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NSA Phone Snooping Cannot Be Challenged in Court, Feds Say
The Obama administration for the first time responded to a Spygate lawsuit, telling a federal judge the wholesale vacuuming up of all phone-call metadata in the United States is in the "public...
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Drone Pilot Fights for Right to Profit in the Unmanned Skies
The commercial-drone scene in the United States is operating in a so-called grey area, with some companies shuttering because of Federal Aviation Administration cease-and-desist orders. Others,...
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A Necessary Evil: What It Takes For Democracy to Survive Surveillance
Where exactly is the maximum tolerable level of surveillance, beyond which it becomes oppressive? That happens when surveillance interferes with the functioning of democracy: when whistleblowers (such...
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Senate Committee Votes in Favor of NSA Phone-Records Snooping
A key Senate committee approved today a measure that would give congressional blessing to the NSA's bulk collection of domestic telephone metadata, and bolster the legal underpinnings of the...
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Cops and Feds Routinely ‘Dump’ Cell Towers to Track Everyone Nearby
The nation's mobile phone carriers were hit by more than 9,000 requests last year for cell-tower dumps, which identify every mobile phone at a particular location and time, often by the thousands. The...
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What to Expect in Surveillance Politics in 2014 (Hint: It’s Not Reform)
You would think that a federal district judge calling the NSA program 'almost Orwellian' would be a good sign for surveillance and privacy in 2014. If you’re holding out hope for an act of political...
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I Spent Two Hours Talking With the NSA’s Bigwigs. Here’s What Has Them Mad
My expectations were low when I asked the National Security Agency to cooperate with my story on the impact of Edward Snowden’s leaks on the tech industry. Imagine my surprise when they agreed to let...
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Why Obama’s NSA Reforms Won’t Solve Silicon Valley’s Trust Problem
When Barack Obama announced his reforms of National Security Agency surveillance programs today, few people were as interested as Larry Page, Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, Marissa Mayer, and Steve Ballmer.
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The New Snowden Revelation Is Dangerous for Anonymous — And for All of Us
The latest Snowden-related revelation is that Britain's Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) proactively targeted the communications infrastructure used by the online activist collective known...
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Reading Between the Lines of Redacted NSA Documents
Following the leaks of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, the U.S. government has released a treasure trove of classified documents in a bid to quell public dissent. But answers to key questions about...
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