior
image source Brandon Turbeville Activist Post It has recently been announced by Homeland Security News Wire that researchers at the Biometric Technologies Laboratory at the…
Up to 20,000 Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes Released in Australian Towns
Mike Barrett Activist Post Do you remember how some scientists, researchers, and individuals like Bill Gates were trying to release genetically modified mosquitoes into the…
The Truth Behind The Energy Lie
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Global Telecom Governance Debated at European Parliament Workshop
Rebecca Bowe EFF In recent weeks, the corner of the blogosphere that concerns itself with Internet-related policy has come alive with posts, comments and op-eds…
Data Mining: Big Corporations Are Gathering and Selling Every Shred Of Information About You That They Can
Michael Snyder, Contributor Activist Post When most people think of “Big Brother”, they think of the FBI, the CIA, the NSA, the Department of Homeland…
Biometric National IDs and Passports: A False Sense of Security
Katitza Rodriguez EFF People tend to think that digital copies of our biological features, stored in a government-run database, are problems of a dystopian future….
Even bigger Big Brother: Facebook purchases Israeli facial recognition company Face.com
Madison Ruppert, Contributor Activist Post Perhaps it’s no surprise that Facebook has purchased the facial recognition startup Face.com, since Facebook has come under fire from…
Porn Troll Wants Wi-Fi Providers to Pay for Others’ Illegal Downloads
EFF The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) urged a federal judge today to reject a porn troll’s ploy to make a Wi-Fi provider responsible for the…
Japan Proposes Next Phase of Centralized Surveillance
Brandon Turbeville Activist Post Although moving slower in some areas than others, there is little doubt that the plan to number, track, and trace every…
Want More Internet Privacy? How to Turn on ‘Do Not Track’ in Your Browser
image source Eva Galperin EFF In recent years, online tracking companies have begun to monitor our clicks, searches and reading habits as we move around…