Yet another bill seeks to weaken encryption-by-default on smartphones

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California, cell phones, Encryption, Fourth Amendment, government tyranny, Invasion of Privacy, legislation, New York, smartphones

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Ars Technica by Cyrus Farivar

A second state lawmaker has now introduced a bill that would prohibit the sale of smartphones with unbreakable encryption. Except this time, despite very similar language to a pending New York bill, the stated rationale is to fight human trafficking, rather than terrorism.

Specifically, California Assemblymember Jim Cooper’s (D-Elk Grove) new bill, which was introduced Wednesday, would “require a smartphone that is manufactured on or after January 1, 2017, and sold in California, to be capable of being decrypted and unlocked by its manufacturer or its operating system provider.”

If the bill passes both the Assembly and State Senate and is signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown (D) […]

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New York State is attempting to push through similar legislation, which comes as no surprise. Between Governor Moonbeam and that Fascist, Andrew Cuomo, it is hard to say who is worse. As for people living in both states, HALT THIS TRAINWRECK!

“The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the Government, and I’m here to help.” Ronald Reagan

 

Image source: Japanexperterna.se, Flickr.

 

 

Supreme Court bans warrantless cell phone searches, updates privacy laws

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Fourth Amendment, Invasion of Privacy, Law Enforcement, Liberty, warrantless surveillance of cell phones

 

Washington Times

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that police must obtain warrants before snooping through people’s cellphones, delivering a unanimous decision that begins to update legal understanding of privacy rules to accommodate 21st-century technology.

Police agencies argued that searching through data on cellphones was no different from asking someone to turn out his pockets, but the justices rejected that, saying a cellphone holds the most personal and intimate details of someone’s life and falls squarely within the Fourth Amendment’s privacy protections….

The justices even said police cannot check a cellphone’s call log because it could contain more information than phone numbers, and perusing the call log is a violation of privacy that can be justified only with a court-issued warrant….

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See SCOTUS Blog, “Get a warrant! Today’s cellphone privacy decision in Plain English“

 

 

LINKS:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jun/25/supreme-court-bans-warrantless-cell-phone-searches/
http://www.scotusblog.com/2014/06/get-a-warrant-todays-cellphone-privacy-decision-in-plain-english/

Edward Snowden Statement: Reset the Net

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Edward Snowden, Fourth Amendment, Privacy, Reset the Net

A message from Edward Snowden on the eve of #ResetTheNet

Hey team,

My fingers are trembling a bit as I type this email — partly from exhaustion but mostly from tremendous excitement. Tomorrow we Reset the Net, and start on a path toward securing the web, and defending freedom for generations to come.

Just today, we received a very special message from Edward Snowden himself. All of us at Fight for the Future are humbled, knowing that our huge victories this year mobilizing against government surveillance would not have been possible without him risking everything to expose the abuses of the worlds’ most powerful governments.

I’m pasting Snowden’s statement in its entirety below. Please forward this email to everyone in your address book, and share this far and wide. These last few hours are critical and we need all hands on deck to push Reset the Net over the edge….

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#ResetTheNet – Privacy and Security Tools https://t.co/cQsjzk7Zpy pic.twitter.com/eRnWHP4F4F

— The Hacker News (@TheHackersNews) June 5, 2014

 

See: https://pack.resetthenet.org/
http://fight4future.tumblr.com/post/87856695073/a-message-from-edward-snowden-on-the-eve-of-reset-the
http://www.fightforthefuture.org/

Munk Debate on State Surveillance: Greenwald/Ohanian vs Hayden/Dershowitz

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Edward Snowden, Fourth Amendment, General Michael Hayden, Glen Greenwald, government surveillance, Munk Debates, NSA

Amazing how those pushing for a government surveillance state will lie and twist the truth.

Glen Greenwald was impressive despite attempts by General Hayden and Michael Dershowitz to discredit Edward Snowden and those of us who disapprove of government spying on us. How ignorant and gullible do these Progressives think we are?

Published on May 3, 2014

Original air date: 05/02/2014

It is the debate of the moment. In a risk-filled world, are democracies justified in turning to large-scale state surveillance, at home and abroad, to fight complex and unconventional threats? Or is the emergence of the surveillance state and the awesome powers it derives from information technology a new and pervasive threat to our basic freedoms? For some the answer is obvious: the threats more than justify the current surveillance system, and the laws and institutions of democracies are more than capable of balancing the needs of individual privacy with collective security. For others, we are in peril of sacrificing to state surveillance and exaggerated terrorist threats the civil liberties that guarantee citizens’ basic freedoms. To engage this global debate our spring 2014 contest moves the motion:

Be it resolved state surveillance is a legitimate defence of our freedoms….

So did the audience by what Hayden and Dershowitz was selling?  See the results below:

 

Edward Snowden Statement @ Munk Debate on State Surveillance

Spy Chief Says NSA Should’ve Told Us It Was Tracking Calls

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constitutional violations, Fourth Amendment, government surveillance, James Clapper, NSA, Patriot Act, Spying, warrantless surveillance

Newsy

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said something he “probably shouldn’t”  have Monday. But maybe he just doesn’t want to make the same mistake twice. In an interview with The Daily Beast , Clapper said the American people should’ve been told about the collection of phone records from the beginning. […]

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Glenn Greenwald on Edward Snowden : ‘Americans respect him-Government hates him.’ 01042014

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Barack Obama, Communism, constitutional violations, Edward Snowden, Fourth Amendment, government surveillance, Invasion of Privacy, Oppression, Spying, Tyranny, warrantless surveillance

My personal opinion is that Snowden is a hero.  The traitors are the Obama administration, any politician or government official including the NSA and police state responsible for infringing upon the liberties and oppression of the masses.

As far as the U. S. government spying on other nations, that does not bother me but spying on Americans, invading every aspect of our existence is unacceptable and the fact that Snowden put his neck on the line to expose the unconstitutional acts of an oppressive government against the people of the United States makes him a hero in my book.

As for those who say that Snowden should not have run to Russia or China, has it occurred to them that Barack Obama maintains an assassination list and has already droned four Americans, i.e., Anwar al-Awalaki, his son, Abdulrahman al-Awalaki, Samir Khan, a U.S. citizen of Pakistani heritage and Jude Kenan Mohammad, a U.S. citizen and former resident of North Carolina.

So what is to keep Obama who has developed quite the bloodlust from killing Edward Snowden?

Let’s keep it real; Russia and China are likely the only two countries in the world where Barack Obama dispatch a drone to murder Snowden.

Snowden made a heck of a sacrifice for the American people.  He deserves better.  He deserves for we, the people to stand up against tyranny and our oppressors.

Source: Popmodal.com.

LINKS:
http://www.popmodal.com/video/18333/Glenn-Greenwald-perfectly-articulates-the-Snowden-Whistleblow-Case-Americans-respect-him-the-Government-hates-him
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/who-were-the-4-us-citizens-killed-in-drone-strikes/