privacy
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Government Policies
Yahoo Secretly Scanned All Customer Emails for the NSA, FBI
Yahoo is having a bad month. While the company is trying to sell itself to Verizon, it announced last month that…
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News
You Won’t Believe Why the TSA Patted Down This 10-Year Old Girl
A father caught the TSA on video frisking his 10-year-old daughter for over 2 minutes. The reason? Accidentally bringing a…
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The D.C. Appeals Court Made a Big Decision About NSA Data Collection
One man’s lawsuit suing the NSA over the warrantless bulk collection of his private data was overturned today by a DC…
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Government Policies
The FBI Posed as the Associated Press to Hack into a Suspect’s Computer
So this is weird and uncomfortable….. the FBI planted a fake Associated Press news article online to spy on a…
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News
People are Using Child Protective Services as a Weapon of Revenge
It is actually appalling how easy it is to call in a fake report to Child Protective Services (CPS) with…
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Government Policies
This GOP Candidate Thinks the NSA Should Have More Spying Power
The battle lines in the GOP presidential primary have been drawn on civil liberties. While NJ Governor Chris Christie and…
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Government Policies
Chris Christie and Rand Paul Battled Over Civil Liberties Last Night and Things Got Heated
One exchange from the Fox News GOP presidential debate stood out from the pack last night, and that was the sparring…
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News
This Man Shot a Drone Out of the Sky, and He is not Sorry About It
WDRB 41 Louisville News This man shot a drone out of the sky, and he’d probably do it again. WDRB…
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Hackers Stole This from 21.5 Million Americans
Hackers believed to be affiliated with the Chinese government have stolen much more personal information about U.S. federal employees than…
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You Will Never Believe How This School Tracks Children
How much personal information about students is too much? One Pennsylvania school’s method to track lunches crosses the line into…
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Government Policies
The Justice Department Orders Reason.com to Name Names in its Comment Section
The feds are watching what you say in the comment sections of online news websites, especially if it sounds like…
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The White House Asked the NSA to Collect Bulk Data Again
President Obama is trying to have his surveillance cake, and eat it too. The Guardian reports: The Obama administration has…
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Government Policies
Police Raided This Woman’s Home 5 Times in the Last 10 Months
When one woman moved into a house in Minneapolis with her daughter, they got an extra surprise that wasn’t listed on the disclosure form.…
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News
Feds Have Their Privacy Violated, Irony Not Lost on Citizens
Personal data was collected in bulk without a warrant, but this time, the federal government officials were not the perpetrators of…
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Government Policies
The NSA Can Still Spy On Citizens Without a Warrant. Here’s How
While the Senate may have passed legislation restricting certain provisions in the PATRIOT Act, the NSA can still spy on American citizens…
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Commentaries
Lunch Break Read: Rand Against the Machine
While you are taking your lunch break today, be sure to check out my latest commentary on Conservative Review, titled,…
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Government Policies
Did the NSA Really Get Cut Off?
The PATRIOT Act has officially expired, which means the NSA has stopped the warrantless collection of bulk data- for now. Breitbart…
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News
Creepy: The Tax Man Could be Taking Aerial Photos of Your House
In an effort to collect more revenue, tax assessors are taking aerial pictures of private properties. Bloomberg Business reports: The Southampton…
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Government Policies
President Obama Wants to Renew the Patriot Act…. But What Would Senator Obama Say?
President Obama is calling on the Senate to renew the Patriot Act, a program that allows the government to collect bulk data…
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News
The IRS Was Hacked…. Were You Exposed?
The Associated Press just broke a story that hackers have stolen tax information from over 100,000 Americans. The Associated Press…
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Government Policies
FBI Admits: Mass Spying Hasn’t Stopped Terrorism
The NSA spying scandal revealed the extent to which Americans have surrendered their privacy in the name of national security,…
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Government Policies
Will the USA Freedom Act Actually Reform the NSA?
The House of Representatives voted on the side of civil liberties this week, passing a bill called the USA Freedom…
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