Search Results for ‘wyden’ — 60 articles
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Government wants to keep evidence secret in terrorism trial, but what does it have to hide?
Last week, people all over the world were appalled to see that the UK government may, for the first time, conduct a criminal trial in complete secrecy. If the government gets its way, the public will never hear the names of the defendants, the specific charges against them, nor the government’s evidence to support those secret charges.
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What it might look like if your local police had access to your entire location history
Please note that by playing this clip YouTube and Google will place a long term cookie on your computer.
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FBI Director admits to warrantless cell phone location tracking, citing ‘relevance’ standard
After dodging the question for months and flat out refusing to answer the ACLU's public records requests seeking clarity on it, the FBI has finally ‘fessed up and admitted that it does not obtain a probab
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NSA malware turns your iPhone into a spy device, obliterating your privacy
According to documents reported on by the German newspaper Der Spiegel, the NSA has a fool-proof and covert method of remotely installing malware onto iPhones. Senator Ron Wyden has warned publicly that the NSA has these capabilities, though he didn't name Apple or iPhone specifically.
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Officials say mass surveillance keeps us safe, but provide zero evidence for the claim
The executive branch tells us that it needs to vacuum up our personal and associational information because its dragnet surveillance programs stop terrorist attacks. But the three letter agencies have produced absolutely zero evidence to support that claim.