Free Talk Live - surveillance

Government Surveillance of Air Travellers

JessieLee — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:48:25 +0000

Panelists talked about their opposition to the TSA. The most interesting is Edward Hasbrouck's extensive description of the various ways they track travelers. The idea of freedom to travel is discussed.

Amazon to build CIA cloud

PC Harris — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:41:45 +0000

The online retail has reportedly won a contract for CIA efforts to "collect everything and hang on to it forever"

Americans Are The Most Spied On People In World History

LibertarianSoup — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 20:07:49 +0000

Indeed, the American government has more information on the average American than Stalin had on Russians, Hitler had on German citizens, or any other government has ever had on its people.

The American government is collecting and storing virtually every phone call, purchases, email, text message, internet searches, social media communications, health information, employment history, travel and student records, and virtually all other information of every American.

Senate bill rewrite lets feds read your e-mail without warrants

Cyphase — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 08:31:23 +0000

A Senate proposal touted as protecting Americans' e-mail privacy has been quietly rewritten, giving government agencies more surveillance power than they possess under current law, CNET has learned. [The] rewritten bill would allow more than 22 agencies -- including the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Communications Commission -- to access Americans' e-mail, Google Docs files, Facebook wall posts, and Twitter direct messages without a search warrant.

Police allowed to install cameras onprivate property without warrant

Ffej — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:06:58 +0000

A federal judge has ruled that police officers in Wisconsin did not violate the Fourth Amendment when they secretly installed cameras on private property without judicial approval.

ACLU fights to stop government surveillance of US citizens

ecigarettes — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 18:13:41 +0000

Warrantless wiretaps intimidate several organizations and cast a chill over lawyers, journalists and human rights researchers - Are you, a US citizen, calling cousin Ivor in Budapest, or reaching out to your old pen pal Yasmeen in Sydney? The National Security Agency (NSA) can listen in on your personal cellphone or read what you might be emailing him or her from your personal computer without telling you. The Feds can listen in to you now, "whenever government deems it necessary for foreign intelligence reasons" Jaffer explained to me.

Entrepreneur starting ISP Dedicated to Anti-Surveillance

abexman — Tue, 01 May 2012 15:49:36 +0000

Nick Merrill, who challenged a demand from the FBI for user data, wants to create the world's first Internet provider designed to be surveillance-resistant.v"Calyx will use all legal and technical means available to protect the privacy and integrity of user data," he says.