| Date / Time |
Story |
| Friday March 25, 2016 @12:57PM |
Have a Political Bumper Sticker? The FBI Might Be Snapping Photos of You |
| Monday March 14, 2016 @12:56PM |
Google, Facebook, WhatsApp and Others To Beef Up Encryption |
| Wednesday March 09, 2016 @03:40PM |
Pentagon Admits Deploying Spy Drones Over US, Claims All Were 'Lawful' |
| Friday March 04, 2016 @01:50PM |
EFF On Why FBI Can't Force Apple To Sign Code |
| Tuesday March 01, 2016 @10:51AM |
EFF's Cindy Cohn On Why 'Code Is Speech' Is Key To Apple vs. FBI |
| Monday February 29, 2016 @08:58PM |
Judge Favors Apple In iPhone Unlocking Case In New York |
| Tuesday February 23, 2016 @02:12PM |
DoJ Wants Apple To Decrypt 12 More iPhones |
| Friday February 19, 2016 @05:32PM |
DoJ Says Apple's Posture on iPhone Unlocking Is Just Marketing |
| Friday February 19, 2016 @04:36PM |
Congressman: Court Order To Decrypt iPhone Has Far-Reaching Implications |
| Friday February 19, 2016 @01:35PM |
N. Carolina Senator Drafting Bill To Criminalize Apple's Refusal To Aid Decryption |
| Wednesday February 10, 2016 @11:19AM |
Federal Bill Could Override State-Level Encryption Bans |
| Monday February 01, 2016 @06:49PM |
Harvard: No, Crypto Isn't Making the FBI Go Dark |
| Thursday January 21, 2016 @06:38PM |
California Bill Would Require Phone Crypto Backdoors |
| Thursday January 14, 2016 @05:42PM |
Kentucky Bill Proposes Ban On Some Social Media Comments |
| Saturday December 26, 2015 @06:22PM |
Justice Department Shuts Down Huge Asset Forfeiture Program |
| Thursday December 24, 2015 @05:25PM |
Motion Filed In 1st Circuit To Enjoin TSA's New Mandatory "AIT" Screening |
| Tuesday December 01, 2015 @09:59AM |
Revealed: What Info the FBI Can Collect With a National Security Letter |
| Friday November 20, 2015 @07:01PM |
Judge: Stingrays Are 'Simply Too Powerful' Without Adequate Oversight |
| Wednesday November 18, 2015 @03:27PM |
Facebook Can Block Content Without Explanation, Says US Court |
| Thursday November 12, 2015 @03:57PM |
Ask Slashdot: How To Determine If One Is On a Watchlist? |
| Thursday November 12, 2015 @10:26AM |
Prison Hack Shows Attorney-Client Privilege Violation |
| Monday November 02, 2015 @01:58AM |
US Law Can't Keep Up With Technology -- and Why That's a Good Thing |
| Monday November 02, 2015 @01:47AM |
EFF Asks Appeals Court To "Shut Down the Eastern District of Texas" |
| Monday October 26, 2015 @11:01AM |
Judge: School's Facebook Post is a Campaign Contribution |
| Saturday October 17, 2015 @04:30PM |
Beware: FBI, Other Agencies Might Go After Your Voluntary DNA Records |
| Thursday October 08, 2015 @07:02PM |
SIgn Of the Times: Calif. Privacy Protections Signed Into Law |
| Saturday October 03, 2015 @09:28AM |
DHS Detains Mayor of Stockton, CA, Forces Him To Hand Over His Passwords |
| Monday September 28, 2015 @10:49AM |
Phone Passwords Protected By 5th Amendment, Says Federal Court |
| Tuesday September 15, 2015 @08:04AM |
Law Professor: Genetic Engineering Is (Probably) Protected By the First Amendment |
| Sunday August 23, 2015 @08:49PM |
In Baltimore and Elsewhere, Police Use Stingrays For Petty Crimes |
| Friday August 21, 2015 @06:24PM |
Do You Have a Right To Use Electrical Weapons? |
| Thursday August 13, 2015 @07:44AM |
Lawrence Lessig Wants To Run For President So He Can Resign |
| Thursday July 23, 2015 @09:59AM |
US Court: 'Pocket-Dialed' Calls Are Not Private |
| Friday June 05, 2015 @07:39AM |
US Prosecutors Say Clearing Browser Data Can Be Obstruction of Justice |
| Sunday May 31, 2015 @08:20PM |
