Amazon’s Ring Is a Perfect Storm of Privacy Threats
By Matthew Guariglia Doors across the United States are now fitted with Amazon’s Ring, a combination doorbell-security camera that records and transmits video straight to…
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Federal Judges Are Waging War on the Fourth Amendment
By Chris Calton In 1984, as part of Ronald Reagan’s renewed war on drugs, the Drug Enforcement Administration launched Operation Pipeline. This program was inspired…
NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden Says Facebook, Instagram Spying On Customers — Wants To Help Combat Surveillance
By Aaron Kesel National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden wants to fight back against corporate surveillance by Instagram and its parent company Facebook, as well…
Pentagon Testing Mass Surveillance Balloons to Spy on Vehicles Across the US
By Julia Conley Millions of Americans across the Midwest this summer are being subjected to surveillance from above as the Pentagon experiments with the use…
Mass Surveillance: 1 in 2 Americans Are Already In A Government Facial Recognition Database
By Mac Slavo The mass surveillance of innocent Americans continues as George Orwell’s 1984 becomes more of a reality with each passing day. “All told,…
Proxyclick: Customers Will Be Impressed When Businesses Use Facial Recognition To Identify Them
By MassPrivateI Leave it to facial recognition companies to make up a totally bogus claim that makes me want to slam my foot in a…
DOJ and FBI Show No Signs of Correcting Past Untruths in Their New Attacks on Encryption
By Andrew Crocker Last week, Attorney General William Barr and FBI Director Christopher Wray chose to spend some of their time giving speeches demonizing encryption…
Satellites Have Already Started Watching Your Every Movement
By Mac Slavo There are “real-time” spies in the skies. Satellites have already begun watching your every move as mass surveillance becomes a horror story…
The Rise of the American Gestapo: Has It Already Happened Here?
By John W. Whitehead “Adolf Hitler is alive and well in the United States, and he is fast rising to power.”—Paul Craig Roberts, former Assistant…
Amazon & Google Use Secret Police Deals and Freebies To Spy On Everyone
By MassPrivateI Amazon and Google are using secret police agreements and free giveaways to spy on everyone. Last week Vice News revealed how police departments across the…
Siri “Regularly” Listens in on You Having Sex, Apple Insists “Only for a Few Seconds”
By Tyler Durden Should it come as any surprise? And yet the details are shocking and outrageous. A whistleblower working for Apple has revealed to The…
The Federal Government Sold Your Social Security Number for FIVE Dollars
By Simon Black, Sovereign Man Welcome to our Friday roll up, where we highlight the most absurd and concerning stories we are following this week….
Fixed? The FTC Orders Facebook to Stop Using Your 2FA Number for Ads
By Gennie Gebhart Since academics and investigative journalists first reported last year that Facebook was using people’s two-factor authentication numbers and “shadow” contact information for…
The FTC-Facebook Settlement Does Too Little to Protect Your Privacy
By Adam Schwartz EFF is disappointed by the terms of the settlement agreement announced today between the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Facebook. It is…