News & Commentary about Privacy and Surveillance
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Jul 17, 2017
What This American Family Went Through at the Border Was Clearly Unconstitutional
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Jul 13, 2017
My Family and I Were Detained at Gunpoint and Then Held for Hours at the US-Canada Border. I’m Afraid It Will Happen Again.
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Jun 21, 2017
If the Government Spied on You, How Would You Know?
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Jun 14, 2017
This Secret Court Opinion Reveals Mystery Tech Firm Challenged NSA Surveillance Order
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Jun 13, 2017
The U.S. Intelligence Community Can Share Your Personal Information With Other Governments, and We’re Demanding Answers
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Jun 7, 2017
Trump, Hypocritically, Moves to Make Temporary Surveillance Powers Permanent
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Apr 28, 2017
The NSA Says It Is Ending One of Its Most Controversial Spying Practices, But It Could Be Resurrected if Congress Doesn’t Act Now
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Apr 21, 2017
In Time for the Reform Debate, New Documents Shed Light on the Government’s Surveillance of Americans
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Apr 13, 2017
How Trump Can Show Us Whether He Was Spied On
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Mar 23, 2017
The Government Is 'Incidentally' Sucking Up Tens of Millions of Americans’ Communications a Year, and It’s a Privacy Nightmare