Breaking News, Headlines, Liberty Monday, January 23rd, 2012
By TIM MAK | Politico Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul was detained Monday by the Transportation Security Administration in Nashville, Tenn., after refusing a full body pat-down, POLITICO has confirmed. “I spoke with him five minutes ago and he was being detained indefinitely,” Paul spokesperson Moira Bagley said. “The image scan went off; he refused patdown.” [...]
Breaking News, Technology Tuesday, January 17th, 2012
Counting Twitter mentions would have you believe that Ron Paul is the most popular Republican candidate in the ongoing U.S. primaries. Umm, right.
Alaska lawmaker blasts TSA in new PSA, warning travelers about revealing full body scanners
Privacy Rights Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
Regular readers of NaturalNews.com already know that the expectation of privacy in America has slowly been eroded through a series of laws and court rulings. In the modern era, one of the most egregious and serial violators of privacy has been the Transportation Security Administration.
SOPA opponents may go nuclear and other 2012 predictions
Technology Friday, December 30th, 2011
It was Google co-founder Sergey Brin who warned that the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act “would put us on a par with the most oppressive nations in the world.”
Technology Thursday, December 8th, 2011
Facebook users’ private pictures were exposed to unauthorized downloads for a few hours on Tuesday.
Apple iTunes flaw ‘allowed government spying for 3 years’
Technology Thursday, December 1st, 2011
By Christopher Williams, Telegraph.co.UK A British company called Gamma International marketed hacking software to governments that exploited the vulnerability via a bogus update to iTunes, Apple’s media player, which is installed on more than 250 million machines worldwide. The hacking software, FinFisher, is used to spy on intelligence targets’ computers. It is known to be [...]
Liberty Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
Plans to fit all taxis operating in the city of Oxford with audio recording devices have been branded a “staggering invasion of privacy” prompting calls for the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to investigate how widespread the use of microphones on public transport has become.
Privacy Rights Monday, November 7th, 2011
By: Emily Babay | WashingtonExaminer.com It sounds a bit like Big Brother: Police can place a GPS device on your car to follow all of your movements, for any length of time. The Supreme Court on Tuesday is scheduled to hear arguments about whether investigators need to get a warrant before doing so. Legal experts [...]
Breaking News, Liberty Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
By Paul Joseph Watson, Infowars.com Federally-funded high-tech street lights now being installed in American cities are not only set to aid the DHS in making “security announcements” and acting as talking surveillance cameras, they are also capable of “recording conversations,” bringing the potential privacy threat posed by ‘Intellistreets’ to a whole new level. In the [...]
Privacy Rights Sunday, October 30th, 2011
By Juan Carlos Perez, IDG News Google’s work to integrate its Google+ social networking site broadly with its other services could raise red flags for users who want to closely guard their privacy. Google wants Google+ to be more than a stand-alone social network. It envisions Google+ integrating with most, maybe all, of its Web [...]