From Papers, Please! In the aftermath of the storming of the U.S. Capitol last week, there’s been a confused cacophony of calls to “put the rioters on the no-fly list“. At the same time, there have been equally confusing claims and denials that some people found out that they had already been “put on the no-fly list” when they were denied…
Category: Govt
Law enforcement agencies are looking for dents to invade user privacy through the loopholes in Android and iOS ecosystems
Arooj Ahmed writes: If you believe that your data and information is perfectly safe and is well-protected by your phones, or if you think that when your phone offers you ‘end-to-end’ encryption and it really keeps your data protected, then you are wrong! Recently, three researchers from Johns Hopkins University carried out research about the individual protection…
Is Submitting a False Statement to the FISA Court a “Victimless” Crime?
Paul Cassell writes: In an amicus brief for leading crime victims’ rights organizations, I explain why ex-FBI lawyer Clinesmith’s crime of altering an email as part of an effort to renew a warrant to surveil Dr. Carter Page made Page a “victim” under the Crime Victims’ Rights Act. On January 29, former-FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith…
Selfie-Snapping Rioters Leave FBI a Trail of Over 140,000 Images, Internet sleuthing explodes, raising concerns
Todd Shields, Kartikay Mehrotra, Naomi Nix, and Jennifer A Dlouhy report: The FBI arrested one man after a co-worker at a western Maryland restaurant reported seeing him in images of people assaulting the U.S. Capitol. A Texas man was charged after his ex-wife recognized him in a social-media video and called authorities, noting that it…