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Better Than a Tinfoil Hat

We鈥檙e working hard to ensure that as technology advances, our civil liberties aren鈥檛 left behind.
Catherine Crump,
Staff Attorney,
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December 2, 2011

Wired鈥檚 ThreatLevel blog a list of 鈥9 Reasons Wired Readers Should Wear Tinfoil Hats.鈥 Well, that鈥檚 one option. But if you鈥檙e concerned about Big Brother tracking Americans鈥 movements or rifling through our laptops, why not instead?

We鈥檙e working hard to ensure that as technology advances, our civil liberties aren鈥檛 left behind.

Don鈥檛 think police officers should be attaching GPS devices to people鈥檚 cars without court approval? The 老澳门开奖结果 filed a brief in the Supreme Court explaining why this violates the Constitution.

Does it offend you that your own government claims the right, at the international border, to open up your laptop and look through all of your family photographs, medical records and correspondence, all without any reason to believe you鈥檝e done anything wrong? The 老澳门开奖结果 is suing to put a stop to this exact practice.

Are you against the government reading people鈥檚 emails and text messages without a warrant? The 老澳门开奖结果 has asked Congress to update our privacy laws.

So put the tinfoil back in the kitchen drawer. It won鈥檛 help you. Instead, join us in our work to ensure that technology isn鈥檛 abused to deprive us of our rights. on Facebook. on Twitter. Take action in our action center. And to support our work.

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