Surveillance and the Limits of Law

Section 215 of the Patriot Act is set to sunset. New legislation would kill it entirely. But how much do intelligence agencies follow the law anyway?

By Alex Marthews | March 4, 2020 | Defense, Government, Human Rights, Law, Privacy, Security | Amazon, AT&T, Black Lives Matter, Civil Liberties, Congress, Constitutional Law, Dissent, Donald Trump, Edward Snowden, Electronic Frontier Foundation, FBI, FISA, Foreign Intelligence, Fourth Amendment, Gang of Eight, ICE, Intelligence Agencies, Internet, Jewel v. NSA, Law Enforcement, Legal Precedent, Mass Surveillance, Michael Hayden, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, NSA, Orwell, Palantir, Patriot Act, Privacy, Restore the Fourth, Revolution, Russell Tice, Section 215, Sensors, Spying, Standing Rock, Supreme Court, surveillance, Surveillance Oversight Ordinances, Violence

Podcast #22: Ryan Calo on Technology and the Law

Legal theorist Ryan Calo explores how the law is (or isn’t) evolving in response to technological quandaries like robotics and digital surveillance.

By Mo Lotman | November 13, 2018 | Culture, Government, Human Rights, Media, Podcasts, Policing, Privacy, Society | Advisory Boards, AI, Autonomy, Carpenter v. US, City of LA v. Patel, Crime, Emergence, Intent, Mens Rea, Negligence, NSA, Privacy, Recklessness, Responsibility, Robotics, Robotics Commission, Section 702, Senate, Stanford, Strict Liability, surveillance, University of Washington, US v. Jones, White House, Yale

Help End Section 702 Surveillance

Section 702 of 2008’s FISA Amendment Act, the basis of an enormous surveillance program, is about to lapse. A new bill, the USA Rights Act, would fix it.

By Mo Lotman | October 25, 2017 | Defense, Ethics, Government, Human Rights, Law, Policing, Privacy | ACLU, America, Back-Door Searches, Bipartisanship, CIA, Democracy, EFF, FAA, FBI, FISA, FISA Amendments, Foreign Intelligence, Fourth Amendment, Intelligence Agencies, Liberty Through Strength Act, NSA, Patriot Act, Privacy, Rand Paul, Restore the Fourth, Reverse Targeting, Ron Wyden, Rule of Law, Searches, Section 215, Section 702, surveillance, Ted Poe, Tom Cotton, US Constitution, USA Rights Act, Zoe Lofgren

Worried About Internet Privacy? Visit Your Local Librarian

Librarians have historically taken strong stances on protecting the privacy of patrons. Now, some of them are becoming valuable assets in the fight against online surveillance.

By Lucy Uprichard | May 24, 2017 | Education, Knowledge, Privacy, Society | Abuse of Power, ALA, Alison Macrina, Counter-terrorism, CUNY Graduate Center, Data Collection, Information, ISPs, Law Enforcement, Librarians, Libraries, Library Freedom Project, NSA, Privacy, Security, Social Media, surveillance, Tracking, World War II

US Intelligence Stockpiles Cybersecurity Flaws, Leaving Everyone Vulnerable

US intelligence agencies are still hoarding “zero-day” cybersecurity vulnerabilities, making everyone less safe online while creating a market for unethical hackers.

By Art Keller | May 3, 2017 | Defense, Security | CIA, Cisco, Cybersecurity, Department of Commerce, Edward Snowden, FBI, Gamma Group, Hacking, Hardware, Julian Assange, Microsoft, National Cyber Security Alliance, NSA, Phishing, ReVuln, Security Flaw, Shadow Brokers, Small Business, Software, Vault 7, VEP, Vulnerability, Vulnerability Equity Process, Vupen, Wikileaks, Zero-day

Podcast #2: Bruce Schneier on the Golden Age of Surveillance

Photo ©Geoffrey Stone.

Internet security expert, privacy advocate, and author Bruce Schneier speaks with the Technoskeptic about the public-private surveillance partnership that monitors everything we do, and what needs to happen in order to restore our privacy.

By Mo Lotman | December 22, 2015 | Human Rights, Podcasts, Privacy, Security, Society | Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Bruce Schneier, Cell Phones, Data, Data and Goliath, Facebook, Google, Legislation, Metadata, NSA, Oversight, Subscriber, surveillance, Waze

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