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• EFF Report Shows FBI Is Failing to Address First Amendment Harms Caused By National Security Letters

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on December 13, 2019 • ( 0 )

  EFF has long fought to end the FBI’s ability to impose gag orders via National Security Letters (NSLs). They violate the First Amendment and result in indefinite prohibitions on recipients’ ability to speak publicly about controversial government surveillance powers. Records… Read More ›

• The Inspector General’s Report on 2016 FBI Spying Reveals a Scandal of Historic Magnitude: Not Only for the FBI but Also the U.S. Media

  By theintercept on December 12, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Just as was true when the Mueller investigation closed without a single American being charged with criminally conspiring with Russia over the 2016 election, Wednesday’s issuance of the long-waited report from the Department of Justice’s Inspector General reveals that years of major… Read More ›

• Modularizing Key Aspects of the Tor Network, Supported by MOSS

  By torblog on December 12, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Modularizing Key Aspects of the Tor Network, Supported by MOSS Gaba December 12, 2019 In 2018, the Tor Project was awarded a grant from Mozilla’s Open Source Support (MOSS) program’s Mission Partners track to improve Tor’s codebase. The network team… Read More ›

• Victory: San Diego to Suspend Face Recognition Program, Limits ICE Access To Criminal Justice Data

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on December 11, 2019 • ( 0 )

  We just stopped one of the largest, longest running, and most controversial face recognition programs operated by local law enforcement in the United States.  A face recognition system used by more than 30 agencies in San Diego County, California will… Read More ›

• The Trump Campaign Is Deploying Phone Location-Tracking Technology

  By theintercept on December 11, 2019 • ( 0 )

  President Donald Trump’s reelection effort has retained the services of a technology company that specializes in the mass collection of smartphone location data, which can be used to track voters for political targeting purposes. Phunware, an Austin, Texas-based firm, announced the… Read More ›

• How the FBI Botched Its Russia Inquiry, One of the Most Closely Watched Cases in Its History

  By theintercept on December 11, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  When the FBI opened a secret investigation in the summer of 2016 into possible ties between Russia and the Trump campaign, top FBI officials deemed it an urgent priority and put more than a dozen people on the case. But… Read More ›

• The Senate Judiciary Committee Wants Everyone to Know It’s Concerned About Encryption

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on December 10, 2019 • ( 0 )

  This morning the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on encryption and “lawful access.” That’s the fanciful idea that encryption providers can somehow allow law enforcement access to users’ encrypted data while otherwise preventing the “bad guys” from accessing this very… Read More ›

• Genetic Genealogy Company GEDmatch Acquired by Company With Ties to FBI & Law Enforcement—Why You Should Be Worried

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on December 10, 2019 • ( 0 )

  This week, GEDmatch, a genetic genealogy company that gained notoriety for giving law enforcement access to its customers’ DNA data, quietly informed its users it is now operated by Verogen, Inc., a company expressly formed two years ago to market… Read More ›

• Speaking Freely: An Interview With Biella Coleman

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on December 10, 2019 • ( 0 )

  Around the globe, freedom of expression (or free speech) varies wildly in definition, scope, and level of access. The impact of the digital age on perceptions and censorship of speech has been felt across the political spectrum on a worldwide… Read More ›

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