The RESTRICT Act isn’t about banning TikTok—it’s designed to force a sale
The U.S. doesn’t want to ban TikTok, it wants to own it.
On Mar 10, 2023 by Jacob Seitz
Congress’ big new privacy bill might just neuter the agency that should be enforcing it
A new data privacy bill in the House is receiving pushback from privacy experts and states.
On Jul 21, 2022 by Jacob Seitz
New map shows just how much surveillance power your local police have
The map has information about 3,000 police jurisdictions.
On Jul 14, 2020 by Andrew Wyrich
EFF and Mozilla write open letter to Venmo about its lack of privacy
Users’ transaction information is publicly viewable by default.
On Aug 29, 2019 by Mikael Thalen
San Francisco becomes first U.S. city to ban facial recognition
‘We can have good security without a security state and we can have good policing without a police state.’
On May 15, 2019 by Mikael Thalen
Amazon Rekognition was always destined to be a privacy nightmare
‘Once dangerous face surveillance systems are built and deployed, the harm can’t be undone.’
On May 23, 2018 by Benjamin Powers
Report: The Best Buy Geek Squad is scanning your laptop for child porn (updated)
They’ve been working with the FBI for a decade.
On Mar 7, 2018 by Phillip Tracy
DOJ seeks 1.3 million IP addresses of visitors to Trump protest website
The government is demanding 1.3 million visitors IP addresses.
On Aug 15, 2017 by Andrew Wyrich
FBI used Best Buy’s Geek Squad to spy on customers, lawsuit alleges
The Electronic Frontier Foundation claims the FBI violated the Fourth Amendment.
On Jun 2, 2017 by Andrew Wyrich
Trump’s new campaign website won’t accept Do-Not-Track signals
Don’t worry, Trump’s campaign ‘takes privacy and security very seriously.’
On May 10, 2017 by Andrew Wyrich
Net neutrality advocates have concerns about T-Mobile’s new unlimited data plan
It seems great for consumers, but is it?
On Aug 18, 2016 by AJ Dellinger
Hillary Clinton backs controversial encryption commission in new tech-policy agenda
Hillary Clinton does not have an answer to the encryption question.
On Jun 28, 2016 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
Woman refutes claims that Jacob Appelbaum sexually harassed her
‘I recall that night clearly, and my story is entirely different.’
On Jun 9, 2016 by Dell Cameron, Patrick Howell O’Neill
FBI raids dental software researcher who discovered private patient data on public server
Justin Shafer reported a flaw in a company’s system. Then the FBI came knocking.
On May 27, 2016 by Dissent Doe
How Airbnb, Uber, and Lyft rank on privacy protections
How transparency about user privacy helps keep the government honest.
On May 6, 2016 by Aaron Sankin
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