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US lawmakers are demanding an investigation into the Trump administration's secret use of administrative summonses to surveil journalists, non-profits, and unions without judicial oversight, raising concerns about privacy and First Amendment rights.
The Trump administration's DHS is using an obscure customs law to secretly obtain private information from journalists, non-profits, and unions, bypassing judicial oversight and raising concerns about privacy and press freedom.
Analyseert de technische en juridische uitdagingen voor Amerikaanse bedrijven om gegevens te versleutelen zodat de Amerikaanse overheid er niet bij kan, met voorbeelden zoals Microsoft Double Key Encryption en Solvinity.
The article reports that ICE's Office of Professional Responsibility has opened over 100 investigations into online critics of Trump's immigration policies, sending agents to people's homes and issuing warnings for speech that may not be illegal. The practice raises First Amendment concerns and involves subpoenas to tech companies for user identities.
A Guardian op-ed warns that AI-powered surveillance systems are becoming supercharged, capable of tracking public and private activities with real-time enforcement, which could chill social progress and democracy.
ICE's internal watchdog, the Office of Professional Responsibility, is investigating civilians for online posts critical of ICE agents, raising First Amendment concerns.
The article warns that the Department of Homeland Security's SAVE program, expanded under the Trump administration to verify voter citizenship, poses serious data security and privacy risks, potentially disenfranchising voters and exposing sensitive information.
Oura, the health wearable maker, acknowledges receiving government requests for user data but refuses to disclose how many requests it receives or how often it complies. The article highlights Oura's lack of end-to-end encryption and the potential for government access to sensitive health data.
Canada's Bill C-22 would require messaging apps like Signal and WhatsApp to build a backdoor for government access, undermining end-to-end encryption and threatening the privacy of all users.