Over the last decade, data collection, sale, and distribution practices have become more commonplace, lucrative, and precise. User information is increasingly commodified with little to no user consent, control, or privacy. Despite the purported benefits, more than 80% of the public nationwide says that the risks of data collection practices outweigh the benefits
Stalin Would Have Killed For The FISA Bill Congress Just Passed
Stalin didn’t need warrants, but he would have wished for the U.S. government’s ability to buy American citizens’ data from data brokers. We lost the battle on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which federal agencies have used to surveil Americans without warrants, in the House of Representatives last week — barely. A group of liberty-minded...