Patriot Act Spy Powers To Expire As Rand Paul Blocks USA Freedom Act Vote |
| Saturday May 30, 2015 @02:08PM |
The Patriot Act May Be Dead For Good |
| Monday May 25, 2015 @11:44AM |
San Bernardino Sheriff Has Used Stingray Over 300 Times With No Warrant |
| Wednesday May 13, 2015 @08:09PM |
House Votes To End Spy Agencies' Bulk Collection of Phone Data |
| Friday May 08, 2015 @07:53PM |
Senators Demand CIA Director Admit He Lied About Spying On Senate Computers |
| Thursday May 07, 2015 @01:46PM |
Defense Distributed Sues State Department Over 3-D Gun Censorship |
| Thursday May 07, 2015 @10:37AM |
US Appeals Court Says NSA Phone Surveillance Is Not Authorized By Congress |
| Thursday May 07, 2015 @07:33AM |
What To Say When the Police Tell You To Stop Filming Them |
| Wednesday May 06, 2015 @03:45PM |
Police Can Obtain Cellphone Location Records Without a Warrant |
| Saturday May 02, 2015 @01:43PM |
Inside the Military-Police Center That Spies On Baltimore's Rioters |
| Thursday April 23, 2015 @09:21AM |
New Privacy Concerns About US Program That Can Track Snail Mail |
| Sunday April 19, 2015 @05:24PM |
Oklahoma Says It Will Now Use Nitrogen Gas As Its Backup Method of Execution |
| Tuesday April 14, 2015 @08:16AM |
U.S. Gov't Grapples With Clash Between Privacy, Security |
| Sunday April 05, 2015 @12:58AM |
After Anti-Donation Executive Order, Bitcoin Donations For Snowden Jump |
| Friday April 03, 2015 @09:39PM |
Sen. Feinstein Says Anarchist Cookbook Should Be "Removed From the Internet" |
| Monday March 30, 2015 @05:09PM |
Apple's Tim Cook Calls Out "Religious Freedom" Laws As Discriminatory |
| Thursday March 19, 2015 @05:18PM |
Obama: Maybe It's Time For Mandatory Voting In US |
| Thursday March 12, 2015 @05:55PM |
Powdered Alcohol Approved By Feds, Banned By States |
| Tuesday March 10, 2015 @08:25AM |
Wikimedia Foundation Files Suit Against NSA and DOJ |
| Sunday March 08, 2015 @08:21PM |
State Employees Say Rules Prevent Open "Climate Change" Discussion In Florida |
| Thursday March 05, 2015 @05:10PM |
Quebecker Faces Jail For Not Giving Up Phone Password To Canadian Officials |
| Tuesday March 03, 2015 @12:33PM |
Supreme Court Gives Tacit Approval To Warrantless DNA Collection |
| Thursday February 12, 2015 @06:27PM |
FBI Can't Find Its Drone Privacy Reports |
| Monday January 26, 2015 @12:28AM |
Google Handed To FBI 3 Wikileaks Staffers' Emails, Digital Data |
| Tuesday January 20, 2015 @11:40AM |
FBI Seeks To Legally Hack You If You're Connected To TOR Or a VPN |
| Tuesday December 16, 2014 @11:22AM |
Federal Court Nixes Weeks of Warrantless Video Surveillance |
| Thursday December 11, 2014 @05:28PM |
Congress Passes Bill Allowing Warrantless Forfeiture of Private Communications |
| Thursday December 11, 2014 @09:58AM |
Microsoft To US Gov't: the World's Servers Are Not Yours For the Taking |
| Tuesday December 02, 2014 @01:35PM |
18th Century Law Dredged Up To Force Decryption of Devices |
| Sunday November 30, 2014 @01:03PM |
Supreme Court To Decide Whether Rap Lyric Threats Are Free Speech |
| Saturday September 20, 2014 @08:37AM |
Proposed Law Would Limit US Search Warrants For Data Stored Abroad |
| Thursday July 03, 2014 @09:36AM |
Privacy Oversight Board Gives NSA Surveillance a Pass |
| Friday June 27, 2014 @02:53PM |
Federal Judge Rules US No-fly List Violates Constitution |
| Tuesday June 24, 2014 @08:36AM |
US Court Dings Gov't For Using Seized Data Beyond Scope of Warrant |
| Thursday March 27, 2014 @08:44AM |
Weev's Attorney Says FBI Is Intercepting His Client's Mail |
| Sunday March 23, 2014 @06:24PM |
