Government Warrantless Seizure of Laptop at Airport ‘Cannot be Justified’ Says Federal Judge
The US government’s prosecution of a South Korean businessman accused of illegally selling technology used in aircraft and missiles to...
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How Keurig Are Killing Their Own Business With DRM Coffee And Arrogance
by Virgil Vaduva “I think the Keurig is a great machine but it is a HUGE SHAME that the company...
What to Say When the Police Tell You to Stop Filming Them
First of all, they shouldn’t ask.“As a basic principle, we can’t tell you to stop recording,” says Delroy Burton, chairman...
Coinbase Accused of Tracking Bitcoin Users, Notifying Cops of Transactions
by Virgil Vaduva It’s a web of mistrust, accusations and outrage. It all started earlier this year when the Department...
Appeals Court Rules NSA Spying on Americans is Illegal
The US court of appeals has ruled that the bulk collection of telephone metadata is unlawful, in a landmark decision...
What Two Programmers Have Revealed So Far About Seattle Police Officers Who Are Still in Uniform
For most of their lives, Eric Rachner and Phil Mocek had no strong feelings about police. Mocek, who grew up...
Government is Spying on You And Tracking You Using Your Printer
If you are an activist and are using a printer to print out flyers to hand out on the street...
Federal Court: Cops Do Not Need Warrant For Cellphone Tracking
Investigators do not need a search warrant to obtain cellphone tower location records in criminal prosecutions, a federal appeals court...
FCC Commissioner Admits Net Neutrality is About Censoring Online Speech
While participating in a panel discussion at the annual “Right Online” conference in Washington, D.C., FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai said...
New App From The ACLU Automatically Preserves Cell Phone Footage, Protects it From Cops
The ACLU in California today released a free smart-phone app that allows people to send cellphone videos of police encounters...
Why The FBI’s Encryption Backdoor Plans Will Never Become Reality
The FBI wants backdoors in all your crypto, and UK Prime Minister David Cameron made backdoors an election promise, but...
New Police Tech: Automatic Detection of Passengers in Carpool Lanes
Journalists and transparency activists across the country have done a phenomenal job of shining light on how local law enforcement...
Medical Robots Can Be Hacked During Surgery, Researchers Find
Researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle have just hijacked a teleoperated surgical robot, demonstrating major security weaknesses in...
Google Executive Died in Everest Avalanche
Dan Fredinburg, an engineer who worked on many of Google’s most exciting projects during his 8 years with the company,...
Cops And Politicians Fight to Keep Body Cams Footage Away From Public
Steve Tuttle, vice president of communications for Taser International, demonstrates one of the company’s body cameras. Shouts of “no justice,...
Microsoft Planning DRM For 4K Movies on Windows
It’s movie night, 2016. A crop of teens streams through the kitchen, snagging chips and drinks as they head downstairs...
Corrupt Philadelphia Cop Leaned Man Over 18th Floor Balcony to Get Password
If you want access to encrypted data on a drug dealer’s digital device, you might try to break the crypto—or...
Practical Countersurveillance: Stay Safe Under NSA’s Nose
We’ve all seen the steady stream of revelations about the NSA’s unconstitutional, illegal mass surveillance. Seems like there’s a new...
Homeland Security and FBI Issue Fake Emergency Hacker Warning For Cops – For Legal Activities!
by Virgil Vaduva Updated at 2:12 PM EST. In what appears to be an all-out fear mongering and intimidating announcement,...
Breaking: Huge Trove of Secret Polygraph Notes Leaked from Defense Intelligence Agency
by Virgil Vaduva In what is turning out to be a huge and ironic blow to the Defense Intelligence Agency’s...
