Trading away privacy for a more powerful IRS
The President’s plan to give the IRS more money and greater authority to sniff out tax cheats, chiselers and others the government believes aren’t paying all the tax they owe…
The post-9/11 growth of the security state
One of the bigger changes to American life following the Sept. 11 terror attacks was a concerted effort to give local law enforcement access to military hardware and an array…
Giving the IRS expansive surveillance powers is a recipe for trouble
Democrats need more tax money to fund their plans to build an even bigger government. Where are they going to find it? Just raising taxes isn’t enough – what’s needed…
Apple will tweak, but not end, plans to scan customers’ devices
Apple’s program to scan customers’ devices in an effort to combat child exploitation has been put on hold. Sort of. According to Ars Technica, the tech giant is temporarily suspending…
Feds plan expanded use of facial recognition technology
According to a new report from the Government Accountability Office, federal agencies intend to expand their use of facial recognition technology (FRT), despite concerns over privacy, false positives, and that…
Civil and human rights groups ask Apple to abandon its plan to scan phones
Apple’s decision to start “scanning children’s messages for nudity and the phones of adults for images of child sex abuse” has raised serious concerns among privacy activists around the world….
Apple joins the surveillance team
Apple has positioned itself as a protector and advocate of its customers’ privacy. It was a good selling point against its market competitors, who trade freely in their own customers’…
Big Brother gets a job at the local HOA
Governments and their agents have long been big fans, and consumers, of surveillance technology. The more data they can get on people, the better, preferably without having to go to…
The TSA provides more evidence it should be shut down immediately
The Transportation Security Administration has bene off the national radar for a year or so, thanks to the coronavirus. But with more people travelling, the TSA is back in the…
The online privacy charade
Most folks understand that advertisers are eager to track their behavior online. And they would do so to the greatest degree technology allows except, we’ve been told, most of our…
