Creepy Art Installations Highlight Constant Surveillance
By Amanda Froelich It’s nearly impossible nowadays to live in society without handing over your identity and having your whereabouts recorded 24/7. Truly. One cannot…
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Garbage Trucks to Begin Recording License Plates for Law Enforcement
By Kristen Anderson Don’t feel like your privacy is invaded enough? Hoping that the government will begin collecting more of your personal data? Good news!…
Here’s the Newest Tool to Help You Fight the Surveillance State
By Derrick Broze Earlier this month, the Electronic Frontier Foundation launched a new project designed to help educate communities about the growing list of surveillance…
Man Takes Down Drone With T-Shirt, Ends Up in Jail
By Joe Wright The small town of Deer Trail, Colorado made national news in 2013 when they announced the bold proposal of offering residents bounties…
Why You Need to Cover Your Webcam RIGHT NOW
By Claire Bernish Your computer’s built-in webcam is easy to take for granted if you don’t use if very often. But just because you don’t…
7 Points That Prove How Dangerous Cell Phones Are to Humankind
By Bernie Suarez Is the cell phone or more specifically the modern day “smart phone” the most destructive invention in the history of humankind? I…
Windows 10 Can Collect Your Data For Gov’t Agencies – What to Do
By Heather Callaghan Windows 10 OS – the ultimate Big Brother? Of the 14+ million people who have recently installed Microsoft’s new Windows 10, there…
Internet Activists Are Faxing Congress Like It’s 1979
By Amanda Warren As Ted Bauman says in his report about CISA, “Every day reveals a new abuse of digital privacy, each more insane than…
Can We Stop the Feds From Reading Our Opened Emails and Social Media Messages?
Dees Illustration By Amanda Warren If you’ve opened an email or social media message that’s over 6 months old, it’s a possibility that some agent…
Smart Meters and Domestic Surveillance
By Catherine J. Frompovich Talk about copycats! Whoa! Someone did a rather convincing job of that, I’d say. It’s the Internet site “Domestic Surveillance Directorate….
Uber Faces Another Privacy Complaint – Tracking Users After Leaving Car?
Photo: Reuters By Amanda Warren Uber is the nation’s largest ride-sharing company. You can get a ride in over 60 cities and become a taxi…
Digital Data is a Mortal Risk
By SARTRE The tech culture would have you believe that the digital format has produced untold innovations and advancements for personal development, societal advancement and…
Minority Report: Your Iris Can Now Be Scanned From Across the Room
By Melissa Dykes Biometrics has been coming for a long time, but as it is starting to be adopted everywhere, superficially for consumer verification and…
Meet the PATRIOT Act 2.0
By AJ+ The U.S. government is on the verge of passing a surveillance bill that some are calling the Patriot Act 2.0. The Cybersecurity Information…