Warrantless GPS tracking? Supreme Court will rule in US v. Jones

UPDATE: The court ruled in Jones. Read about the decision here.

Northampton, MA says ‘No!’ to NDAA

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AP: NYPD extensively monitoring Muslim college students in Northeast

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DHS social media hearing reveals how secretive, unaccountable is the agency

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Thursday technology links round-up

• A guide to keeping your internet activity anonymous and safe.

Non-cooperation with agents’ demands is probable cause for a search?

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Twitter subpoenas worse in light of new revelations

Through the looking glass and onto the “no fly” list

Imagine this. It is January 2, 2005. You are in the final year of your Ph.D. studies at Stanford University and are traveling to Malaysia to make a presentation at a Stanford-sponsored academic conference. Having recently had surgery, you arrive at San Francisco airport in a wheelchair, accompanied by your 14-year-old daughter.

Combat drones coming to US airspace

When speech becomes suspicious: the FBI’s “communities against terrorism”

The FBI wants you to know that paying with cash, being concerned about your privacy (or as the FBI calls it, your "privacy"), and taking an "unusual" interest in surveillance or security procedures are all suspicious activities that could be linked to terrorism.