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Jacob Sullum Reason Magazine 3/20/2014 Today the Illinois Supreme Court unanimously overturned that state’s draconian eavesdropping law, which makes it a felony to record public officials without their permission, even when they are performing their public duties. Two years ago the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit ruled that the law was […] March 20th, 2014 | Tags: 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, Annabel Melongo, Cook County, felony, privacy, public, public officials, The Illinois Eavesdropping Act | Category: 1st Amendment, Illinois, law enforcement | Comments are closed
SenatorRandPaul YouTube 11/13/2012 George Orwell’s dystopian novel continues to come true in too many ways. _ _
Update: Reminder: The Bill of Rights Doesn’t Give Anyone Any Rights…
[…] May 2nd, 2013 | Tags: "1984", "doublespeak", Bill of Rights, emails, freedom, George Orwell, indefinite detention, love, National Defense Authorization Act, Patriot Act, privacy, Sen. Carl Levin, Sen. John McCain, Sen. Rand Paul, trial by jury | Category: Banking and finance, Barack Obama, Books/media, Congress, Federal Government, technology, terrorism, US Constitution, Video | Comments are closed
Michael Kelley Business Insider 8/21/2012 Dozens of federal agencies have bought spyware to monitor the communications of government employees, Lisa Rein of the Washington Post reports. The software, sold by SpectorSoft, can be programmed to intercept tweets and Facebook posts, take screen shots of computers, track keystrokes, retrieve files from hard drives, and search for […] August 21st, 2012 | Tags: Facebook, Judge William Pauley III, Melvin Colon, privacy, Transportation Security Administration, Twitter, whistleblowers | Category: Computers, federal employees (civilian), Food and Drug Administration, Social networking websites | Comments are closed
Nick Wingfield The Wall Street Journal 6/2/2010 The online habits of most people who use the world’s dominant Web browser are an open book to advertisers. That wasn’t the plan at first. In early 2008, Microsoft Corp.’s product planners for the Internet Explorer 8.0 browser intended to give users a simple, effective way to avoid […] August 2nd, 2010 | Tags: advertising, Internet Explorer 8.0, Microsoft, privacy | Category: Internet, technology | Comments are closed
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