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Surveillance
EFF’s Game Plan for Ending Global Mass Surveillance
We have a strong legal case to challenge mass surveillance conducted domestically.
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FBI: Give Me Back My Email to WikiLeaks
It's chilling to read that the FBI has your stuff specifically.
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Contagious Courage; The Other Side of the Banality of Evil
NSA mass surveillance and the recent Senate CIA torture report are evidence of a “banality of evil” taking hold in the US.
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Hollywood, the Police and the Poor
The white affluent and usually liberal audience for films such as Nightcrawler, experience no cognitive dissonance in such depictions of urban life.
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Forgetting the Lesson of Cypherpunk History: Cryptography Is Underhanded
To acquire market share, high-tech companies know they don't necessarily have to offer genuine security - just an impression of it.
Documents: Houston Police Use “StingRay” Technology to Sweep Up Cellphone Data
The Houston Police Department has been sweeping up the cellphone data of suspects and innocent bystanders.
Peekaboo, I See You: Government Authority Intended for Terrorism Is Used for Other Purposes
Yet again, terrorism concerns appear to be trampling our civil liberties.
Uncle Sam’s Databases of Suspicion: A Shadow Form of National ID
The US government's many watchlists should be seen as a new form of national ID for a growing group of people accused of no crime.
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The National Security State Has Filled Us With Fear but Not Improved Our Well-Being
An excerpt from Tom Engelhardt's new book, Shadow Government: Surveillance, Secret Wars, and a Global Security State in a Single-Superpower World.
Edward Snowden and the Golden Age of Spying: An Interview With Laura Poitras
Director Laura Poitras, like reporter Glenn Greenwald, is now known almost as widely as Edward Snowden himself, for helping facilitate his entry into the world.