Scott Olson / Getty ImagesCommentary TSA Rolling Out Worrying New Tech at More Than 400 Airports "The TSA program is a precursor to a full-blown national surveillance state," one senator, who proposes to ban the tech, said. By C. Douglas Golden February 3, 2024
Bebeto Matthews / AP Feds Flagged Terms Like 'MAGA' and 'Trump' to Financial Institutions, Urged Them to Report Purchases of Bibles: Report A House panel is investigating "pervasive financial surveillance" that "raises serious concerns" about what the Biden FBI has done. By Jack Davis January 20, 2024
EyesWideOpen / Getty ImagesCommentary Google Settles Massive Lawsuit - If You've Ever Used 'Incognito Mode' This Is Required Reading Google was accused of misleading us into believing that private mode stopped the tech giant from collecting data on websites we visit. By Rachel M. Emmanuel December 30, 2023
Image Source / Getty Images Your Car Stores Your Text Messages - Law Enforcement Can Retrieve Them Anytime, Following Federally Rejected Lawsuit It is legal for your car to automatically store text and call data from your cell phone, following a ruling from the 9th Circuit. By Stefanie Ladner December 25, 2023
Catherine McQueen / Getty Images Gang of 21 Democrat AGs Wage Pivotal Court Fight to End Traditional Gender-Exclusive School Bathrooms The coalition of attorney generals argue that transgender students using their preferred bathrooms "does not pose a threat to anyone." By Ben Kew December 12, 2023
ANGELA WEISS - AFP / Getty Images US Senator Reveals Chilling Way World Governments Spy on Smartphone Users A U.S. senator is ringing alarm bells about about a technique used to spy on smartphone users the government does not want disclosed. By Jack Davis December 10, 2023
Mariam Zuhaib / AP Photo Senator Warns Governments Are Spying on Smartphone Users Through Push Notifications The senator's office has been looking into foreign governments receiving information about smartphone users without their knowledge. By George C. Upper III December 6, 2023
Damian Dovarganes / AP Photo Appeals Court Strikes Blow to Gun Owner Privacy Rights in Ruling Accommodating 'Violence Researchers' A lawsuit similar to the one under consideration here was dismissed earlier this year by a federal judge in San Diego. By George C. Upper III November 27, 2023
Kar-Tr / Getty Images Police Issue Warning to Parents About New iPhone Feature Police are issuing warnings to parents about an iPhone software feature that has the potential to compromise privacy. By Jack Davis November 27, 2023
Chris Morgan - Idaho National Laboratory / AP US Nuclear Laboratory Breached by Purported 'Gay Furry Hackers' One of the nation's premiere nuclear energy research facilities has been compromised by an extremist internet group. By Richard Moorhead November 24, 2023