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Users don’t trust companies with stewardship of their data and feel they are being constantly sold to or manipulated. These feelings don’t make for good UX.

The Secret for the Best UX? Controlling Your Own Data

A person’s face is permanently documented during any interaction they might have at a home outfitted with a Ring device—whether they like it or not

Amazon’s Ring Home Surveillance Network Raises Big Privacy Concerns

By Harmon Leon
Facial recognition technology is operated at Argus Solutions on August 11, 2005 in Sydney, Australia.

Dystopian Future Watch: Is San Francisco’s Facial Recognition Ban Too Little, Too Late?

By Harmon Leon
President Donald Trump points to the crowd as he delivers a speech during the evening session on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump received the number of votes needed to secure the party's nomination. An estimated 50,000 people are expected in Cleveland, including hundreds of protesters and members of the media. The four-day Republican National Convention kicked off on July 18. (Photo by )

Trump Sounds Alarms on Mass Surveillance

By Dan King
A Homeland Security police vehicle near Federal Court before a hearing for Nigerian bombing suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab January 8, 2010 in Detroit, Michigan. Abdulmutallab is accused of trying detonate explosives on a Northwest flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on December 25, 2009. AFP PHOTO/Stan Honda (Photo credit should read STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)

Undocumented Immigrant Hunt Expands Use of Controversial Stingray Tech

By Brady Dale
Former Michigan Rep. Mike Rogers.

Trump’s Comey Replacement Could Be Even Worse on Mass Surveillance

By Dan King
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 10: U.S. President Donald Trump delivers brief remarks before meeting with House of Representatives committee leaders to discuss the American Health Care Act in the Roosevelt Room at the White House March 10, 2017 in Washington, DC. The proposed legislation is the Republican attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

How President Trump’s Wiretapping Allegations Could Make a Little Bit of Sense

By Brady Dale
Edward Snowden speaks at SXSW in 2014.

Neither Hope for an Obama, Nor Fear a Trump, Snowden Said Today

By Brady Dale
LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 6: People aim cell phones at a speaker in front of the TCL Chinese Theatre as they march on Hollywood Boulevard to protest of the decision in New York not to indict a police officer involved in the choke-hold death of Eric Garner on December 6, 2014 in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, California. The march passed the tourist attraction of Hollywood and Highland where police had previously shot and killed a man that according to police had a knife. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Google’s Android Phones Threaten Democracy, ACLU Technologist Warns

By Brady Dale
MANCHESTER, NH - DECEMBER 19: U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL 23rd District), who is also the Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) speaks to reporters before the democratic debate on December 19, 2015 in Manchester, New Hampshire. The DNC has been criticized for the timing of democratic debates during the 2016 presidential race.

The Intercept Releases GPG Sync, an Encryption Tool for Organizations

By Brady Dale
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