Privacy, Legal Concerns Raised As San Francisco Coffee Shop Scans And Tracks Cell Phones Of All Patrons

Privacy, Legal Concerns Raised As San Francisco Coffee Shop Scans And Tracks Cell Phones Of All Patrons

Popular Bay Area cafe Philz Coffee is tracking how often and for how long its customers visit its various locations through smartphones, tablets, and any…

Judge Orders NSA To Preserve Cellphone Records That Might Have Been Illegally Obtained

Judge Orders NSA To Preserve Cellphone Records That Might Have Been Illegally Obtained

Attorneys for the Electronic Frontier Foundation found themselves in an ironic position in federal court in San Francisco today, arguing that domestic cellphone records collected…

Protesters Take To SF Streets, Internet To Rally Against NSA’s Mass Surveillance Programs

Protesters Take To SF Streets, Internet To Rally Against NSA’s Mass Surveillance Programs

Hundreds of Bay Area residents are taking to the streets and to the Internet today as part of a massive one-day protest against mass government…

Superfriends: 19 Groups Band Together To Sue NSA Over Phone Record Collection

Superfriends: 19 Groups Band Together To Sue NSA Over Phone Record Collection

Nineteen organizations ranging from a church to gun rights groups sued the National Security Agency in federal court in San Francisco today to challenge the…

Judge Refuses To Dismiss Lawsuit Accusing NSA Of Unconstitutional Surveillance

Judge Refuses To Dismiss Lawsuit Accusing NSA Of Unconstitutional Surveillance

A federal judge in San Francisco today kept alive a five-year-old lawsuit in which several citizens claim the U.S. National Security Agency conducts unconstitutional “dragnet…