FAYETTEVILLE — The U.S. government insists that it gathers our personal information for the purpose of “safety.” But a woman recently experienced the opposite of “safety” after she was sexually assaulted by an officer who used a government database to find out her name and home location, according to reports. The woman reports that she … Read more
Google has announced that government requests for user data have increased more than 100% in the last few years. In particular there have been over 25,000 law enforcement requests for user data from January to June, 2013. The bulk of the requests came from US law enforcement. “And these numbers only include the requests we’re … Read more
Police refuse to explain mesh network planned for “citywide deployment” in Seattle. Strange new off-white boxes popping up in downtown Seattle use wi-fi networks that can record the last 1,000 locations of a person using their cellphone’s MAC address, but the Department of Homeland Security – which funded the network to the tune of $2.7 … Read more