LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Paul Meekin I care deeply about privacy, treasure it. I have an Instagram account with nine followers. Nobody is getting in. They’re all immediate relatives and one daughter’s serious boyfriend. I let them in because they’re serious enough. I don’t want anybody looking at my photos. I treasure my…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Paul Meekin It’s time to talk about privacy again. This time it’s not about who you marry, the NSA, what guns you own or what candidate you support. Rather, this time it’s about Internet Privacy and private companies’ ability to use your browsing data. The way it currently works…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By: Elias J. Atienza Libertarian-minded Republican Reps. Justin Amash (R-MI) and Thomas Massie (R-KY) teamed up to introduce a bill to repeal the Cybersecurity Act of 2015, which Amash called the “worst anti-privacy legislation” back in 2015. The Cybersecurity Act of 2015 has been slammed as a invasion of privacy and…
By: Elias J. Atienza President-elect Donald Trump is not exactly a privacy warrior. On several occasions he has proved this. He has supported the Patriot Act, he sided with Marco Rubio over Ted Cruz on the USA Freedom Act, and he has even called for closing down the internet. Senator Jeff Sessions, Trump’s pick for Attorney General,…
By Eric Lieberman A European-owned business is now the facilitator and manager of billions of phone calls and text messages across the United States. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decided earlier this week that Ericsson, the Swedish tech conglomerate will oversee the routing system of one of America’s main communication infrastructures. The original routing system…
With ever growing political pressure to forsake due process in order to do something, some elected officials are standing tall in Congress. Despite the mass hysteria on the left and right following the tragedy in Florida, several members of Congress have remained level-headed and fought to protect the Second, Fourth, and Fifth Amendments. House Speaker…
By Steve Birr The former head of security for the Transportation Security Administration is on paid administrative leave and will be reassigned, not fired, despite being replaced after repeated security failures. Deputy TSA administrator Darby LaJoye replaced Kelly Hoggan Monday as security chief, but did not fire him. Hoggan will reportedly be reassigned and is…
By Jonah Bennett During a Wednesday speech on privacy at Kenyon College, FBI Director James Comey said he’s anxious enough about the prospect of covert surveillance that he places tape over his computer’s webcam. Sometimes ridiculed as a hokey and bizarre privacy measure for the overly paranoid, the tape-over-the-webcam tactic has gained Comey as an…
Rachel Stoltzfoos The tech community voiced trepidation at a draft bill introduced Thursday in the Senate that would require companies like Apple to make all of their user data accessible to the government. In sweeping terms, the draft bill stipulates all creators or providers of communication services, such as iPhones or WhatsApp, must be able to…
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced a bipartisan amendment with Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA) to the FAA Authorization Act which would prohibit law enforcement from using drones to surveil Americans without a warrant. “The use of drone surveillance may work on the battlefields overseas, but it isn’t well-suited for unrestrained use on the streets in the United…