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5 Jun 2014, 9:06 am by Robert D. Fram
Since 1979, the United States Government has made at least 35,651 applications to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) for authority to conduct electronic surveillance and physical searches of individuals.[1]  Of those requests, only 12 have been denied; 532 requests have been formally modified. [read post]
27 Mar 2015, 1:42 pm by Jillian York and Sophia Cope
       On the surveillance front, the French government is trying to make it easier to hack into citizens’ computers and mobile devices, and to conduct mass surveillance with the help of ISPs and telecommunications companies. [read post]
23 May 2017, 3:20 pm by Tom Smith
In his novels and essays, he instructs us even now in how in how to be alert to the numbing rhetoric of government pronouncements, of pervasive official and corporate surveillance, and most of all, of intrusions by both public and commercial powers into the realm of the private individual. [read post]
3 May 2011, 12:35 pm by JB
This debate overlooks a far larger concern: how the hunt for Al Qaeda justified the government's permanent expansion of surveillance capabilities. [read post]
Mass surveillance of electronic communications is a vast, new, government intrusion on the privacy of innocent people worldwide. [read post]
20 Apr 2018, 2:45 pm
The decision sets the stage for a showdown between tech firms and the government on NSA surveillance. [read post]
11 Jan 2018, 11:30 am
Broad and unchecked surveillance powers have been used as a tool against activists, government critics, journalists, and minorities. [read post]
16 Jun 2020, 9:33 am by Kade Crockford
 Third, even if the algorithms are equally accurate across race, and even if the government uses driver’s license databases instead of mugshot systems, government use of face surveillance technology will still be racist. [read post]
19 Nov 2012, 2:44 pm by Brian Pascal
The plaintiffs in Clapper will probably never be able to explicitly demonstrate that they have been the targets of government surveillance. [read post]
27 Jun 2013, 11:47 am by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
Mike Lee (R-Utah), said that he is "deeply disturbed" by these reports and that "under this secret court order, millions of innocent Americans have been subject to government surveillance." [read post]
22 Aug 2013, 5:54 am by Ed Felten
Yesterday the U.S. government released a previously-secret 2011 opinion of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), finding certain NSA surveillance and analysis activities to be illegal. [read post]
12 Jun 2013, 2:14 pm by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
We are delighted to see these companies push for greater transparency about the secret surveillance requests they receive from intelligence agencies, especially on the heels of the greatest government surveillance scandal in decades. [read post]
22 Sep 2011, 11:23 am
Government has vested itself with the virtually unchallenged ability to operate this surveillance regime in full secrecy and even beyond the reach of judicial review, which is another way of saying: above and beyond the rule of law. [read post]
25 Oct 2017, 4:22 pm by amackey
That said, the USA Rights Act’s provision does highlight the possibility that the government uses its surveillance authority to require companies to modify their services or otherwise assist with its mass surveillance efforts. [read post]
29 Apr 2020, 1:43 pm by Matthew Guariglia
It won't be easy to get the government to suspend its newly acquired tech and surveillance powers. [read post]
13 Jun 2011, 12:46 pm by Amanda Simon, ACLU
According to a report in the New York Times — quoting our own Michael German (a former FBI agent) — the bureau is revising its surveillance guidelines yet again, updating the Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide, which governs the activities of FBI agents. [read post]
23 Feb 2020, 1:58 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
’s partnerships with city governments and local police departments, along with the company’s policies governing the data it collects. [read post]
23 Feb 2020, 1:58 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
’s partnerships with city governments and local police departments, along with the company’s policies governing the data it collects. [read post]
17 Sep 2020, 3:05 pm by Dave Maass
Journalism students and EFF volunteers gathered online research, such as news articles and government records, on 10 common surveillance technologies and two different types of surveillance command centers. [read post]
1 Aug 2007, 10:26 am
  The bill (.pdf) that would change the nation's surveillance laws so that that the government would be free to spy on the contents of an Americans' phone or emails so long as the government "reasonably believes" the person is not in the country. [read post]