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Expanded PATRIOT Act would allow warrantless online surveillance
Via The Daily Beast A vote to renew the 2001 PATRIOT Act, passed soon after the 9/11 terrorist attacks may…
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U.S. blocks Twitter’s efforts to be transparent
Via Reuters In an effort to be more transparent, Twitter wanted to reveal more information about the surveillance requests it…
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Chile shows what post-coronavirus society may look like
Via Bloomberg Chile will start issuing ‘immunity’ cards to citizens, allowing them to work freely and live more ‘normal’ lives,…
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US may use surveillance tools to combat coronavirus
Via The New York Times In order to better control and measure the spread of coronavirus, the U.S. government is…
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Utah is giving an AI company access to their public data
Via Motherboard Banjo, a company that claims to alert law enforcement of crimes as they happen, in real time, has…
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Law enforcement tracks location data without a warrant
Via Protocol In most cases we hear, law enforcement departments can only request location data from companies (Google, Uber, etc)…
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NSA Surveillance Program Costs $100M, Produces Two Leads
Via The New York Times The NSA’s phone surveillance program that allowed the agency to analyze phone calls and text…
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Government provides free phones full of surveillance malware [Forbes]
Lifeline Assistance, a government-funded program designed to provide low-income households with free smartphones has come under fire due to malware…
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New US Privacy Bill is Introduced by the Senate [EFF]
Senator Cantwell recently introduced a new bill, the Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act (COPRA). It’s a comprehensive online consumer data…
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Should The Government Profit Off Our Private Data?
We have some thoughts on the matter. The California Department of Motor Vehicles has been making over $50 million in…
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