LONDON – Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, is sounding an alarm concerning his government’s plans to permit intelligence agencies to monitor the Internet use and digital communications of every person in the UK. He warns that ...
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A Predator Drone may Soon be Coming to your Local Neighborhood
LAKOTA, North Dakota – Rodney Brossart from the tiny town of Lakota, N.D has come to national attention with the revelation he is the first American citizen to be arrested with the help of a Predator surveillance drone. His case ...
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It is becoming increasingly clear that rapid technological innovation will be the defining characteristic of the twenty-first century. In most ways, new technologies are improving our lives, and they are also creating brand new growing industries that could be our ...
Read More »Google Earth: The Next Step in Government Surveillance
I was raised in the South, the home of chivalry and civility. Therefore my grandmother never uttered, what she called, a by-word. According to her, cursing was for illiterates and the un-churched. Proper gents and ladies just didn’t say such ...
Read More »Drone Aircraft to Be Used in U.S. for Domestic “Safety”
by Felix Moyer Unmanned, airborne drones with cameras have been used for years in Iraq and Afghanistan against opponents of the invasions, but now the Miami-Dade Police Department has completed an agreement to acquire a drone for domestic use. If ...
Read More »Red Light Cameras – More Infringement on Liberty?
You may know neighbors, friends and coworkers who have no problem with red light cameras. “They prevent accidents,” these people will say, or “They enforce safe driving.” Once settled on that viewpoint, they go about their lives with no thought ...
Read More »Walmart Shoppers: State-sponsored Spies?
The Department of Homeland Security has recently announced the creation of a program called “If You See Something, Say Something.” This catchy title comes from an agreement that the DHS has reached with Walmart, in which the store promises full ...
Read More »Privacy as the Barometer of a Healthy Society
Privacy is a key tenant of American society, but many either have forgotten what the idea actually means, or have willingly put it aside for the notion of the “greater good.” Many people will proclaim that they value their privacy ...
Read More »Political Activism Can Be Harmful to Your Privacy
In another attempt to expand its reach into the private lives of American citizens, the Department of Homeland Security spent $125,000 to spy on Tea Party activists in Pennsylvania. Using an Israeli-based research firm, DHS set out to track and ...
Read More »Planning an Off-Grid Existence? The Feds may be Watching You
In an effort to curb government dissension, and with an eye towards criminalizing the free expression of patriotic Americans, the Department of Justice has taken steps to classify individuals based on their use of certain terms deemed to be threatening ...
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