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NEW: The government tells Americans to use VPNs to protect their privacy. The government also automatically presumes communications of unknown origin are foreign. Foreign communications don't require a warrant to wiretap.
Lawmakers who've done the math want answers.
My latest @wired.com:
US lawmakers are pressing Tulsi Gabbard to reveal whether using a VPN that connects to overseas servers can strip Americans of their constitutional protections against warrantless surveillance.
www.wired.com
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worth a watch!
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I’m working on it
this war is going great
In contrast, @wyden.senate.gov placed holds on two officers up for promotion due to their links to war crimes, and a third who appeared on a racist, antisemitic podcast
www.alternet.org/military-pro...
momentum builds for the government surveillance reform act
Cannot say this enough
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Congress may soon expand surveillance powers that allow the government to collect Americans’ data without a warrant.
Sen. Ron Wyden says Donald Trump is the last person who should get that power.
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No really, I am not kidding when I say that the data broker industry must be destroyed: www.npr.org/2026/03/25/n...
A new bill from @wyden.senate.gov and @balint.house.gov would give real teeth to an important federal law meant to protect journalists from searches and raids.
We’re proud to endorse this update to the Privacy Protection Act.
Turns out the FBI’s been on a shopping spree. And it’s not just any spending binge: as director K...
Data brokers buy up huge amounts of information from cell phones and browsers to sell for targeted advertising. But the government, including ICE, also buys the data.
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Or.) placed a hold on the promotions of three members of the military, noting that they have a troubling history of civilian slayings. Wyden entered into the Congressional record the...
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Alt: gif of rocky running in the street with a crowd behind him. words "keep going" flash on and off.
A letter by 17 state attorneys general urging Congress to close the data broker loophole enabling warrantless federal mass surveillance, citing an investigation into Google adtech last year by me & @dmehro.bsky.social (among other reporting):
oag.ca.gov/system/files...
The U.S. Postal Service will charge an 8% fee on all package shipments to offset rising fuel costs from Trump's Iran war.
This is the first time USPS has ever imposed fees for fuel costs.
🚨 We’re recording a new episode of Lever Time — and you’re invited behind the scenes.
In 30 mins, David Sirota sits down with Sen Ron Wyden and Cindy Cohn to talk about one of the most powerful surveillance authorities in the country.
