Big Brother wants your picture
The welcome news that the IRS will drop its creepy facial recognition program (and any biometric data it currently has will be deleted), is good news. But that’s just one…
The CIA’s domestic spying problem
The Central Intelligence Agency is not supposed to spy on U.S. citizens. But according to recently released documents, the CIA is actively spying on U.S. citizens, without warrants or outside…
Congress revives legislation that would trash online privacy and security
Bad ideas may be defeated in official Washington. But that doesn’t mean they are forgotten. A very bad idea like the EARN IT Act, which threatened both online privacy and…
Congress wants to make it even harder to hold judges accountable
Two things can occur at the same time when Congress is involved: trying to do the right thing, but making another right thing nearly impossible to do. Congress is considering…
Pennsylvania Fourth Amendment case takes on warrantless searches of private property
Government snooping is as old as the republic – and, absent a court-approved warrant – illegal. But that t prevent law enforcement from ignoring constitutional niceties when it thinks someone…
Rather than give the IRS new powers, lower rates and simplify the tax code
The Biden administration’s plan to give the IRS the right to know how much money goes into and out of your bank account is still on the table. As we’ve…
How government proposes to get what it’s owed
The answer from the Biden Administration has been to give the IRS the power to look at a few harmless pieces of information: money coming into, and out of your…
Who is likely to get caught in an expended IRS bank surveillance program? Just about everyone
Behind all the Democrats’ maneuvers to grow the size of government is a push to collect more tax revenue. That would mean giving the IRS sweeping new powers to see…
Big Brother joins the private sector
Stories about government surveillance are disturbing because of the constitutional issues they raise, But what about employers who conduct surveillance on workers? It’s become a big issue with more people…
Cryptocurrency as an antidote to cancel culture
Regardless of what you think of so-called “cancel culture,” the concept fits within the older concept that those outside the mainstream suffer for their actions and opinions, whether it be…
