How the Federal Government Buys Our Cell Phone Location Data
By Bennett Cyphers Over the past few years, data brokers and federal military, intelligence, and law enforcement agencies have formed a vast, secretive partnership to…
By Bennett Cyphers Over the past few years, data brokers and federal military, intelligence, and law enforcement agencies have formed a vast, secretive partnership to…
By Jon Miltimore Do something. This is a response—and perhaps a natural one—to a human tragedy or crisis. We saw this response in the wake…
By Thomas Lambert Following Trudeau’s shocking ban on all new handgun purchases in Canada, the Biden administration announced they were considering “other executive actions” regarding…
By EFF SAN FRANCISCO — Community activists in Northern California today announced a settlement in their lawsuit against the County of Marin and Marin County…
By John W. Whitehead “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness have given way to permanent crisis management: to policing the planet and fighting preventative…
By Janet Phelan Trying to get off the Terrorist Watchlist — or even getting to the right person to ask how to do so —…
By Matt Agorist As we reported earlier this year, several federal law enforcement agencies and the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s department became the subject of…
By John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead “Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freedom of speech.”—Benjamin Franklin Beware…
By Michael Maharrey AUSTIN, Texas (May 16, 2022) – Austin voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure ending local enforcement of low-level marijuana offenses and banning…
By Michael Maharrey I loathe the TSA. It’s dehumanizing. And it’s a glaring example of what you get when you centralize power in the federal…
By Matthew Guariglia Geofence and reverse keyword warrants are some of the most dangerous, civil-liberties-infringing and reviled tools in law enforcement agencies’ digital toolbox. It…
By MassPrivateI During the pandemic, police departments across the country decided that now would be a great time to acquire armored tanks. And the reasons…
By Michael Boldin As Richard Henry Lee so rightly observed, “politics is the science of fraud, and politicians are the professors of this science.” But…
By Michael Maharrey SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (May 4, 2022) – Today, a Utah law that expands state limits on government drone surveillance went into…