Gregg Keizer reports: Microsoft has significantly upped the tally of U.S. government gag orders slapped on demands for customer information, according to court documents filed last week. In a revised complaint submitted to a Seattle federal court last Friday, Microsoft said that more than half of all government data demands were bound by a secrecy…
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Gag Order on Lavabit’s Levison Lifted After Three-Year Battle
Back in March, and due to a government redaction error, the world got confirmation that yes, Edward Snowden was the target of a controversial order and court battle involving Lavabit. But it’s nice that the government has FINALLY ungagged Ladar Levison so that he can talk about the case. Here’s his press release, issued today: Alexandria, VA–Lavabit founder Ladar…
DHS really would love to know your Twitter handle….
Great catch by Joseph Lorenzo Hall. As seen in the Federal Register, DHS is proposing to amend forms that are used in travel arrival and departure records (Forms I-94 and I-94W) and Electronic System for Travel Authorization. If they ask you nicely, will you tell them your Twitter handle and other social media usernames? And how…
As quietly as possible, the government is renewing its assault on your privacy – Timm
From a commentary by Trevor Timm: With their dangerous crusade for an anti-encryption bill in Congress all but dead (for now), the FBI and US justice department are now engaged in a multi-pronged attack on all sorts of other privacy rights – this time, with much less public scrutiny. A report from the nonpartisan Government…