Senator Wyden Letter Confirms NSA Is Buying US Persons' Data from Data Brokers(techdirt.com)

366 points by rntn 2 years ago | 167 comments

Techdirt article on Senator Ron Wyden's letter revealing that the NSA buys Americans' data, including location data, from commercial data brokers.

Why Does the DEA Still Have On-Demand Access to Trillions of Phone Records?(techdirt.com)

35 points by rntn 2 years ago | 8 comments

FTC warns pharma companies about sham patent listings designed to delay generics(techdirt.com)

266 points by rntn 3 years ago | 74 comments

CA Supreme Court Concludes No Reason to Generate Precedent on Geofence Warrants(techdirt.com)

25 points by rntn 3 years ago | 0 comments

Telecom Industry Is Mad Because the FCC Might Examine High Broadband Prices(techdirt.com)

432 points by rntn 2 years ago | 249 comments

Techdirt article by Karl Bode on telecom industry opposition to an FCC Notice of Inquiry considering broadband prices in its deployment assessments.

Google’s Plan to DRM the Web Goes Against Everything Google Once Stood For(techdirt.com)

887 points by g0xA52A2A 3 years ago | 296 comments

Techdirt opinion piece by Mike Masnick criticizing Google's Web Environment Integrity proposal as DRM for the web and a betrayal of its open-web values.