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Neglected Privacy Board to Probe Spygate Scandal
A long neglected and overlooked federal oversight board hit the limelight today when NSA chief Keith Alexander agreed publicly to cooperate with an investigation into the spygate scandal by the Privacy and Civil Liberties...Vuze Condemns PRISM and Promotes VPNs
This week the PRISM surveillance scandal has consumed the Internet as the implications of massive scale U.S. Government spying begin to sink in. The revelations of former CIA technical assistant Edward Snowden, which come...Lawsuit Challenges Warrantless Searches of Arrestees’ Cellphones
Police in some states, including California, inspect mobile phones of anybody arrested, without a warrant, based on the legal theory that officers have a right to review the belongings of those they apprehend. But...EFF Sues to Block New California Internet Sex-Offender Law
Photo: hjl/Flickr Immediately following the passage of a California proposition that would dramatically curtail the online, First Amendment rights of registered sex offenders, two civil rights groups filed a lawsuit to block parts of...CA measure would ban anonymous online speech for sex offenders
If there's anything everyone can agree about, it's that sexual exploitation of minors is wrong. Proposition 35, on the ballot in California for Tuesday's election, would take a number of steps to crack down...Exclusive Usenet Offers: $7.95/month
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