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Surveillance
Security Culture and Xenophobia in the Wake of Terror: What We Have to Lose
After the Paris attacks, we should be mindful of strategic moves to eliminate personal freedoms by the state.
The Post-Paris War on Encryption Is an Opportunistic Attack on Our Civil Liberties
The vilification of encryption - a means of protecting one's digital privacy - is threatening our civil liberties.
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Privacy Not Included: Federal Law Lags Behind New Tech
The privacy of people using these newer services has been compromised, causing embarrassment or legal repercussions.
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What’s the Evidence Mass Surveillance Works? Not Much
Officials are again pointing to the need for mass surveillance to take down terrorists. Here's what we know about how well it works.
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Manipulating Reality: Facebook Is Listening to You
Is this paranoia?
Glenn Greenwald: “Shameless” US Officials Exploit Paris Attacks to Defend Spying and Attack Snowden
Top US officials have renewed a push to defend mass surveillance.
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More Black Victims Claimed by Florida’s Violent Landscape
What role did cultural and geographical practices in creating institutional whiteness and a fear of Blackness play in the killing?
“We’ve Never Had Privacy”: Hamid Khan on How the Surveillance State Impacts Marginalized Communities
Hamid Khan from the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition discusses the surveillance-industrial complex and its profound impacts on our lives.
Proposed US and UK Laws Will Entrench Surveillance Powers Across the Atlantic
Legislation governing surveillance powers has appeared on both sides of the Atlantic.
Has the NYPD Become a Paramilitary Force?
The New York Police Department has become highly militarized and federalized in the years since September 11.