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NSA System Can Record an Entire Country’s Calls for 30 Days at a Time
Remember all that business about the NSA saying it only collects phone metadata? Yeah, that's not true. Not only can the NSA listen in on foreigners' phone calls. It can record "every single" conversation
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Police Dept. Covers Up Its NSA-Style, Warrantless Cell Phone Tracking
Device captures private cell data from innocent third-parties not involved in investigation Florida police used a cell phone tracking device at least 200 times without a warrant because they conspired with the device manufacturer to
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Homeland Security Starts Citywide Cellphone Tracking Project In Seattle, Your Town Will Be Next
If you’re walking around downtown Seattle, look up: You’ll see off-white boxes, each one about a foot tall with vertical antennae, attached to utility poles. If you’re walking around downtown while looking at
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U.S. gives big, secret push to Internet surveillance
Senior Obama administration officials have secretly authorized the interception of communications carried on portions of networks operated by AT&T and other Internet service providers, a practice that might otherwise be illegal under federal wiretapping
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Boston bombing: FBI backlash ‘risks turning US into surveillance state’
US intelligence veterans are warning that mounting criticism of the FBI for not preventing the Boston bombing risks encouraging infringements of civil liberties, such as routine surveillance of mosques and blanket use of security
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Do Boston Bombings Make a Case for More Camera Surveillance?
Just last month, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Americans should get used to “more visibility and less” privacy,” because in about five years “there’ll be cameras every place.” In light of the
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Secrets of FBI Smartphone Surveillance Tool Revealed in Court Fight
A legal fight over the government’s use of a secret surveillance tool has provided new insight into how the controversial tool works and the extent to which Verizon Wireless aided federal agents in using
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FBI sued over secretive mass surveillance program
A privacy watchdog group is suing the FBI over the agency’s failure to fulfill Freedom of Information Act requests for documents involving a secretive and expansive database that could be used to track down
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Creepy Tech To Put Your City Under 24/7 Watch
Memphis, Tennessee-based ESI Companies, Inc. is behind a quite creepy technology platform they call SkyCop, capable of enabling widespread, long-term surveillance across entire cities. SkyCop is just one of many aspects of the massive rise
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