Laura Zuckerman of Reuters reports: Idaho’s Republican governor signed a law on Thursday that restricts use of drone aircraft by police and other public agencies as the use of pilotless aircraft inside U.S. borders is increasing. The measure aims to protect privacy rights. In approving the law, which requires law enforcement to obtain warrants to…
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Privacy protections booted from CISPA data-sharing bill
Declan McCullagh reports: A controversial data-sharing bill won the approval of a key congressional committee today without privacy amendments, raising concerns that the National Security Agency and other spy agencies will gain broad access to Americans’ personal information. The House Intelligence committee, by a vote of 18 to 2, adopted the so-called CISPA bill after an unusual session closed…
Can Police Read Text Messages Without a Warrant?
While the IRS claims it can read your emails without a warrant, Washington police argue that law enforcement can read your text messages without a warrant. From EFF: The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) urged the Washington State Supreme Court Monday to recognize that text messages are “the 21st Century phone call” and require that law…
EPIC Sues FBI to Obtain Details of Massive Biometric ID Database
From EPIC: EPIC has filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the FBI to obtain documents about“Next Generation Identification”, a massive database with biometric identifiers on millions of Americans. The EPIC lawsuit follows the FBI’s failure to respond to EPIC’s earlier FOIA requests for technical specifications and contracts. According to EPIC’s complaint, “When completed, the NGI system…