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Now, according to NextGov, a trade publication for federal IT contractors, the FBI's biometric data collection mission is creeping into new territory: massive DNA dragnets.
HOLMES BEACH, FL — With the help of new technology and federal grant money, police are preparing to warrantlessly search people's refreshments as they visit the beaches of Florida.
"Moves by Apple Inc. and Google Inc. to put some smartphone data out of the reach of police and the courts are raising alarms inside U.S. law-enforcement agencies, current and former officials say."
If this story sounds similar, it's because it IS. Just last month, President Obama set a record low for approval ratings here in the US. Now, one month later he's breaking his own records. And this time, a lot of the dissenting voice is comin
Brooks, who is a self-taught coder who dropped out of school at 13, was always concerned about privacy and civil liberties. Four years ago he began work on a program for encrypted instant messaging that uses Tor hidden services
A company that sells secure mobile phones has found more than a dozen "interceptor" cellphone towers in Washington, D.C., some of them located near the White House and the U.S. Capitol.
Officials of Yakima, Washington reportedly asked the Washington Attorney General's Office to investigate allegations that Municipal Court Clerk Sarah Matheny, a candidate for the elected office of Yakima County Clerk, had abused her authority to ac
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This page catalogs various revelations by Edward Snowden, regarding the United States? surveillance activities.
Today we are pleased to announce the release of more than 1,500 pages of once-secret papers from Yahoo's 2007-2008 challenge to the expansion of U.S. surveillance laws.
Apple is making it impossible to turn over data from most iPhones or iPads to police — even when they have a search warrant — taking a hard line as companies attempt to blunt allegations they have too readily participated in government
Technology is neutral,...what get's done with it is either good or evil. These devices are cool. But criminals love cool. DO NOT USE YOUR FINGERS anymore to push buttons.
Since mid-August 2014 major news organizations have conveyed videos allegedly found online by the SITE Intelligence Group. Unsurprisingly the same media have failed to closely interrogate what the private company actually is and whether the material
In the past year, anybody who has ever driven on I-485 between the Providence Rd. and Rea Rd. exits in Charlotte, NC have noticed this:
WikiLeaks published a batch of documents and files pertaining to the controversial surveillance technology company FinFisher on Monday, including a list of its customers and actual copies of its spyware.
If you suffer from sporadic and non-committal bouts of severe paranoia about the NSA, you can stop putting your phone in the freezer.
The National Security Agency has some of the brightest minds working on its sophisticated surveillance programs, including its metadata collection efforts.
There aren't many circuit court decisions on violations of the Posse Comitatus Act, so the 9th Circuit's opinion in United States v. Dreyer was bound to catch someone's attention.
"The RCA's statement, like that of the OU, is rife with platitudes, ignores basic facts, and fails to recognize Judaism's strong support for the value and practice of armed self-defense," the joint statement reads.
Authorities expected 420,000 checks of private sales transactions. Only 13,600 have occurred.
A federal appeals court said the US Navy's scanning of the public's computers for images of child pornography constituted "a profound lack of regard for the important limitations on the role of the military in our civilian society."
"To this day, he's said I won't talk about this. I won't talk about this because it's related to foreign intelligence," Snowden said. "But is it related to foreign intelligence if it's collecting the communications of every man, woman and child in th
At a recent political rally indicted Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom jokingly asked members of New Zealand's spy agency to raise their hands. "Please don't worry," he said. "Even though we are going to shut you down, we will find you
THE Government Communications Security Bureau is carrying out widespread surveillance of New Zealanders which raises serious questions about the truthfulness of the government, United States journalist Glenn Greenwald says.
Company releases 1,500 documents from failed suit against NSA over user data requests and cooperation with Prism compliance
New York City officials recently announced that sixty officers will begin wearing body cameras as part of a new pilot program.
The Justice Dept released 2 heavily redacted memos detailing the George W. Bush administration's legal justification for monitoring the phone calls and emails of Americans without a warrant.
As the trial of alleged Silk Road drug market creator Ross Ulbricht approaches, the defense has highlighted the mystery of how law enforcement first located the main Silk Road server in an Icelandic data center, despite the computer being hidden by t
One of the primary ways that stingrays operate is by taking advantage of a design feature in any phone available today. When 3G or 4G networks are unavailable, the handset will drop down to the older 2G network.
Despite a federal court order directing Microsoft to turn overseas-held email data to federal authorities, the software giant said Friday it will continue to withhold that information as it waits for the case to wind through the appeals process.
Wednesday at the press briefing, White House press secretary Josh Earnest joked with Fox News White House correspondent Ed Henry that the administration is "always watching,"....
