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The RESTRICT Act isn’t about banning TikTok—it’s designed to force a sale

The U.S. doesn’t want to ban TikTok, it wants to own it.

On by Jacob Seitz

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Congress’ big new privacy bill might just neuter the agency that should be enforcing it

A new data privacy bill in the House is receiving pushback from privacy experts and states.

On by Jacob Seitz

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New map shows just how much surveillance power your local police have

The map has information about 3,000 police jurisdictions.

On by Andrew Wyrich

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EFF and Mozilla write open letter to Venmo about its lack of privacy

Users’ transaction information is publicly viewable by default.

On by Mikael Thalen

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San Francisco becomes first U.S. city to ban facial recognition

‘We can have good security without a security state and we can have good policing without a police state.’

On by Mikael Thalen

Amazon Rekognition and the State of Surveillance Tech

Amazon Rekognition was always destined to be a privacy nightmare

‘Once dangerous face surveillance systems are built and deployed, the harm can’t be undone.’

On by Benjamin Powers

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Report: The Best Buy Geek Squad is scanning your laptop for child porn (updated)

They’ve been working with the FBI for a decade.

On by Phillip Tracy

The DOJ is looking for information on visitors to disruptj20.org.

DOJ seeks 1.3 million IP addresses of visitors to Trump protest website

The government is demanding 1.3 million visitors IP addresses.

On by Andrew Wyrich

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FBI used Best Buy’s Geek Squad to spy on customers, lawsuit alleges

The Electronic Frontier Foundation claims the FBI violated the Fourth Amendment.

On by Andrew Wyrich

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Trump’s new campaign website won’t accept Do-Not-Track signals

Don’t worry, Trump’s campaign ‘takes privacy and security very seriously.’

On by Andrew Wyrich

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Net neutrality advocates have concerns about T-Mobile’s new unlimited data plan

It seems great for consumers, but is it?

On by AJ Dellinger

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Hillary Clinton backs controversial encryption commission in new tech-policy agenda

Hillary Clinton does not have an answer to the encryption question.

On by Patrick Howell O’Neill

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Woman refutes claims that Jacob Appelbaum sexually harassed her

‘I recall that night clearly, and my story is entirely different.’

On by Dell Cameron, Patrick Howell O’Neill

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FBI raids dental software researcher who discovered private patient data on public server

Justin Shafer reported a flaw in a company’s system. Then the FBI came knocking.

On by Dissent Doe

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How Airbnb, Uber, and Lyft rank on privacy protections

How transparency about user privacy helps keep the government honest.

On by Aaron Sankin

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