Richard Esguerra of EFF explains how if the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and others have their way, you will be under more surveillance than you can ever begin to imagine. Here’s just one snippet of what they want: Customs authorities should be encouraged to do more…
Category: Surveillance
Broad Coalition Urges President Obama And Congress To Oppose Biometric National ID
From an ACLU press release: A broad coalition of groups today sent a letter to the White House, the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee urging them to oppose a proposal by Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) that would include a biometric…
UK: Police stop and search rockets 66%
Chris Cheesman reports: Police carried out 66% more stops and searches under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act in 2008/2009 than the year before, government figures show today. Amateur Photographer (AP) magazine can reveal that police made 210,013 stops and searches under the controversial anti-terrorism legislation in 2008/2009. However, only 0.6% of searches led to…
EPIC v. Homeland Security: Government has Over 2,000 Photos from Airport Body Scanners
From EPIC.org, via a helpful site reader: As a result of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, EPIC has obtained hundreds of pages of documents from the Department of Homeland Security about the plan to deploy full body scanners in US airports. A letter to EPIC reveals that the government agency possesses about 2,000 body…