Privacy
What to do if U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents ask to search your phone
Border phone searches are in the news a lot lately. Last month, a French scientist was allegedly blocked from coming to a conference in Houston after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) found statements against President…
Signal chat controversy is an endorsement of encryption software
The drama this week over the Trump administration Signal group chat about a strike on Houthis in Yemen in which The Atlantic Editor in Chief Jeffrey Goldberg was inadvertently included has been popcorn-worthy, if you're…
Why I’m not deleting my 23andMe genetic data
Various corners of the media and internet are hyperventilating over the alleged genetic privacy implications of the imminent Chapter 11 bankruptcy of the direct-to-consumer genetic testing company 23andMe. "Delete your…
Ninth Circuit Declines to Block Idaho’s “Biological Sex” Restrictions for Multi-Occupancy School Restrooms, Locker Rooms, and Shower Rooms
An excerpt from the long Roe v. Critchfield, decided last week by Ninth Circuit Judge Morgan Christen, joined by Judges Kim McLane Wardlaw and Mark J. Bennett: Before the summer of 2023, public school districts in Idaho were…
Central bank digital currencies will trade our privacy and freedom for ease of use
Philip Lane, chief economist of the European Central Bank, recently expressed urgency for the need to develop a digital euro—also known as a central bank digital currency (CBDC)—to compete against stablecoins such as Tether…
Federal court upholds Idaho law protecting girls’ locker rooms from ‘transgender’ boys
Sat Mar 22, 2025 - 7:00 am EDTFri Mar 21, 2025 - 1:00 pm EDT BOISE, Idaho (Alliance Defending Freedom) — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled unanimously Thursday to uphold an Idaho law that protects the…
Will ICE use the Alien Enemies Act to enter homes without warrants?
Just a few days after President Donald Trump took office in January, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) carried out a workplace raid in Newark, New Jersey, that alarmed local officials and immigrant advocates. ICE…
France accuses Trump of booting scientist over ‘personal opinion’
Houston, the French have a problem. A space researcher flying into Houston for a conference was kicked out of the United States after border officers searched his phone and found him expressing an unfavorable "personal…
Rand Paul seeks information on U.K. request for Americans’ data
Last month, the United Kingdom Home Secretary reportedly demanded access to user data of any Apple customer on the planet. Apple chose to degrade U.K. users' data protection instead of complying with the order. In a…
Treasury lowers cash reporting threshold to $200 in some locales
One of President Donald Trump's Day 1 executive orders designated "certain international cartels" as "foreign terrorist organizations," a classification that according to the State Department…
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