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Secret FISA Ruling Allegedly Details Warrantless Searches of Americans’ Messages
A warrantless search by any other name still looks like a warrantless search.
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What the Military’s Ad Tracking Problem Can Teach You About Your Phone
Your phone does not need your name to tell a stranger where you sleep and work.
JAWBONE Act: FCC Democrat Backs Cruz Anti-Censorship Bill
The bill lists eight factors for proving government coercion.
Wyden Urges Blanche and Rubio to Fight Canada’s Bill C-22 Surveillance Law
Canada calls it lawful access. Wyden calls it a foreign skeleton key cut for American locks.
Section 702 Surveillance Reaches Its Friday Deadline. Why “Going Dark” Is a Myth.
The same people warning of a blackout won’t trade renewal for a warrant requirement
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The US Government Built a Tracking Bazaar and Adversaries Went Shopping
The government spent years defending a market that sells anyone’s location to anyone with money and the bill just came due in a war zone.
Congress Extends Section 702 Spy Program 45 Days
The 45-day extension passed without anyone being allowed to read the secret court ruling that found constitutional violations in how the program operates.
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The Fourth Amendment Has a VPN Problem
It’s the kind of question that should have been settled years ago, and the silence tells you why it wasn’t.
FBI Resumes Buying Americans’ Location Data Without Warrants
The law stops the government from taking your location data, it says nothing about buying it.
NSA Nominee Rudd Backs FISA Surveillance in Senate Hearing
Rudd’s defense of Section 702 came despite its history of ensnaring Americans in a surveillance system built for foreign threats.
Democrats Demand Apple and Google Ban X From App Stores
Lawmakers’ demands reveal how easily they think an excuse can eclipse the First Amendment in the age of AI.
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When the Watchers Get Watched: How One Public Records Request Shook the Surveillance Machine
Across the United States, towns are discovering that the real power in surveillance isn’t in the cameras but in the communities now demanding they come down.
