eff Geek Squad's secret spying on behalf of the FBI went on for a decade and involved constant, ongoing collaboration Cory Doctorow
Bill of Rights as toilet paper Supreme Court rules that Constitution does not apply to 60% of U.S. population, OKs warrantless assault and home invasion by armed agents Mark Frauenfelder
law Pennsylvania supreme court rules smell of cannabis cannot be sole pretext for police search Rob Beschizza
Business ICE ran facial recognition searches on millions of Maryland drivers' photos without court approval; activists say they're targeting immigrants Xeni Jardin
Business Genetic genealogy company Gedmatch acquired by company with ties to FBI & law enforcement—why you should be worried Jennifer Lynch
law EFF and ACLU triumph as federal judge rules that warrantless, suspicionless device searches at the border are illegal Cory Doctorow
web theory Freedom House: Thanks to social media, internet freedom is down for the the ninth straight year Cory Doctorow
corruption CBP officer refuses to allow American journalist into the country until he admits he writes "propaganda" Cory Doctorow
politics Congress votes to give NSA 6 more years of spying on Americans without a warrant Xeni Jardin
police New York City's Right to Know Act requires cops to record people's explicit consent to warrantless stop-and-frisks Cory Doctorow
corruption The NSA no longer claims the right to read your email in case you're talking about foreigners Cory Doctorow
Boing Boing Gadgets Bipartisan bill would end warrantless border searches of US persons' data Cory Doctorow
security Trump's policies on net neutrality, free speech, press freedom, surveillance, encryption and cybersecurity Cory Doctorow
Right to Privacy DEA wants to look at millions of people's private medical records without a warrant Mark Frauenfelder
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