Major privacy win at the border thanks to EFF
The court held that the government must have reasonable suspicion of digital contraband before searching people’s electronic devices at the U.S. border. This major advance […]
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Colorado homeowner owed nothing after police SWAT shootout destroys his house, federal court rules | Fox News
A federal appeals court in Colorado ruled on Tuesday that a local police department does not have to compensate a homeowner whose house was destroyed […]
Moderate Republicans Can Save America – The Atlantic
A tectonic demographic shift is under way. Can the country hold together? Democracy depends on the consent of the losers. For most of the 20th […]
Scott Warren’s Trial Shows Risks of Being Migrant Aid Worker | Time
On the afternoon of Jan. 17, 2018, immigration agents descended on a building on the outskirts of Ajo known to be a staging area for […]
No. 1 milk company declares bankruptcy amid drop in demand
Got milk? Increasingly, Americans don’t, and that led the nation’s biggest milk producer to file for bankruptcy Tuesday. Dean Foods blamed a decadeslong drop in […]
Comcast fights Google’s encrypted-DNS plan but promises not to spy on users – Ars Technica
Comcast has gone on the record to say that it does not track its broadband users’ Web browsing histories, even though the company is lobbying […]
Comcast Lobbies US Lawmakers Over Google DNS Encryption | Tom’s Hardware
Vice today reported on a presentation from Comcast that aims to lobby U.S. lawmakers against Google’s latest encryption plan for Chrome. The presentation reportedly argues […]
Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free — ProPublica
Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created […]
Witness in Murder Trial of Former Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger Fatally Shot, Lawyer Says – The New York Times
A witness who delivered key testimony in the trial of Amber Guyger — the white former Dallas police officer convicted this past week in the […]
Ring, the doorbell-camera firm, has partnered with 400 police forces, extending surveillance reach – The Washington Post
The home-security firm has made it easier than ever for local police to request homeowners’ video. “If the police demanded every citizen put a camera […]