How state secrecy protects government agencies from embarrassment, then and now

_{J. Edgar Hoover's obsession with secrecy is a legacy that scars present-day government agencies.}

Meet FirstNet: the surveillance industry’s blueprint for national data sharing

This guest post by Dan Massoglia

Unlocking the latest Wyden code: Does NSA operate a bulk domestic location tracking program?

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NSA analysts went on strike in 1970s Berlin after getting disciplined for smoking weed

Senator Rand Paul calls for “bipartisan, independent, far reaching” investigation into intelligence activities

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Get your masks ready: Facebook says it has achieved 97% face recognition success ‘in the wild’

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Facebook and data brokers team up to collapse the boundary between IRL and the internet

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Talk at Libre Planet: How to fight back against the surveillance state

This Saturday, March 22 I'll be speaking at the Libre Planet conference, hosted by the Free Software Foundation. Josh Levy of Free Press and I will discuss how to fight back against the creeping techno-surveillance state. Neither of us are computer experts, but we are both steeped in policy debates at the intersection of technology and liberty. It should be a fun discussion. If you're in Cambridge and attending the conference, come check it out.

Judge: FBI must explain why it is withholding documents about assassination plot against occupy activists

Lawsuit slamming Google for scanning student emails raises questions about police department use