All Entries in the "Privacy Rights" Category
TSA screenings aren’t just for airports anymore
December 20, 2011|By Brian Bennett, Washington Bureau Roving security teams increasingly visit train stations, subways and other mass transit sites to deter terrorism. Critics say it’s largely political theater. Reporting from Charlotte, N.C. — Rick Vetter was rushing to board the Amtrak train in Charlotte, N.C., on a recent Sunday afternoon when a canine officer [...]
UAE Signs Deal to Integrate National IDs Into Mobile Phones
Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation, April 15th 2012 The United Arab Emirates signed a deal with telecommunications company, Etisalat, to embed citizens’ national ID information into mobile phones. They will now be exploring a system that would utilize an NFC or Near Field Communication application, which allows cell phones to communicate data via radio frequency within very close [...]
WORDS TO GET YOUR WEBSITE ON A GOVERNMENT WATCH LIST – SOCIAL MEDIA MONITORING FTW
PUBLISHED MARCH 2, 2012 BY SUSSEX COUNTY ANGEL The Department of Homeland Security makes fake Twitter and Facebook profiles for the specific purpose of scanning the networks for ‘sensitive’ words – and tracking people who use them. Simply using a word or phrase from the DHS’s ‘watch’ list could mean that spies from the government read your posts, investigate your account, and attempt to [...]
Ten Years After Decriminalization, DRUG ABUSE DOWN BY HALF IN PORTUGAL!!!
By E.D. Kain, Forbes Magazine, 7/05/2011 Drug warriors often contend that drug use would skyrocket if we were to legalize or decriminalize drugs in the United States. Fortunately, we have a real-world example of the actual effects of ending the violent, expensive War on Drugs and replacing it with a system of treatment for problem users [...]
The Judge Asks, “What If?” WELL WORTH WATCHING!
by Andrew P. Napolitano What if Democrats and Republicans were two wings of the same bird of prey? What if elections were actually useful tools of social control? What if they just provided the populace with meaningless participation in a process that validates an establishment that never meaningfully changes? What if that establishment doesn’t want [...]
Homeland Security Given Green Light to Monitor American Journalists
From Independent Film News and Media The department says that they will only scour publically-made info available while retaining data, but it doesn’t help but raise suspicion as to why the government is going out of their way to spend time, money and resources on watching over those that helped bring news to the masses. [...]
