News & Commentary about Privacy & Technology
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Feb 6, 2020
The Government's Nightmare Vision for Face Recognition at Airports and Beyond
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Jan 28, 2020
What You Need to Know About the Coronavirus Outbreak: A Civil Liberties Perspective
![Demonstrators display iPads with the messages "FBI: Please don't make us less secure" and "FBI, don't break our phones!"](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2020/01/WEB20-FBI-Encryption-Protest-BlogImage-WordPress-1110x740-400x266.jpg)
Jan 23, 2020
In Latest Encryption Battle with Apple, Justice Department Still Wrong
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Jan 17, 2020
2019 Proved We Can Stop Face Recognition Surveillance
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Dec 18, 2019
A Secret CBP Team is Targeting and Detaining Innocent Travelers. We’re Suing.
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Dec 18, 2019
A Little-Known Privacy Battle Is Being Waged Over Encrypting the Nuts and Bolts of the Internet
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Dec 11, 2019
ICE and CBP Are Secretly Tracking Us Using Stingrays. We’re Suing.
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Dec 5, 2019
A Border Officer Told Me I Couldn’t Opt Out of the Face Recognition Scan. They Were Wrong.
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Dec 5, 2019
Senators Reveal Their Plans to Protect Consumer Privacy Online
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Nov 26, 2019
America's Mask Bans in the Age of Face Recognition Surveillance