Surveillance articles

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  Carriers report massive spike in cellphone surveillance by US law enforcement

  By Joshua Kopstein on July 9, 2012 01:59 pm + 29 comments

  New reports from major cellphone carriers are confirming what many have long suspected: demands for Continue reading…

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  Police Tape app from NJ ACLU offers yet another way to document inappropriate police conduct

  By Chris Welch on July 5, 2012 04:11 pm + 10 comments

  The American Civil Liberties Union has taken its police accountability initiative to the shores of Continue reading…

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  Stranger Visions: a genetic surveillance project goes snooping for pieces of ourselves

  By Joshua Kopstein on July 5, 2012 11:30 am + 6 comments

  With websites, corporations, and governments peeking at our activities both on and offline, many of Continue reading…

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  Warrantless wiretapping bill heads to full vote in Congress despite opposition

  By Adi Robertson on June 19, 2012 06:05 pm + 14 comments

  A controversial act that makes it easier for US law enforcement to monitor citizens' emails or phone Continue reading…

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  Public Intelligence identifies 64 aerial drone bases in the US

  By Evan Rodgers on June 13, 2012 05:16 pm + 20 comments

  Aerial drones have been garnering a lot of attention by privacy advocates lately, and Public Continue reading…

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  Look out below: EFF wants info on your local police's aerial drones

  By Joshua Kopstein on June 12, 2012 11:51 am + 33 comments

  Despite their infamous history in Afghanistan and Iraq, aerial drones are swiftly hovering away from Continue reading…

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  Researchers find 'missing link' between Flame and Stuxnet malware

  By Joshua Kopstein on June 11, 2012 05:58 pm + 20 comments

  When cybersecurity experts at Russia's Kaspersky Lab first uncovered Flame, the computer espionage Continue reading…

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  NYCLU's Stop & Frisk Watch app lets you rapidly report police misconduct

  By Joshua Kopstein on June 6, 2012 11:23 am + 13 comments

  Following a significant resurgence in opposition to the NYPD's controversial "Stop-and-Frisk" Continue reading…

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  FBI reportedly launches surveillance unit targeting online, VoIP communications

  By Amar Toor on May 24, 2012 01:41 am + 16 comments

  CNET is reporting today that the FBI has quietly created a new web surveillance unit, charged with Continue reading…

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  Supreme Court will consider challenge to warrantless wiretapping law

  By Adi Robertson on May 22, 2012 07:57 pm + 2 comments

  The American Civil Liberties Union and other civil rights associations will be taking their case Continue reading…