Human Rights Watch and EFF are suiing the drug agency, along with the FBI, DOJ and the USA itself, to make sure they torch the bulk surveillance program and purge its mountain of records.
Tag Archives: surveillance
A third of Americans have changed online and phone behaviours post-Snowden
Edward Snowden has been heard, and his words are having at least some effect. True, a minority have changed to better protect their privacy, but the more people know, the more likely they are to change. 
Wikimedia joins forces with others to sue NSA, DOJ over mass surveillance
The ACLU has filed a suit on behalf of rights groups against the NSA’s spying program – in particular, its large-scale search and seizure of internet communications, commonly referred to as upstream surveillance. 
Ruin privacy-invading photos with reflective glass nanosphere clothing
Wearing clothes that turn you invisible is one way to fend off unwanted photographs, but your identity’s still up for grabs in the light of day. 
NoFlyZone aims to keep the airspace over your home drone-free
NoFlyZone.org registers each address along with its GPS coordinates, which are then relayed to drone manufacturers to create a geofence around the home.
Canary Watch site will keep an eye out for vanishing warrant canaries
Canary Watch will track changes to these transparency report statements that would indicate providers had received subpoenas with gag orders. 
Super Bowl XLIX – a costly spectacle amid heightened security and surveillance
The Department of Homeland Security has declared that there is not a specific, credible threat against the Super Bowl this year, but that’s not stopping the agency from going all out on security and surveillance.
Massive DEA license plate reader program tracks millions of Americans
The DEA is license plate reader cameras to capture information on an enormous number of motorists, with some 793.5 million license plates stored in a database built for and with federal and local authorities. 
Pirate Wi-fi is IN DA HOUSE – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here’s the latest episode of our weekly “60 Second Security” video. The latest news, presented in a way that will make you smile…and it only takes a minute.
David Cameron wants to ban encrypted apps like iMessage and Whatsapp
In the wake of the Paris attacks, UK Prime Minister David Cameron is targeting encrypted communications that governments can’t read. 