Tag: patriot act
  • Dec 18, 2020 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • Encryption, General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

Protect Our Civil Liberties Act would repeal Patriot Act, FISA Amendments Act, and ban encryption backdoors

Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) and Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) are cosponsoring a bipartisan bill titled the Protect Our Civil Liberties Act (H.R. 8970). If passed, the Act would repeal the Patriot Act and the FISA Amendment Acts – essentially ending domestic surveillance programs siphoning up AMerican’s phone calls and emails. In fact, the Director of … Continue reading “Protect Our Civil Liberties Act would repeal Patriot Act, FISA Amendments Act, and ban encryption backdoors”

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Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: December 11, 2020

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of December 11th, 2020 The US government admits to using the Patriot Act to collect web browsing information The Director of National Intelligence has admitted that the US government has used FISA courts to collect web browsing information. The Patriot Act is most well known for being used to … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: December 11, 2020”

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  • Dec 3, 2020 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

The US government admits to using the Patriot Act to collect web browsing information

Letters between the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and Senator Ron Wyden confirm that the United States government has used Section 215 of the Patriot Act to collect web browsing information via a FISA court order. Specifically, the DNI – John Ratcliffe – wrote to Senator Wyden that Section 215 of the Patriot Act had … Continue reading “The US government admits to using the Patriot Act to collect web browsing information”

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  • Sep 2, 2020 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

Federal appeals court finds the NSA’s mass surveillance of American phone records was illegal

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has just ruled that the “NSA’s bulk collection of Americans’ phone records was illegal.” For years, the NSA has conducted a domestic mass surveillance program on Americans’ phone records with little to no resistance from other arms of the government but lots of resistance from … Continue reading “Federal appeals court finds the NSA’s mass surveillance of American phone records was illegal”

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Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: May 22nd, 2020

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of May 22nd, 2020 Congress plans to expand Patriot Act with DOJ access to your web browsing and search activity without a warrant The Patriot Act is up for renewal in Congress as the USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020 and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has added in … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: May 22nd, 2020”

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  • May 21, 2020 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

Private Internet Access implores Representative Crow to protect internet privacy by voting “NO” on H.R. 6172

RE: Vote “NO” on H.R. 6172, USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020 Dear Representative Crow, Private Internet Access implores you to vote “NO” on H.R. 6172, the USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020 which would extend and expand the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to allow access to internet history without a warrant. According to … Continue reading “Private Internet Access implores Representative Crow to protect internet privacy by voting “NO” on H.R. 6172″

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  • May 21, 2020 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • General Privacy News, Surveillance, VPN,

How a VPN can protect your internet history from The Patriot Act & the FBI

If passed as is, the USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020 will expand the infamous Section 215 of the Patriot Act to allow the FBI to view your internet search history without a warrant. This new surveillance capability was added to the Act by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in a sneaky amendment. Another amendment … Continue reading “How a VPN can protect your internet history from The Patriot Act & the FBI”

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  • May 13, 2020 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

Congress plans to expand Patriot Act with DOJ access to your web browsing and search activity without a warrant

The infamous Patriot Act, which uses the threat of terrorism to expand surveillance over American citizens, is up for renewal under the USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act – which is set to be voted on soon. Specifically, Section 215 of the Patriot Act allows the government to ask record keepers for records relating to ongoing investigations. … Continue reading “Congress plans to expand Patriot Act with DOJ access to your web browsing and search activity without a warrant”

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  • Feb 28, 2020 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

Domestic phone surveillance program from the Patriot Act may finally see the grave

The Patriot Act was passed in the protectionist aftermath of 9/11, where the government decided to spy on its own citizens phone records under the guise of protecting against terrorism. When the Patriot Act was set to expire in 2015, Congress passed the USA Freedom Act which restored but barely modified several key surveillance provisions … Continue reading “Domestic phone surveillance program from the Patriot Act may finally see the grave”

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  • Jul 15, 2016 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • General Privacy News, Governments,

Fourth Amendment Caucus defeats Patriot Act expansion in Congress

Days ago, the Fourth Amendment Caucus, a collection of 25 House Representatives, managed to block an expansion of the Patriot Act surveillance measures in Congress. HR 5606, unironically called the “Anti-Terrorism Information Sharing Is Strength Act” failed to attain a ⅔ supermajority and pass the floor. Edward Snowden famously told NBC in an interview that, “The … Continue reading “Fourth Amendment Caucus defeats Patriot Act expansion in Congress”

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