L.A. Police: All Cars In L.A. Are Under Investigation |
| Wednesday March 05, 2014 @08:27PM |
US Drops Link Sharing Charges Against Barrett Brown |
| Thursday February 27, 2014 @11:16AM |
Supreme Court Ruling Relaxes Warrant Requirements For Home Searches |
| Sunday January 19, 2014 @01:43PM |
Translating President Obama's NSA Reform Promises Into Plain English |
| Thursday January 02, 2014 @02:05PM |
US Justice Blocks Implementation of ACA Contraceptive Mandate |
| Saturday December 28, 2013 @01:41PM |
NSA's Legal Win Introduces a Lot of Online Insecurity |
| Tuesday December 10, 2013 @09:52AM |
3-D Printed Gun Ban Fails In Senate |
| Thursday November 14, 2013 @03:12PM |
P2P Data Not Private, But It Could Be |
| Tuesday October 22, 2013 @11:04AM |
Call Yourself a Hacker, Lose Your 4th Amendment Rights |
| Saturday October 05, 2013 @10:42PM |
DOJ Hasn't Actually Found Silk Road Founder's Bitcoin Yet |
| Thursday September 05, 2013 @02:25PM |
NRA Joins ACLU Lawsuit Against NSA |
| Thursday August 01, 2013 @11:47AM |
Google Pressure Cookers and Backpacks: Get a Visit From the Feds |
| Wednesday June 26, 2013 @10:41AM |
Supreme Court Overturns Defense of Marriage Act |
| Thursday June 20, 2013 @08:16AM |
FBI Admits To Domestic Surveillance Drone Use |
| Tuesday June 18, 2013 @08:15AM |
Supreme Court Decides Your Silence May Be Used Against You |
| Saturday May 25, 2013 @07:50AM |
Ex-Marine Detained Under Operation Vigilant Eagle For His Political Views Sues |
| Sunday May 19, 2013 @08:05PM |
Medical Firm Sues IRS For 4th Amendment Violation In Records Seizure |
| Saturday May 18, 2013 @10:17AM |
Fed. Appeals Court Says Police Need Warrant to Search Phone |
| Friday May 17, 2013 @09:42PM |
Of 1000 Americans Polled, Most Would Ban Home Printing of Guns |
| Thursday May 09, 2013 @03:49PM |
DoD Descends On DEFCAD |
| Wednesday May 08, 2013 @05:59PM |
US DOJ Say They Don't Need Warrants For E-Mail, Chats |
| Friday May 03, 2013 @07:51PM |
Defense Distributed Has 3D-Printed an Entire Gun |
| Friday May 03, 2013 @02:40PM |
Florida Supreme Court Rules Police Need Warrant To Search Cell Phones |
| Tuesday April 30, 2013 @11:44AM |
Variably Sunny: SCOTUS Allows Local FOIA Restrictions |
| Saturday March 23, 2013 @02:35PM |
US Senate Passes National Internet Sales Tax Mandate |
| Friday March 22, 2013 @06:03PM |
Twitter Sued For $50M For Refusing To Identify Anti-Semitic Users |
| Thursday March 21, 2013 @10:20AM |
Digging Into the Legal Status of 3-D Printed Guns |
| Tuesday March 19, 2013 @11:04AM |
Supreme Court Upholds First Sale Doctrine |
| Friday February 22, 2013 @08:32AM |
Illinois Politician Wants a Kill Switch For Anonymous Speech Online |
| Monday December 17, 2012 @02:32AM |
Marijuana Prosecution Not a High Priority, Says Obama |
| Thursday December 13, 2012 @01:22PM |
Jammie Thomas Takes Constitutional Argument To SCOTUS |
| Tuesday December 04, 2012 @09:41AM |
Senators Vow To Renew Bid For State Taxes On Remote Internet Sales |
| Thursday November 22, 2012 @03:27PM |
Judge Demands Email and Facebook Passwords From Women In Sexual Harassment Case |
| Tuesday November 20, 2012 @09:31AM |
Senate Bill Rewrite Lets Feds Read Your E-mail Without Warrants |
| Thursday October 11, 2012 @08:31AM |
US Supreme Court Says Wiretapping Immunity Will Stand |
| Wednesday September 26, 2012 @01:35PM |
Appeals Court Caves To TSA Over Nude Body Scanners |
| Saturday September 22, 2012 @10:19AM |
Federal Judge Says No Right To Secret Ballot, OKs Barcoded Ballots |
| Friday September 14, 2012 @10:07PM |
Report Hints At Privacy Problem of Drones That Can Recognize Faces |
