MIT and Harvard worked with NSA on SKYNET project

Librarians versus the NSA

The Nation magazine has a cover story about the Library Freedom Project, which we work closely with.

Alison Macrina had bad news for the 30 or so librarians in the darkened auditorium on a recent Friday. “Your password is bad,” she informed them. “I’m really sorry. Everything you’ve learned about passwords is wrong. It’s not your fault.”

Federal court finds dragnet surveillance program violates the law

A three judge panel of the second circuit court of appeals has ruled that the NSA/FBI dragnet metadata surveillance program violates the law. While the court punted on a constitutional finding, it ruled that the spying exceeds the authority granted by Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act, which is scheduled to expire on June 1.

ACLU of Virginia sues Fairfax police over illegal license plate tracking

Young man who found FBI device on his car loses lawsuit

Americans overwhelmingly support body cams for cops, but Mass governor warns about privacy risks

Happy May Day! Download these apps to protect yourself

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Boston DA and FBI asked congress to weaken encryption, but lawmakers were not impressed

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"Just follow the damn constitution."

Cops will soon be able to read our iris scans through reflections in our car mirrors

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Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's CyLab Biometrics Center have won a gold Edison Award for their "Unconstrained Biometric Identification" technology, which enables real-time identification through futuristic iris scanning and facial recognition.