Don’t Rely on Congress to Stop Facial Recognition Surveillance
A recent report by the Washington Postย revealing 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, generated...
Congressional “Fix” Made Things Worse; Federal Judge Says National Security Letters Now “Constitutional”
As the so-called USA Freedom Act was making its way through Congress, we warned that it would do nothing to substantially curtail federal surveillance and could actually make things worse. It made things worse. A federal judge has “ruled”ย that provisions...
Unconstitutional: Search Warrants Based on Governmental “Need”
Would all of our lives be safer if the government could break down all the doors it wishes, listen to all the conversations it could find and read whatever emails and text messages it could acquire? Perhaps. But who would want to live in such a society? To prevent...