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Americans Want the Patriot Act to Die. Let It
One section of the Patriot Act has been ritually abused. Americans want it changed. With a few days left to kill, amend, or reauthorize the bill, the ACLU’s legislative counsel says the latter is no longer a viable option.
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Should the government be allowed to spy on you?
On Thursday, May 21st, activists in dozens of cities across the United States gathered at sunset outside the offices of their Senators, to send Congress a clear message: "Sunset the PATRIOT Act." Holding signs, tablets, and laptops, the people stood up for the human right to privacy and called for an end to mass surveillance by government agencies.
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FBI admits Patriot Act snooping powers didn’t crack any major terrorism cases
FBI agents can’t point to any major terrorism cases they’ve cracked thanks to the key snooping powers in the Patriot Act, the Justice Department’s inspector general said in a report Thursday that could complicate efforts to keep key parts of the law operating.
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Senator Ron Johnson Dismisses Russ Feingold’s Opposition to Patriot Act, Touts Own Ties to NSA
The U.S. Senate race between Sen. Ron Johnson and former Sen. Russ Feingold is shaping up to be a referendum on surveillance issues.
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How we’re fighting back against the UK surveillance state—and winning
Despite the enormity of the task, much has already been achieved.
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Justice Department contradicts Attorney General Loretta Lynch's claims about Patriot Act
U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch was just interviewed by CBS News, fearmongering about losing Section 215 of the Patriot Act if Congress fails to re-authorize it. Only problem for her is the DoJ's own IG just released a report today that directly contradicts what she said.
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Spy agencies target mobile phones, app stores to implant spyware
Canada and its spying partners exploited a weakness in one of the world's most popular mobile browsers and planned to hack into smartphones via links to Google and Samsung app stores, a top secret document obtained by CBC News shows.
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The Weird End of the NSA's Phone Dragnet
A majority of Senators wanted to stop a spy program that they never approved. They failed despite having more votes. And it only gets more bizarre from there. by Conor Friedersdorf.
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N.S.A. and Other Matters Leave McConnell’s Senate in Disarray
Mitch McConnell has found himself vexed by Democratic delaying tactics he himself honed in the minority, presidential aspirants with their own agendas and conservative firebrands demanding their say.
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Privacy Behaviors After Snowden
Despite continuing media coverage, the public's privacy behaviors have hardly changed.
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Cops don’t have to give man his own license plate reader data, court finds
A San Diego, California court has ruled that a tech entrepreneur will not be allowed to access his license plate reader (LPR) records from a regional government agency. Earlier this month, Superior Court Judge Katherine Bacal handed down a six-page decision to Michael Robertson, finding that he does not have the right, under the California Public Records Act (CPRA), to access records of his own license plate as scanned by members of the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG).
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Philip Zimmermann: king of encryption reveals his fears for privacy
The brains behind PGP has moved his mobile-encryption firm Silent Circle to Switzerland to be free of US mass surveillance
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Glenn Greenwald, I’m sorry: Why I changed my mind on Edward Snowden
After 60 years in public life, my first reaction to Snowden leaks was rage. I was wrong. So was most of the media. By Hodding Carter III.
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Parents up in arms over facial recognition software
Encinitas [California] parents are upset over facial recognition software on school-issued iPads.
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Steve Wozniak: Edward Snowden Is 'A Hero to Me'
Apple co-founder says the NSA whistleblower "gave up his own life . . . to help the rest of us"
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White House: NSA bulk phone-data collection is over
The White House has formally announced that the NSA’s program of collecting American phone records in bulk will finally come to an end. “I understand they have started winding down the program,” White House Press Secretary Seth Earnest said in his press briefing on Tuesday. The writing was on the wall for the phone metadata program, the very first one to come from former NSA leaker Edward Snowden’s trove of leaked files.
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Quiz: Just how Kafkaesque is the court that oversees NSA spying?
Can you tell the difference between Kafka's The Trial and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act court?
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Infographic - Definitive Guide to Breach Discovery
Data breaches are inevitable and have reached an all-time high. How do hackers access the data? And how do you detect a breach early? Think like a hacker and limit the damage.
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Edward Snowden on the future of surveillance - Factor
Your government, my government, and several other governments around the world have access to our data. Not just the basics, but reams of the stuff, ranging from passive-aggressive work emails to that time you got drunk and bought something hilarious on Amazon. This may bother you, but then again, it may not. It did, however, …
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Lockheed Martin says NSA testing smartphones that can identify you from finger swipes
The US National Security Agency (NSA) has been testing out a new technology that can identify a user by the shape and swiftness of their finger swipe strokes on a smartphone screen, according to Lockheed Martin. The technology, known as Mandrake, is similar to Dynamic Signature – a motion-recognition technology originally invented by the US Air Force in 1978 for the Pentagon that makes use of the behavioural biometrics of a handwritten signature.
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