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Questioning red light cameras created an unexpected problem for Mats Järlström, who was fined $500 for “unlicensed practice of engineering” by the state of Oregon. That sparked a lawsuit by the Institute for Justice on his behalf. “Criticizing the government’s ...

WASHINGTON — Your fingerprints might be a major threat to your privacy. That’s because the images taken by smartphone cameras are so full of detail that it is now possible to copy fingerprints from them, Professor Isao Echizen of Japan’s ...

  SAN DIEGO — Federal agents and local police used license plate readers to identify and track visitors to gun shows, according to a new report. Police set up a reader that recorded the license plate numbers of thousands of ...

Baltimore’s citizens were under high-tech aerial surveillance by their police for six months, and no one outside of law enforcement – not even the mayor – knew it. Incredibly, police were able to conduct the surveillance without the knowledge or ...

Urban areas and cities aren’t the only places where crime and theft can be a problem. Rural areas are also at risk. Here are just a few ideas for how you can keep your homestead more secure and protected. 1. ...

The perils of resisting the police state grow more costly with each passing day, especially if you hope to escape with your life and property intact. The thing you must remember is that we’ve entered an age of militarized police ...

Police around the country are wanting to turn home and business private security cameras into surveillance devices to monitor activity on streets and other public places. New technology can give cops instant access to video from homes and businesses. The ...

It is not just federal agencies that may be violating your constitutional rights. Some local police and sheriff’s departments have surveillance operations as sophisticated as those at the NSA. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is deploying an array of ...

Simply taking pictures of police officers has gotten a number of people arrested in Memphis, Tennessee, arrested. Several citizens have come forward and said that officers seized their phones and in some cases arrested them for taking pictures of and ...

Wearable video cameras, or body cams, might soon become standard equipment for police on the beat – a possibility that has led to both praise and concern from civil liberties groups. Some local governments are encouraging the use of “on-officer ...