by Andrew Napolitano. "Almost Orwellian"—that's the description a federal judge gave earlier this week to the massive spying by the National Security Agency (NSA) on virtually all 380 million cellphones in the United States. In the first meaningful and jurisdictionally grounded judicial review of the NSA cellphone spying program, U.S. District Court ... MORE
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Federal Judge Acknowledges NSA is "Almost Orwellian"
by Andrew Napolitano. "Almost Orwellian"—that's the description a federal judge gave earlier this week to the massive spying by the National Security Agency (NSA) on virtually all 380 million cellphones in the United States. In the first meaningful and jurisdictionally grounded judicial review of the NSA cellphone spying program, U.S. District Court ... MOREAre You Consenting To Surveillance Right Now?
Jacob Sullum on the perilous condition of privacy. After her purse was snatched in 1976, Patricia McDonough began receiving threatening phone calls from a man who identified himself as her robber. Following one of the calls she saw a car she recognized from the scene of the crime slowly pass by her house in Baltimore. Police later ... MORERonald Bailey: Five Phony Public Health Scares
Scaremongering sells. Health activists, nutrition nannies, medical paternalists, and just plain old quacks regularly conjure up menaces that are supposedly damaging the health of Americans. Their scares range from the decades-long campaign against fluoridation to worries that saccharin causes cancer to the ongoing hysteria ... MOREDoug McKelway: Cell Phone Data Latest Threat To Privacy
Introducing warrantless searches of your phone. Amid concerns from privacy advocates about the government’s sprawling
surveillance programs, the Obama administration earlier this month
petitioned the Supreme Court in support of a federal court ruling that
allowed police searches of cell phones records without a warrant. ... MORETim Lee: Obama Asks For Warrantless Cellphone Searches
Requests permission to ignore the Fourth Amendment. If the police arrest you, do they need a warrant to rifle through
your cellphone? Courts have been split on the question. Last week the
Obama administration asked the Supreme Court to resolve the issue and
rule that the Fourth Amendment allows warrantless cellphone searches. ... MOREObama Moves To Levy Cellphone Tax Without Congress
Government of unlimited power flexes its muscles. As we now know from the New York Times, the president hopes to "seize any opportunity I can find to work with Congress to strengthen the middle class, improve their prospects, improve their security. But where Congress is unwilling to act, I will take whatever administrative ... MORERonald Bailey: The Top 5 Bogus Health Scares
How activist misinformation harms Americans. Health activists, nutrition nannies, medical paternalists, and just plain old quacks regularly conjure up a variety of menaces that are supposedly damaging the health of Americans. Their scares ranging from the decades-long campaign against fluoridation to worries that saccharin ... MOREJacob Sullum: You Phone Is A Pocket Rat
Court approves warrantless cellphone tracking. Last month the New Jersey Supreme Court
ruled that police generally need a warrant to obtain
information about the locations of cellphone users. Last week the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit
said just the opposite. The first
decision was based on Article I, Paragraph 7 of the New ... MORECell Phones And The Expectation Of Privacy
by Jesse Wegman. Ninety-one percent of American adults now own a cell phone, according to a survey
by the Pew Research Center. Among those 44 and younger, ownership rises
to more than 95 percent. The cell phone is as ubiquitous a piece of
consumer technology as we have ever had, and may be the most rapidly adopted in history. ... MOREMark Nestmann: When You Need To Disappear
Leave no footprints. Whistleblower Edward Snowden needs to disappear if he is to avoid kidnapping, assassination, extradition, or deportation to the United States. If you’re ever faced by a situation in which you need to disappear, right away, what would you do? Perhaps someone is bent on revenge and has threatened to kill you. ... MORE
Shane Clark: Are You Willing To Die For Your Freedom?
Massive loss in freedom vs. minimal gain in security. Before we even got the whole picture detailing exactly how widespread the government's phone tracking efforts were, we were hit with news of the NSA PRISM program. The details are still being uncovered and debates and questions concerning both programs abound, but the most ... MORE
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