Signed as Law: Utah Bans Warrantless Access to Information in the Cloud
By Michael Maharrey Last week, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert signed a bill into law that requires police to get a warrant before accessing data stored in…
By Michael Maharrey Last week, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert signed a bill into law that requires police to get a warrant before accessing data stored in…
By Jennifer Lynch Last week, we filed an amicus brief in U.S. v. Wilson, a federal appellate case, in which we argued that email providers’…
By B.N. Frank There are many reasons – besides fires and explosions – to be concerned about the tens of millions of utility “Smart” Meters…
By Sean Walton FEMA mishandled the personal information of 2.3 million people driven out of their homes by wildfires in 2017 and hurricanes, an Inspector General…
By Aaron Kesel The Chinese military was indirectly benefiting from the work Alphabet Inc’s Google was doing in China with Project Dragonfly, according to top…
By Aaron Kesel Activist Post previously reported that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) wanted to develop advanced facial recognition technology that scans the faces of travelers as…
By Gennie Gebhart In his latest announcement, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg embraces privacy and security fundamentals like end-to-end encrypted messaging. But announcing a plan is…
By Press For Truth It’s no longer a “conspiracy theory” that big brother is watching everything we do; in fact, this is now common knowledge,…
By B.N. Frank Duke Energy has installed – and continues to install – utility AMI “Smart” Meters in 6 states. Customers in all 6 states…
By Tyler Durden (ZH) — A leak of internal Facebook documents reveals that the company has conducted a global lobbying campaign to against data privacy legislation, targeting politicians…
By B.N. Frank Many Americans don’t trust Automated Vehicles (AVs) and other automated technology because: There are too many incidents of how autonomous technology (vehicles,…
By Cory Doctorow German Data Privacy Commissioner Ulrich Kelber is also a computer scientist, which makes him uniquely qualified to comment on the potential consequences…
By Gennie Gebhart When we publicly demanded that Facebook stop messing with users’ phone numbers last week, we weren’t expecting the social network to double…
By John W. Whitehead “We know where you are. We know where you’ve been. We can more or less know what you’re thinking about… Your…