Responding to the “Nothing to Hide” Argument in Support of Mass Surveillance
By Michael Maharrey Whenever I talk about government surveillance, there is always “that guy” who claims if I’m not doing anything illegal I shouldn’t be…
By Michael Maharrey Whenever I talk about government surveillance, there is always “that guy” who claims if I’m not doing anything illegal I shouldn’t be…
By Catherine J. Frompovich The residents of Naperville, Illinois, have been protesting the imposition of AMI Smart Meters and also have gone to court to…
By Aaron Kesel Hundreds of retail stores and soon thousands are investigating using biometric facial recognition software FaceFirst to build a database of shoplifters to…
By B.N. Frank According to an August 13, 2018 guest post on SmartCitiesDive.com, 66% of Americans don’t want to live in a “Smart City” because…
By Andrea Germanos (CD) — Android and iPhone users may be under the impression that Google is not tracking their location data if they’ve turned off “Location…
By Michael Maharrey I get more emails about smart meters than any other issue we cover. Pretty much on a weekly basis, somebody asks me…
By Matt Agorist For years, conspiracy theories about smart phones listening to users without their permission to show them advertisements have abounded. While some researchers…
By Johanna Faust – “ah, Mephistophelis.” Recently the Supreme Court ruled that to access to the vast amount of information, logged by your cellphone many…
By Rory Hall If you think we still have privacy rights or a 4th Amendment you are living in the past. Technology has moved past…
By Michael Maharrey The NSA uses AT&T facilities in at least eight cities to warrantlessly monitor and collect billions of emails, phone calls, and online…
By Mac Slavo Social media giant Facebook continues to ramp up the creepy factor. According to a recently filed patent, Facebook wants to spy on…
By Jennifer Lynch So why do we know so little about it? The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is quietly building what will likely…
By Mac Slavo Facebook has data-sharing partnerships with at least four Chinese electronics companies, including a manufacturing giant that has a close relationship with China’s government. The…
By corbettreport Who would have ever guessed that the creepy spy gadget that’s listening to everything you do is listening to everything you do? Anyone…