Google is resisting a national security letter (NSL) from the FBI demanding that it offer up private information about its users.
The “warrantless wiretapping” law has new life, as the United States Senate extended the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, today by a significant margin.
The law, originally passed in 2008 under the Bush administration, was renewed this morning when …
High-fashion mannequin maker Almax has released mannequins that don't just look good, but also look. Right back at you, that is.
Guest Post In Tampa, Florida, just outside of the building where the Republican National Convention is taking place, vigilant observers are perched high above, working day and night to spot suspicious activity.
The latest WikiLeaks release has shone a spotlight on an alleged domestic and foreign surveillance program run with cloud-based software provided by Texas company TrapWire, many of whose top leaders and employees are former members of three-letter American intelligence agencies.
National Security Agency director General Keith Alexander promised a crowd of hackers Friday that the NSA does not keep a profile on every American. But one former employee is saying that’s not entirely an honest claim.
“His statement about not …
In an age of surveillance, when over 200,000 cameras watch London ceaselessly and unmanned government spy planes patrol U.S. skies, the New Jersey ACLU is providing tools for citizens to engage in “reverse surveillance.”
The tool is a smartphone app, …
London’s Metropolitan Police Force has bought a digital surveillance system used by the U.S. Secret Service and other governments to spy on its citizens’ cell phone activity, the Guardian is reporting.
The system is known as “ICT hardware,” and it …
Surveillance cameras are proliferating like mad through our security-conscious world. China already has about 7 million video cameras watching streets, hotel lobbies, businesses and even monasteries. And in the US, there are apparently some 30 million surveillance cameras at work, …
