Dec 22
According to a November survey of 1,000 voters, people are more creeped out by the possibility of a person or group ascertaining their personal information, than the idea that someone might be following their online movements and habits.
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Dec 21
We’ve certainly learned a lot this year about the surveillance state. Thanks to the cache of intelligence documents leaked by Edward Snowden, as well as the hoards of legal records we liberated through our Freedom of Information Act lawsuits, we’ve had immense amounts of new information to consume and process. But how many of the details do you remember? It’s time for a pop quiz.
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Dec 20
Verizon will begin issuing transparency reports on government data requests in 2014
Posted in: Today's ChiliThere has been a lot of talk going on around the country on the number of requests that the government is making for call data held by wireless carriers like … Continue reading
Dec 20
When you read a book or an article on your Android device, how much power—and access to your personal data—are you giving the app?
A new comparison of 17 of the most popular reader apps, compiled by Matt Bernius, answers that question, and in some cases users may be revealing much more than they think. Nearly a quarter of the apps tested required access to location information; half of them ask for "phone state and identity", which would let them grab people’s phone numbers and IMEI numbers; and a couple can retrieve a list of other running apps.
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Dec 19
Google has released its eighth Transparency Report, its public disclosure of how much content governments request be removed from the search giant’s database. 3,846 government requests were filed between January … Continue reading
Dec 19
You probably know your phone can pinpoint your location for GPS, local search, or the weather. Hopefully, you also know that means your phone keeps track of everywhere you go, all the time. Don’t be alarmed—it’s the trade you make for the features you get. If it makes you uncomfortable, here’s how to opt-out.
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Dec 18
The wait is finally over! Despite having said it would come out in January, the Obama Administration hustled and released a report from the advisory committee set up to recommend changes to the NSA. And, my, are those changes many.
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Dec 17
At the end of each year, EFF puts together a list of some of the interesting and noteworthy books that have been published in the past 12 months or so. We don’t endorse all of their arguments, but we find they’ve added some valuable insight to the conversation around the areas and issues on which we work.
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Dec 16
AT&T has been awarded a patent that would let the company track subscriber browsing behavior, assign them a “reputation score”, and then block “high-risk” subscribers from being able to access file-sharing services. The patent is called “Methods, devices and computer program products for regulating network activity using a subscriber scoring system”. In other words, the […]
Dec 16
Last night, CBS ran a 60 Minutes special about the ongoing NSA debacle. It claimed to give "unprecedented access to the agency’s HQ" and "for the first time" explain "what it does and what it says it doesn’t do: spy on Americans." It was also, incidentally, a pile of steaming bull.
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