A key piece of law that the NSA uses to justify mass collection of Americans' internet communications is set to expire. Reformers see a chance to restore Constitutional boundaries on Big Brother, but instead the government is pushing even more license to snoop on you.
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The TSA has announced that it will be ramping up security procedures at airports next year, following reports of an embarrassingly low success rate for finding hidden weapons.
Following an attack in London, government authorities are demanding that the developer of WhatsApp modify its system to allow access to law enforcement.
After years of trying, Congress may finally be set to update the laws surrounding the privacy of emails to the 21st Century.
One of Obama’s key legacies is how he has expanded the surveillance state. Now, his parting gift to the nation is to expand this overreach even further.
Trump's Cabinet picks give those of us who worry about protecting the 4th Amendment against the overreach of mass surveillance reason to fear a bumpy ride.
The FBI’s authority to hack your computer—legally—just expanded massively, and Congress never so much as had a hearing about it.
For years, pro-privacy lawmakers have been calling for an update to ECPA without success. Now, they're trying to hammer out the latest reform package.
Tuesday’s report that internet giant Yahoo had collaborated with the NSA to scan every email coming in to its millions of users roiled the online community.
The notoriously crime-ridden Baltimore is now under constant, city-wide surveillance using a military-style system of aerial photographs.