June 5, 2014: Reset the Net

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Care about internet freedom? Want to protect yourself and everyone you know against suspicionless surveillance? Get involved.

Guess why James Comey isn’t worried about mandatory minimum reforms

Someone tell Alan Dershowitz that surveillance cameras don’t do what he thinks they do

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Low-income people first to be sacked with new “internet ID” tracking system

The federal government is rolling out a pilot of the long-awaited (and feared) "National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace" project. In English, that means "an ID number to track you everywhere you go on the internet."

Entire Massachusetts delegation co-sponsors USA Freedom

UPDATE: The entire Massachusetts congressional delegation is now co-sponsoring the USA Freedom Act.

Police train for war, while the people unite for change

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Judge: FBI must turn over documents containing information about confidential informants

Most Americans aren’t comfortable with brain-computer interface, drone technology

A new poll by the Pew Center and Smithsonian Magazine says that most Americans are optimistic that technology will have a positive impact on human life in the coming decades. The poll sheds some light on what kinds of futuristic technologies Americans want, and which they don't.

Former NSA director Mike Hayden: No “probable cause” in Fourth Amendment

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Watch Mike Hayden debate Glenn Greenwald on the surveillance state, Friday May 2 at 7PM eastern.

After a loud noise, ShotSpotter hears voices on the street