| Thursday September 13, 2012 @08:01AM |
House Approves Extending the Warrantless Wiretapping Act |
| Thursday August 09, 2012 @12:15PM |
NSA Official Disputes Chief's Claim That Agency Doesn't Collect American Data |
| Friday July 27, 2012 @10:54AM |
Man Claims Cell Phone Taken By DC Police For Taking Photos |
| Tuesday July 24, 2012 @09:48AM |
Spooky: How NSA's Surveillance Algorithms See Into Your Life |
| Thursday July 12, 2012 @07:15PM |
Why There Are Too Many Patents In America |
| Tuesday July 10, 2012 @12:11PM |
Executive Order Grants US Gov't New Powers Over Communication Systems |
| Tuesday July 10, 2012 @12:03PM |
Cell Carriers Responded Last Year To 1.3M Law Enforcement Data Requests |
| Tuesday June 26, 2012 @08:30AM |
Canadian DOJ Warned About Unconstitutionality of Copyright Digital Lock Rules |
| Friday June 08, 2012 @11:40PM |
Subject To a "Stop and Frisk"? There's an App For That |
| Tuesday May 29, 2012 @11:19AM |
Audio Surveillance, Intended to Detect Gunshots, Can Pick Up Much More |
| Thursday May 17, 2012 @05:41PM |
Tenenbaum To SCOTUS: Let's Get This Debate Rolling |
| Thursday May 17, 2012 @10:39AM |
Federal Court Rejects NDAA's Indefinite Detention, Issues Injunction |
| Thursday April 12, 2012 @04:04PM |
The Dead Past: the Biggest Threat To Privacy Is Us |
| Tuesday April 03, 2012 @09:07AM |
Supreme Court Approves Strip Searches For Any Arrestable Offense |
| Friday March 02, 2012 @09:52PM |
FCC Inquires Into Its Own Authority To Regulate Communication Service Shutdowns |
| Tuesday February 07, 2012 @08:59AM |
Defendant Ordered To Decrypt Laptop Claims She Had Forgotten Password |
| Friday February 03, 2012 @02:44AM |
FDA Regulating Your Stem Cells As Interstate Commerce |
| Thursday February 02, 2012 @10:02AM |
Megaupload User Data Could Be Destroyed Soon |
| Tuesday January 24, 2012 @09:22AM |
Supreme Court Rules Warrants Needed for GPS Monitoring |
| Tuesday January 24, 2012 @09:13AM |
US Judge Rules Defendant Can Be Forced To Decrypt Hard Drive |
| Tuesday December 20, 2011 @09:34AM |
Domestic Surveillance Drones Could Spur Tougher Privacy Laws |
| Thursday December 08, 2011 @12:05PM |
Bloggers Not Journalists, Federal Judge Rules |
| Saturday December 03, 2011 @10:10AM |
Interpreting the Constitution In the Digital Era |
| Saturday November 05, 2011 @12:07PM |
Did Feds' Use of Fake Cell Tower Constitute a Search? |
| Sunday October 23, 2011 @06:15PM |
NH Supreme Court To Rule On Bigfoot Video Shoot In Public Park |
| Thursday October 20, 2011 @10:59PM |
Legal Tender? Maybe Not, Says Louisiana Law |
| Thursday October 20, 2011 @11:41AM |
Ron Paul Suggests Axing 5 U.S. Federal Departments (and Budgets) |
| Tuesday October 18, 2011 @12:40PM |
Feds Shy Away From Raiding Email Without Warrant |
| Friday October 14, 2011 @08:55PM |
US Bishop Charged For Not Reporting Priest's Child Porn To Police |
| Thursday October 13, 2011 @05:47PM |
More Details On the German Government's Use of Malware |
| Thursday October 13, 2011 @12:20PM |
U.S. Senator Wyden Raises Constitutional Questions About ACTA |
| Tuesday October 11, 2011 @08:21AM |
California Governor Vetoes Ban On Warrantless Phone Searches |
| Thursday October 06, 2011 @08:34AM |
Calif. Appeals Court Approves Cell Phone Searches |
| Wednesday October 05, 2011 @11:15AM |
Surveillance Case May Reveal FBI Cellphone Tracking Techniques |
| Thursday September 29, 2011 @08:51AM |
Healthcare Law Appealed To Supreme Court |
| Friday September 23, 2011 @07:13PM |
Missouri Removes Teacher-Student Social Media Ban |
