Over the past five years, I’ve posted a number of stories concerning the illegal surveillance of journalist Nicky Hager and Hager’s attempts to hold the government accountable. I have nothing but respect for him for pushing back against illegal surveillance. Some of the significant aspects of his case arose from an illegal raid in 2014…
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Health records giant Epic temporarily halts additions to its app store because of privacy concerns
Christina Farr of CNBC reports: Epic Systems, the giant medical records software vendor, created an app store two years ago so that companies including Apple, Oscar Health and other providers of health apps could sync their services with patient data from large hospitals and clinics. The Store, called App Orchard, became the major way for…
Disputed N.S.A. Phone Program Is Shut Down, Aide Says
Charlie Savage reports: The National Security Agency has quietly shut down a system that analyzes logs of Americans’ domestic calls and texts, according to a senior Republican congressional aide, halting a program that has touched off disputes about privacy and the rule of law since the Sept. 11 attacks. The agency has not used the…
Student Surveillance Versus Gun Control: The School Safety Discussion We Aren’t Having
Chad Marlow of the ACLU has an article that I would encourage parents of school-age children to read. And if you don’t have school-age kids, but just generally give a damn about letting little kids grow up to become adults instead of getting gunned down at school, read it anyway. Here’s just one snippet: there…