by Sarah Cowgill | Aug 6, 2019 | Articles, Law, Politics, Privacy & Tech, Science
Amazon uses Alexa to gather intel inside the privacy of one’s home. Apple’s Siri is an aural voyeuristic stalker presumably listening in on bedroom antics. Smart televisions and cell phones, social media platforms and big tech mine data on their users and sell that...
by Sarah Cowgill | Aug 1, 2019 | Articles, Politics, Privacy & Tech, Social Issues
She is a stalker, eavesdropper, a gossip, and an aural voyeur. Her name is Siri. Her soothing voice, activated by tapping an icon or calling her name, says “I’m listening,” and awaits your request. And then she records your most private moments, sending them in for...
by Graham J Noble | Apr 28, 2019 | Articles, Crime & Punishment, Opinion
Several former FBI officials engaged in a counterintelligence investigation targeting members of President Trump’s 2016 campaign. Despite their insistence that they had no political motivation, the evidence suggests otherwise. Text messages exchanged between former...
by Joe Schaeffer | Mar 11, 2019 | Articles, Ignored by MSM, Privacy & Tech
Cutting-edge technology has made fears of a surveillance state more palpable to civil libertarians. Yet the U.S. Postal Office at this very moment is helping police agencies engage in a simple, old-fashioned form of monitoring citizen activity, and few Americans...
by Leesa K. Donner | Jun 3, 2018 | Privacy & Tech
In a fictional place known as Oceania, Winston Smith struggles with oppression and the ever-watchful eye of Big Brother. It is a place of conformity where individuality is banned. It is a life without freedom or liberty because there is no privacy. This is the...