The Federalist: How U.S. foreign intervention created our domestic Surveillance State
Variety: Facebook admits to scanning private messages, releases privacy policy updates
BoingBoing: Zuckerberg: Facebook will not stop spying on Americans to comply with EU privacy law
The Hill: The great data robbery
The Guardian: We work for Google. Our employer shouldn’t be in the business of war.
Newsweek: Is the government spying on you? Why ‘Stingray’ tech is so controversial
Reason: Court to cops: Shoot first, think later
Invaluable point: National Review: Shouldn’t police at home exhibit at least as much discipline as soldiers at war?
New York Times: “All it takes is one mistake”: Worries over plan to send National Guard to border
Reason: Hey, Beltway denizens: Spies are tracking your phones, so maybe don’t ruin encryption: “This push to force access into phones comes at odds with the cybersecurity needs of everyone in D.C. who works in politics. You’d think their own sense of self-preservation would put a damper on these efforts, but no.
In fact, the Associated Press notes that the feds don’t seem that interested even in doing something about the cell tower simulators being operated in their own backyard by people or governments unknown. Why? Because “there was no political will to tackle the issue against opposition from the intelligence community and local police forces that were using the devices ‘willy-nilly.'”
That’s the encryption fight in a nutshell. Cops and spies don’t care about your data security if it makes it harder for them to access whatever they want. And that position seems implacable, even if it increases the likelihood that Americans will become victims of criminal hacking.”