| Thursday September 22, 2011 @08:03AM |
Tax Loopholes No Longer Patentable |
| Thursday September 08, 2011 @08:27AM |
Missouri Hedges On 'Teachers Can't Friend Students' Law |
| Monday August 29, 2011 @07:09AM |
Mass. Court Says Constitution Protects Filming On-Duty Police |
| Thursday June 30, 2011 @09:07PM |
Despite Controversy, Federal Wiretaps On the Rise |
| Thursday June 30, 2011 @12:15AM |
Amazon Drops California Associates to Avoid Sales Tax |
| Monday June 27, 2011 @06:49PM |
US Supreme Court: Video Games Qualify For First Amendment |
| Friday June 24, 2011 @06:15PM |
LulzSec Document Dump Shows Cops' Fear of iPhones |
| Monday June 20, 2011 @05:30PM |
SCOTUS: Clean Air Act Trumps Emissions Lawsuits |
| Monday June 13, 2011 @04:40PM |
New FBI Operations Manual Increases Surveillance |
| Saturday June 11, 2011 @08:28AM |
Court Case To Test Legality of Recording the Police With Your Cell Phone |
| Thursday June 09, 2011 @04:53PM |
Tennessee Bans Posting 'Offensive' Images Online |
| Thursday June 09, 2011 @02:13PM |
The Ongoing Case of Rakofsky vs. Internet |
| Sunday June 05, 2011 @09:34AM |
NSA Trial Evidence 'Riddled With Boxes and Arrows' |
| Friday May 27, 2011 @07:43PM |
Patriot Act Extension By Autopen Raises Questions for Congressman |
| Thursday May 26, 2011 @03:44PM |
DOJ Could Ban Texas Flights Over Anti-Patdown Law |
| Tuesday May 24, 2011 @01:42AM |
New Bill Pushes For Warrants To Access Cloud Data |
| Thursday May 19, 2011 @01:07PM |
RIAA-Backed Warrantless Search Bill In California |
| Tuesday May 17, 2011 @06:42PM |
Jeff Bezos Calls Sales Tax Requirements On Amazon Unconstitutional |
| Friday May 13, 2011 @08:51PM |
Disorderly Conduct Charge for Offensive Classmate Ratings |
| Tuesday April 19, 2011 @10:35PM |
Michigan Police Could Search Cell Phones During Traffic Stops |
| Saturday March 05, 2011 @03:54PM |
Leave a Message, Go To Jail |
| Thursday February 03, 2011 @05:16PM |
Anniston, Alabama To Censor Employees' Facebook Pages |
| Sunday January 30, 2011 @08:15PM |
EFF Uncovers Widespread FBI Intelligence Violations |
| Friday December 31, 2010 @07:57PM |
'No Refusal' DUI Checkpoints Coming To Florida? |
| Wednesday December 15, 2010 @01:28AM |
Fourth Amendment Protects Hosted E-mail |
| Monday December 13, 2010 @02:00PM |
Judge Declares Federal Healthcare Plan (Partly) Unconstitutional |
| Thursday November 04, 2010 @01:54PM |
UK Pressures the US To Takedown Extremist Videos |
| Tuesday November 02, 2010 @11:44AM |
Supreme Court Hears Violent Video Game Case Tomorrow |
| Friday October 29, 2010 @03:53PM |
Scholars Say ACTA Needs Senate Approval |
| Thursday October 28, 2010 @09:00PM |
Amazon Prevails In State Sales Tax Dispute, Thus Far |
| Thursday August 12, 2010 @01:22PM |
ISP Owner Who Fought FBI Spying Freed From Gag Order |
| Thursday August 05, 2010 @11:28AM |
Why Recordings From World War I Aren't Public Domain |
| Monday August 02, 2010 @11:56AM |
Does Net Neutrality Violate the Fifth Amendment? |
| Tuesday July 06, 2010 @01:00PM |
US Pirate Movie Site DNS Seizure Fail |
| Saturday July 03, 2010 @03:35PM |
Spectral Imaging Reveals Jefferson Nixed 'Subjects' for 'Citizens' |
| Saturday July 03, 2010 @07:10AM |
Internet Sales Tax Gets a New Champion |
| Wednesday June 30, 2010 @02:14PM |
Statewide Franchise Illegal? Detroit Sues Comcast |
| Friday June 04, 2010 @07:03AM |
PA Appeals Court Weighs Punishment For Students' Online Parodies |
| Thursday May 13, 2010 @01:50PM |
Seniors Told They Can't Pray Before Meals |
| Friday March 26, 2010 @11:42PM |
Will ACTA Be Found Unconstitutional? |
