California Passes Online Privacy Law
California passes privacy legislation, which pre-empts a more sweeping ballot initiative previously scheduled for November.
Read more...Category Archives: Surveillance state
The Growth of America’s Militarized Law Enforcement System, a Product of a War Economy
The proliferation of military weapons and gear corresponds to that of para-militarized law enforcement officers.
Read more...Gaius Publius: Notes on Seymour Hersh’s Book “Reporter”
Seyrmour Hersh’s retrospective demonstrates how much nerve it takes to do reporting, and how few reporters have it.
Read more...Golden State Killer Suspect Arrest Opens Floodgates for Law Enforcement Use of DNA Websites
Police are casting their DNA-matching efforts wider via genealogy websites.
Read more...The Left as the New Enemy Within: Domestic Wargaming Exercise Includes “Progressive” AntiGlobalist Baddies, Um, Terrorists
Apparently needing to justify spending and domestic surveillance, military exercises depict leftie future terrorists as official threats.
Read more...PropOrNot – Setting Up the Atlantic Council for Lawsuits
Some sleuthing into who might be backing the low-life hit men at PropOrNot, a group linked to Ukrainian fascists that defamed Naked Capitalism, ConsortiumNews, Counterpunch, the Ron Paul Institute, Paul Craig Roberts, Black Agenda Report, and other sites.
Read more...Ecuador Hints It May Hand Over Assange
Assange’s luck in staying out of the hands of the US may be coming to an end.
Read more...Hoisted from E-Mail: Brexit, Security, and the UK’s Coming Poodledom
Adding to the tally of how the UK will come out a loser thanks to Brexit.
Read more...Facebook, Privacy, and the Use of Data
The US press and punditry has been tip-toeing around the real problem with Facebook: that it has monopoly power.
Read more...Don Quijones: As Banks Embrace Biometric Tracking of Customers, Cybertheft Explodes in Mexico
Mexico will requires banks to collect biometric data from all their customers this year– a policy that will exacerbate economic crimes committed by hacking databases.
Read more...Gaius Publius: How to Turn Off Third-Party Data Access to Your Facebook Account
A how-to for people who can’t give up on Facebook but want to reduce their snooping exposure.
Read more...Surveillance is the DNA of the Platform Economy
The outcry over Facebook and Cambridge Analytica conveniently ignores the real issues: the pervasiveness of surveillance and the need to insist on stronger privacy rights.
Read more...Wolf Richter: Then Why Is Anyone STILL on Facebook?
If you’ve created an account, you can never escape Facebook. But you can at least stop making things worse for yourself.
Read more...Best Buy’s Bait and Switch Returns Policy Reveals Yet More Creepy Consumer Monitoring
Creepy algos implement what sure looks like consumer fraud at Best Buy.
Read more...Mastercard Pushes Biometrics, Banks Follow
Mastercard and other financial services providers are aggressively promoting biometrics. Where are the vaunted EU privacy regulators?
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