Archives for January 2019

A Surveillance Wall Is Not a Good Alternative to a Concrete Wall

By India McKinney – EFF.org

Since even before he took office, President Trump has called for a physical wall along the southern border of the United States. Many different organizations have argued this isn’t a great idea. In response, some Congressional Democrats have suggested turning to surveillance technology to monitor the border instead of a physical barrier.

How Facebook Borrows From the NSA Playbook

The social media giant misleads the American people using tactics ripped straight from the surveillance agency

By Trevor Timm – Medium

Once again, Facebook is embroiled in a scandal where it was caught violating millions of people’s privacy. A blockbuster story published by the New York Times before the holidays revealed that Facebook had entered into secret “partnerships” with various technology companies — Amazon, Microsoft, Netflix, Spotify, and others — that gave hundreds of internet giants vast access to private information for years without Facebook users’ consent.