Lee Davidson reports: A rebellious Utah Legislature four years ago prohibited state officials from complying with the federal REAL ID Act — worrying, as the sponsor of the ban said, that it could lead to a national ID card and “all sorts of tyranny.” But a new study says despite that ban, Utah has taken…
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Which Tech Companies Help Protect You From Government Data Demands?
EFF has updated its “Who Has Your Back” report and as always, it’s well worth reading. Technology companies are privy to our most sensitive information: our conversations, photos, location data, and more. But which companies fight the hardest to protect your privacy from government data requests? Today, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) releases its fourth…
U.S revealed secret legal basis for NSA program to Sprint, documents show
So it turns out that one company did demand – and get – the government’s legal rationale underpinning the 215 bulk collection program – a rationale that the rest of us didn’t get to see until more recently. Ellen Nakashima reports: Under threat of a court challenge, the Obama administration in 2010 revealed to Sprint the secret…
ODNI and DOJ release additional declassified FISC filings and orders related to Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act
Today the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Department of Justice released, in redacted form, a previously classified series of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court filings and orders from 2009-2010 concerning the collection of bulk telephony metadata under Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act. These documents relate to a robust interaction that…