Showing posts with label cell phones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cell phones. Show all posts

Massive Spying Of Americans' Cellphones From The Air

by Ronald Bailey.       The Wall Street Journal has a terrific article, "Americans' Cellphones Targeted in Secret U.S. Spy Program," that details how U.S. Marshals Service aircraft deploy "dirtbox" technology to spy on millions of Americans' cellphones from above. The dirtbox technology (so named as an acronym for the company that makes the devices, ... MORE

The Dark Side Of California's Cell Phone “Kill Switch” Bill

by Jake Laperruque.      This week the California legislature passed a bill that requires all smartphones to include a “kill switch” that can remotely render the device inoperable.  Although created to deter smartphone theft, this kill switch mandate could actually become a nefarious tool co-opted by government to suppress protests.  ...  MORE

Brian Fung: Think The Supreme Court Protected Your Cellphone From Warrantless Searches? Think Again.

It was supposed to be a simple day trip to Niagara Falls. Little did he know the visit might land him in prison for the next 100 years. Ali Saboonchi was returning from the Canadian side of the falls with his wife in 2012 when he was detained by customs agents at the U.S. border. The agents eventually let the Maryland man go, but not  ...  MORE

California Cell Phone Ban Fails To Reduce Accidents

But it does raise revenue for politicians to spend.     Six years ago, California began enforcing a ban on the use of cell phones behind the wheel. In the latest edition of the journal Transportation Research, a study found that issuing tens of thousands of $170 tickets each year for this new offense failed to yield measurable safety benefits.    ... MORE

NSA Can Listen Through Your iPhone Even When It Is Off

by Mark Prigg.    The NSA could technically listen in to the microphone of an iPhone even if it switched off, experts have revealed. The claim was first made by Edward Snowden during an interview with Brian Williams of NBC Nightly News. Today, experts confirmed the technique was technically possibly - and revealed a way to sidestep it.        ... MORE

VIDEO: Snowden, The NSA, And A Crime Of High Treason

U.S. Marshals Seize Local Cops’ Cell Phone Tracking Files in Extraordinary Attempt to Keep Information From Public

by Nathan Freed Wessler.      A run-of-the-mill public records request about cell phone surveillance submitted to a local police department in Florida has unearthed blatant violations of open government laws, including an incredible seizure of state records by the U.S. Marshals Service, which is part of the Justice Department.   ... MORE

America 2014: If You Are Doing Nothing Wrong Then You Have Nothing To Hide ...Unless You're The Government

Everyone is now a suspect.      Imagine if you will, cruising down Woodward Avenue all smiles and sunshine until you see it; that red, white and blue flicker in your rear-view mirror. The Oakland County Sheriff has abruptly merged behind you. We’ve all felt that initial rush, the terror of being ‘pulled over’ and treated like a child. Whether you’re a    ... MORE 

How the Drug War Threatens Everyone's Privacy Rights

by S.M. Oliva.     The idea that all persons have a right to privacy and freedom from arbitrary government searches exists not only in the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution but in the constitutional documents of many nations. Unfortunately, many nations also share the U.S. government's belief that the peaceful sale and consumption of   ... MORE

Man Found Guilty Of E-Cig Law That Does Not Exist

by Jeff Sherwood.      Judge makes up law as he goes. On March 20, 2014, I brought you a story about the first man to ever get a ticket in the United States for using an electronic cigarette while driving. Today (Mar. 22), I had the opportunity to sit down and speak with the accused man, Jason Dewing, via a telephone conversation to get further         ... MORE

Cellphone Justice And The Killing Of Kelly Thomas

by Paul Detrick.        Cops go free after beating an innocent man to death. On January 14, 2014, Manuel Ramos and Jay Cicinelli, two former police officers in Fullerton, California, were acquitted of manslaughter and second-degree murder charges in the death of Kelly Thomas, a 37-year-old schizophrenic drifter. The two cops brutally beat   ... MORE

Verizon Reveals More About Federal Spying on Customers

by Josh Peterson.            They can hear you now (the Feds, that is). Verizon updated its transparency report Monday to include orders issued by the nation’s spy court. During the first six months of 2013, the nation’s spy court, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, ordered Verizon between zero to 999 times to hand over content for 4,000 to     ... MORE

More Evidence The Fourth Amendment Is Dead

Minor traffic violations cause for cell phone searches.      A judge decided last week that Oklahoma City, Oklahoma police were in the right when they downloaded information off the mobile phone belonging to Noe Vergara Wuences who was pulled over on March 22, 2012 because the temporary paper license plate on his new car      ... MORE