Surveillance

The Right to Be Left Alone

by Judge Andrew Napolitano | Sep 7, 2022 | Surveillance

The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right to privacy. Like other amendments in the Bill of Rights, it doesn’t create the right; it limits government interference with it. Last week, President Joe Biden misquoted the late Justice Antonin...

San Diego Passes Surveillance Ordinance with Loophole for Federal Task Forces

by Mike Maharrey | Aug 11, 2022 | Local, Surveillance

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Aug 11, 2022) – Last week, the San Diego City Council passed an ordinance that will create some oversight and transparency for surveillance programs. But the council bowed to police pressure and created a loophole by exempting local cops serving on...

New Documents Reveal the Extent of Federal Location Surveillance

by Mike Maharrey | Jul 19, 2022 | Surveillance

The Department of Homeland Security has collected reams of location data from a private vendor in order to track people across the United States. Earlier this month, we reported that private data brokers harvest location data from hundreds of mobile apps and then sell...

Feds Accessing Location Data from Millions of People Through Private Brokers

by Mike Maharrey | Jul 7, 2022 | Surveillance

Big Brother is tracking your location with the help of private data brokers. According to a recent report by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), data brokers harvest location data from mobile apps and then sell it to government agencies including state and local...

San Diego City Council Guts Surveillance Ordinance to Protect Federal Task Forces

by Mike Maharrey | Jun 29, 2022 | Local, Police, Surveillance

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (June 29, 2022) – The San Diego City Council bowed to police pressure and gutted a proposed ordinance to create oversight and transparency for surveillance programs by exempting local cops serving on federal task forces. The ordinance drafted...

Supreme Court Refuses to Limit Warrantless Surveillance

by Mike Maharrey | Jun 23, 2022 | Court Cases, Surveillance

According to the Supreme Court, the legality of NSA mass surveillance can’t even be legally challenged. This was the message the Court sent when it refused to take up Jewel v. NSA, allowing an appellate court decision to stand. The high court’s decision...

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