Surveillance
‘Andor’ creator Tony Gilroy on bureaucracy and the surveillance state
This week, guest host Eric Boehm is joined by Tony Gilroy, the creator, writer, and director of Andor, the critically acclaimed Star Wars series that reimagines the origins of the Rebel Alliance. While Andor is set in a…
Governments are pushing digital IDs. Are you ready to be tracked?
Politicians push government IDs. In a TSA announcement, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem sternly warns, "You will need a REAL ID to travel by air or visit federal buildings." European politicians go much…
Trump wants Western Union and MoneyGram to report on immigrants
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is one of the more quietly powerful arms of the U.S. government. Created by the U.S. Department of the Treasury in the 1990s to investigate money laundering and similar…
European proposal to surveil encrypted texts threatens speech and privacy rights
As I write, European Union (E.U.) officials are debating the details of a proposal to either require or pressure tech companies to scan all private messages for child sexual abuse material. Dubbed "chat control,"…
How ICE is watching your Thanksgiving drive
Do you have a long drive home after your family feast this week? The feds might be watching you. Recent reporting from the Associated Press and 404 Media reveals just how thorough federal surveillance of the highways has…
Google denies scanning users’ email and attachments with its AI software
Tue Nov 25, 2025 - 3:33 pm ESTWed Nov 26, 2025 - 6:17 am EST (LifeSiteNews) — Tech giant Google is claiming that reports earlier this week released by multiple major media outlets are false and that it is not using emails and…
Mass surveillance is powering a new era of pretextual traffic stops
Alek Schott was driving near San Antonio when a Bexar County sheriff's deputy pulled him over for allegedly drifting lanes. Though dashcam footage later confirmed that Schott never drifted, he was interrogated for 10…
Lindsey Graham is outraged about federal surveillance powers that Lindsey Graham helped create and expand
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R–S.C.) has finally discovered his inner civil libertarian—now that it's his phone calls being subjected to secret government surveillance. Graham is incensed that his phone records were subpoenaed…
Declassified FBI file reveals surveillance of author Vernor Vinge
Vernor Vinge—the Hugo Award–winning science fiction author who passed away in March 2024—imagined a world where individuals, not governments, held the power. His 1981 novella True Names featured hackers known as…
Trump ‘spent hours at my house’ with victim
The case of Jeffrey Epstein just won't go away, much to President Donald Trump's chagrin. "For years, it's Epstein, over and over again," Trump complained in a July 2025 social media rant, calling the…
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