Senate bill aims to stop Uncle Sam using facial recognition at airports(theregister.com)

29 points by thunderbong 2 years ago | 7 comments

US govt pays AT&T to let cops search Americans' phone records without warrant(theregister.com)

400 points by LinuxBender 2 years ago | 119 comments

The Register article on Senator Ron Wyden's letter questioning the Hemisphere Project, under which the US government pays AT&T to let police search phone records, often without warrants.

FBI: FISA Section 702 'absolutely critical' to spy on, err, protect Americans(theregister.com)

195 points by rntn 3 years ago | 66 comments

FBI Director: FISA Section 702 warrant requirement a 'de facto ban'(theregister.com)

170 points by rntn 2 years ago | 124 comments

FBI misused surveillance powers more than 280k times in a year(theregister.com)

446 points by nabla9 3 years ago | 134 comments

The Register article on a declassified FISA court opinion showing the FBI misused Section 702 warrantless search powers over 278,000 times in 2020–2021.

Senator demands to know status of 'duplicate' SSA database 'immediately'(theregister.com)

57 points by raw_anon_1111 1 year ago | 14 comments