FBI Warns Driverless Cars Could be Used as 'Lethal Weapons'Of course, government drones being used as lethal weapons are A-OK. |
The Worst Trolls On The Internet Are The Government TrollsWe have all run into them. All over the Internet, there are horrible trolls that seem to delight in making life miserable for other people. But the worst trolls of all are the government trolls. And thanks to Edward Snowden, we now have some startling new evidence of what really goes on behind the scenes. According to newly revealed documents, British spy agency GCHQ is manipulating online discussions, infiltrating the computers of specific targets, purposely destroying r... (more) I wonder if US government view bots had anything to do with the Kony 2012 campaign? |
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Feds Ignore First Amendment, Supreme Court Precedent In Seizing Domain Of Social Network For Sex WorkersThe disturbing trend of the federal government seizing domain names without regard to the First Amendment continues. The FBI, along with the IRS, apparently seized a number of websites associated with MyRedbook.com, and arrested the operator of the site. The FBI notes that the site, which was a social network and resource fo... (more)
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US Supreme Court Rules Cops Need Warrants to Search Cell PhonesIn an unusual unanimous decision, the US Supreme Court Wednesday ruled that police in almost all cases must obtain a search warrant before searching cell phones or other mobile devices. The ruling brings the huge amounts of data Americans store on cellphones, smartphones, and other mobile devices under the umbrella of constitutional privacy protections.
The decision came in two cases, one involving a drug bust and the other a weapons charge. The two cases were consolidated in the ... (more)
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State Legislators Discussing Laws That Will Put Law Enforcement Surveillance Cameras Inside Private BusinessesThe government does enjoy installing cameras pretty much everywhere it can do so with a minimum of complaints. If it thinks there might be some controversy, it just buries the details until after the fact.
Eugene Volokh has a roundup of new places state governments are planning to install cameras -- only the govern... (more)
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Obama Admin Seeks Authority To Ruin All GPS Navigation SystemsFrom The New York Times:
Getting directions on the road from Google Maps and other smartphone apps is a popular alternative to the expensive navigation aids included in some cars. The apps are also a gray area when it comes to laws banning the use of cellphones or texting while driving.
The Transportation Department wants to enter the argument.
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Judge Says NSA Can Continue To Destroy EvidenceWell, this is unfortunate. After yesterday's back and forth between the DOJ and the EFF over the ongoing destruction of key evidence in the Jewel v. NSA case, the court ordered an emergency hearing for this afternoon. About an hour before the hearing, the DOJ presented its opposition to the temporary restraining order, argu... (more)
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Vodafone admits governments use 'secret cables' to tap citizens' phonesRemember when saying all this made you a "paranoid conspiracy theorist"? - Chris |
The Top 5 Claims That Defenders of the NSA Have to Stop Making to Remain CredibleOver the past year, as the Snowden revelations have rolled out, the government and its apologists have developed a set of talking points about mass spying that the public has now heard over and over again. From the President, to Hilary Clinton to Rep. Mike Rogers, Sen. Dianne Feinstein and many others, the arguments are often eerily similar.
But as we approach the one year anniversary, it's time to call out the key claims that have been thoroughly debunked and insist that the NSA ... (more)
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Victory for Involuntary Servitude in ColoradoPictured: No longer valid in the USSA
The State of Colorado actively discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation by refusing to recognize same-sex marriages. As a matter of religious conviction, Denver businessman Jack Phillips, owner of the Masterpiece Cakeshop, declines make wedding cakes for homosexual couples.
Government has no authority to define ma... (more)
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TrueCrypt Page Says It's Not Secure, All Development StoppedGov definitely got to them and this is their way of telling the public w/o violating a gag order. |
The Military Is Building Brain Chips to Treat PTSDMore accurate title would be military wasting taxpayer money on brain chips to maybe, possibly treat PTSD, after a few more million, perhaps. A better solution would be stop sending the soldiers to fight in wars where they're the bad guys. - Chris |
Do Personal Computers Come With NSA Surveillance Devices Built-In As Standard?As Techdirt reported last year, one of the most bizarre episodes in the unfolding story of the Snowden leaks was when two experts from the UK's GCHQ oversaw the destruction of the Guardian's computers that held material provided by Snowden. As everyone -- including the Guardian's editor Alan Rusbridger -- pointed out, this... (more)
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TSA's Mothballed Naked Body Scanners End Up Being Used In PrisonsOver 150 radiation spewing body scanners, previously used by the TSA in the nation’s airports, have been redeployed into environments much more fitting of their use – prisons.
The machines, previously used to digitally strip search people who have had all their rights taken away by the authorities, are now being used to… digitally strip search people who have had all their rights taken away by the authorities.
However, because the subjects of the ... (more)
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