Cops Need to Obey Facebook’s Rules
image source Nadia Kayyali and Dave Maass Electronic Frontier Foundation Facebook scolded the Drug Enforcement Administration this week after learning that a narcotics agent had…
Privacy
Invasion of the Data Snatchers
ACLU New technologies are making it easier for private companies and the government to learn about everything we do – in our homes, in our…
Invisible Biometrics: Your Voice is Your New ID
Nicholas West Activist Post In a recent article, “In The Internet of Things YOU Will Be The Key,” I outlined the many ways that the…
Glenn Greenwald: Why Privacy Matters
TED Glenn Greenwald was one of the first reporters to see — and write about — the Edward Snowden files, with their revelations about the…
Twitter Opens Entire Database to MIT – How Will It Be Used?
image source Nicholas West Activist Post Predictive technology is exploding, in stealth, across the virtual landscape. The arrival of Big Data initiatives by government, as…
9 Epic Failures of Regulating Cryptography
image source Cindy Cohn Electronic Frontier Foundation Recently Apple has announced that it is providing basic encryption on mobile devices that they cannot bypass, even…
Counter-Surveillance Success Stories to Inspire Digital Rights Advocates
image source Kimberly Carlson Electronic Frontier Foundation Concerned European Internet users will descend upon Brussels on September 26 to participate in Freedom Not Fear 2014—a…
How to Start a Student Group To Protect Your Digital Privacy
April Glaser Electronic Frontier Foundation Watch for it. This year student protest and resistance to mass surveillance might be bursting at the seams. The Internet,…
New Video Exposes Canadian Spy Agency’s Unchecked Surveillance Program
OpenMedia.ca Katitza Rodriguez Electronic Frontier Foundation The Canadian government’s surveillance of innocent Canadians is secretive, expensive, and out-of-control—that’s the message of a new video launched…
Nationwide Biometric Database Goes Live
image source – FBI.gov Nicholas West Activist Post Despite the FBI already having been sued by privacy groups amid plans for a nationwide biometric database,…
Edward Snowden spills the disturbing details of digital spying technology
YAYNews Edward Snowden talks about online surveillance on Kim Dotcom’s Moment of Truth event after writing an editorial exposing New Zealand mass surveillance. Julian Assange…
How Wearable Smart Tech Will Control Your Life
Aaron Dykes and Melissa Melton Activist Post Privacy? What’s that? IF you take your cues from propaganda outlets like TIME, wearable technology is what’s next…
Australia, ‘better slave than dead’
Pine Gap, Australia Jon Rappoport Activist Post Remember the name “Pine Gap.” It lies at the heart of this story. I’ve always thought Australians were…
Smart Homes Reveal User Behavior, Prone to Hacks: Study
By Kevin Samson Our Internet-driven world filled with interconnected smart gadgets and computing applications is making us vulnerable to potentially life-changing hacks and tracking. Not…