big government »
New App Reveals How Your Smartphone Can Spy on You Without Permission
Your Android phone can be turned into a microphone without your permission or knowledge. All that’s needed are the gyros in your phone that measure orientation. Stanford researchers have shown how to rewire them
Read More »
Ferguson cops beat innocent man, then charged him with bleeding on their uniforms
The officer-involved shooting death of teenager Michael Brown this week and the subsequent protests across the United States have rekindled interest in another case of alleged excessive force blamed on the Ferguson, Missouri Police
Read More »
Martin Armstrong Warns “We Are Witnessing The Collapse Of Democracy”
Part of the war cycle is just the general feeling or attitude shifts due to economics. We seem to be headed for such a fateful turn. The police domestically have turned militaristic
Read More »
5 Big Brother Technologies for Tracking and Surveilling Children
Without much of a mentionable public debate about the implementation of police state surveillance and tracking technologies in our society, we are quickly moving into an era where personal liberty and privacy do not
Read More »
Elon Musk Says Artificial Intelligence Could Be ‘More Dangerous Than Nukes’
When Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla and SpaceX, comments on the future, ears in the tech space perk up. But a weekend mini-rant from the futurist drew the attention of even some non-techies
Read More »
N.J. cop: Obama doesn’t follow Constitution
A New Jersey police officer was caught on camera telling a resident that police don't have to follow the Constitution because President Obama doesn't, either. Special Police Officer Richard Recine, of the Borough of Helmetta
Read More »
Israel identified as top spying threat to US in NSA document
A newly published US national security document shows that the National Security Agency (NSA) in 2007 singled out Israel as a top spying threat to the United States
Read More »
Google tipped off police over emailed child abuse images
Google’s system to automatically scan for child abuse images extends to email, a US detective has revealed, using it to help police arrest a man in Houston A tip-off from Google about the contents of
Read More »
NULLIFICATION: GET TO YOUR STATE LEGISLATORS NOW
With more than half of the primaries over and nearly every single incumbent, both parties, having won, if the trend continues, we will end up with virtually the same U.S. House of Representatives. The
Read More »
5 Online Privacy Tools You Can Start Using Now To Bypass NSA Surveillance
Now more than than ever, we need to be smart about how we communicate online. The NSA’s PRISM program is continuously collecting all of our personal data from the world’s top online services including
Read More »
Cops Arrest 76-Year Old Veteran For Town Meeting ‘Outburst’: “I Asked Them To Speak Louder So We Could Hear”
Eddie Overholt was attending his second county board meeting last Friday when he was arrested by police for interfering with a public meeting and resisting arrest for the dastardly act of asking county officials
Read More »
New Surveillance Whistleblower: The NSA Violates the Constitution
A former Obama administration official calls attention to unaccountable mass surveillance conducted under a 1981 executive order. John Napier Tye is speaking out to warn Americans about illegal spying. The former State Department official, who
Read More »
Video – Katherine Albrecht: Your House Is Spying On You
Albrecht has spearheaded the worldwide movement against RFID tracking
Read More »
66 Percent of Americans Now Live in a Constitution-Free Zone
Thanks to the militarization and expansion of the “border” region, 197 million Americans now live within the jurisdiction of US Customs and Border Patrol. Shena Gutierrez was already cuffed and in an inspection room in
Read More »
How To Refuse an Immigration Checkpoint In Just Under 2 Minutes
DHS agents have recently set up constitutionally-questionable “security checkpoints” up to 100 miles inside U.S. territory. If you should drive into one of these roadblocks, you are not required to answer the agent’s questions (usually
Read More »
Militarized Homeland Security Invasion of Town Was Over Downloading of Indecent Images
Overkill? Huge show of force all to catch one bad guy with a laptop The Department of Homeland Security’s militarized invasion of a small town in Illinois was not in response to a gang of
Read More »
The Emperor’s new clothes: The naked truth about the American police state
he most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who is able to think things out for himself… Almost inevitably, he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest,
Read More »
The Secret To Staying Hidden In A Digital World
In today’s ever-evolving digital world, protecting your privacy may seem like an impossible task. But before you begin incorporating methods that will help protect your personal privacy, it is important to note the stark differences
Read More »
Five Computer Security Myths, Debunked by Experts
We're no strangers to helping you secure your computer, but there are some computer security myths and stories that keep getting passed around, even though they're clearly not true. We sat down with a
Read More »
New TSA Rules Require Searches of on Cell Phones, Laptops and Electronic Devices
The TSA has made a series of announcements this week that included new fees and new security procedures. One of the most alarming of these announcements was the new policy that requires all
Read More »