Martyn Williams reports: A California court has dismissed part of a lawsuit brought by Twitter that challenges U.S. government restrictions on what it can say about surveillance requests on its users. Twitter sued the government in 2014, alleging that the restrictions, which are common to all Internet service providers, infringe its First Amendment right to free speech. Earlier this…
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Dallas Police publish personal information about sex assault victims online
From the this-is-totally-unacceptable dept. Andrea Peterson of WaPo reports: The Dallas Police Department made public the names, ages and home addresses of some alleged sexual assault victims on an official website, an incident that highlights how the push to put more police records online may also be inadvertently leaving victims exposed. Dallas police are not alone…
Level Two Lies: Because The FBI Can’t Trust Prosecutors
Scott Greenfield writes: When the existence and capacity of Stingrays came to light, you might have thought all hell would break loose. After all, it wasn’t just the public that was kept in the dark by this monumental breach of privacy. It was judges too. The concealment of the use of Stingray is one thing. The…
FBI warned agents not to share tech secrets with prosecutors
Seems a bit like old news by now, but Brad Heath reports: The FBI guards its high-tech secrets so carefully that officials once warned agents not to share details even with federal prosecutors for fear they might eventually go on to work as defense attorneys, newly disclosed records show. A supervisor also cautioned the bureau’s…