This week, news broke that Apple and Google were giving US government sources information from push notifications on smartphones. These companies had been under orders not to reveal the program’s existence, but now that the news of the program was out there the companies could notify users appropriately if future requests were made. I also…
Category: National Security Letters
Video on National Security Letters
The Bill of Rights Defense Committee has put together a 26-minute video entitled “FBI Unbound: How National Security Letters Violate Our Privacy”, which can be viewed online or ordered on DVD. It features interviews with Lisa Graves, Bruce Fein, and George Christian, who actually received one of these letters and can talk about it. Hat…