Confirmed: New York City’s Public WiFi Stations Are Spying On You
By Kevin Samson If there is ever a perfect example of dual-use technology, it is WiFi connectivity. I’ve already covered the mounting evidence that our…
Civil Liberties
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Faces Lawsuit Over Biometric Data Collection
By Derrick Broze The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) faces a lawsuit over the use of handheld devices used to gather biometric data during…
Warning: TSA Facial Recognition Plan Likely to Become Part of Growing Biometric Surveillance System
By Michael Maharrey The federal government plans to use a TSA program advertised as a way to avoid lines at airport security checkpoints to harvest…
Disturbing Trend of Police Wanting Drones for Routine Infractions
By Nicholas West After lulling the public into believing that using drones in the U.S. would be confined to border patrol or for counter-terrorism in…
Police in Two States Use Hospitals to Take Motorists’ Blood Without a Warrant
By MassPrivateI Police state America has found a disturbing new way to forcibly take motorists blood without a warrant. Law enforcement is using private hospitals…
Arizona Citizens Tracked In Facial Recognition Database In First Step For REAL ID Implementation
By Aaron Kesel Arizona citizens are now in a government database that uses facial recognition technology to track them simply for getting a driver’s license….
Supreme Court to Debate Warrantless Collection Of Cellphone Records in Huge Fourth Amendment Battle
By Derrick Broze In one of the most important Fourth Amendment battles of the digital age, the Supreme Court is preparing to tackle a case…
Department of Homeland Security Moving Forward with “Threat Assessment” for Visa Holders
By Derrick Broze At a recent tech conference the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement offered the first glimpse of their immigrant…
Media Silent as Fed Committee Quietly Passes Act Allowing Warrantless Searches
By Rachel Blevins It has been over one month since the latest dangerous piece of legislation meant to infringe on Americans’ constitutional rights was introduced,…
Appeals Court’s Disturbing Ruling Jeopardizes Protections for Anonymous Speakers
By Aaron Mackey and Sophia Cope A federal appeals court has issued an alarming ruling that significantly erodes the Constitution’s protections for anonymous speakers—and simultaneously…
EFF’s Street-Level Surveillance Project Dissects Police Technology
By Dave Maass Step onto any city street and you may find yourself subject to numerous forms of police surveillance—many imperceptible to the human eye….
New Hampshire Lawmaker Equates Homeschooling to “Child Abuse”
By Joseph Jankowski In 2012, the State of New Hampshire passed a measure that eased the state’s intervention into the operations of homeschooling families by…
Police Kick Off Program to Warrantlessly Test Saliva to Check for “Drugged Driving”
By Jay Srymopoulos Michigan State Police have begun a year-long pilot program, being held in five Michigan counties, to warrantlessly test the saliva of drivers…
Narrative Attempts To Connect Homeschooling, Violence and Pedophilia to Expand Domestic Warrantless Surveillance
By Vin Armani In this video, Vin Armani explains a new narrative in the news that attempts to connect homeschooling, mass shootings and pedophilia to…