Surveillance
Task Force Floats Health Surveillance System
When is enough, enough? How many national surveillance systems does America need? President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner has created a task force that wants to create a real-time national coronavirus surveillance system. An article published by...
Surveillance Is the Tool of Tyrants
If you’re like me, you’ve probably heard this one a lot over the years: “If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear.” I hear this retort all the time when I warn about the ever-expanding national surveillance state. Setting aside the...
The Government Agencies that Have Access to your Face
Last year the Washington Post reported that the federal government has turned state drivers’ license photos into a giant facial recognition database, putting virtually every driver in America in a perpetual electronic police lineup. In fact, the federal government has...
A Primer on Domestic Spying
A pernicious piece of legislation is slowly and silently making its way through Congress. It is a renewal of Section 215 of the Patriot Act. The Patriot Act of 2001 has three sections that are scheduled to expire on March 15. One of those sections is the infamous 215,...