The captive mind and the new American authoritarianism

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DOJ asks court to give police the benefit of the doubt on murky surveillance law

Cops don’t need a warrant to read your old emails

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If you were born in 1987, the laws that govern police access to your email and cell phone information are older than you are. Think about that for a second.

Come out come out wherever you are! NSA knows what you did last night

Department of Justice funds ‘pre-crime’ and face recognition research for state and local police

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos says company will deliver packages by drone in thirty minutes or less

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That drone outside your window might soon bear gifts.

Whistleblower Dan Ellsberg reportedly robbed of two suitcases near EFF offices

Electronic Frontier Foundation and Freedom of the Press co-founder JP Barlow just tweeted that, after leaving EFF's offices, famous whistleblower Dan Ellsberg discovered he was robbed of two suitcases.

Coming soon to your local police department: robots?

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‘Why care about the NSA?’ Video op-doc from the NYT

Surveillance state trickle down and the urgency of now: we must support the USA Freedom Act

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