The push for open government and open data by federal officials, as well as authorities across many states and cities, can seem an unmitigated good. Talk to journalists, however, and there are myriad areas where they believe government at all levels is still being less than transparent — and less than helpful in revealing facts […]
ACLU Releases Florida StingRay Documents – Florida Center for Investigative Reporting
The American Civil Liberties Union released records on Feb. 22 that start to reveal the scope of secret cell phone surveillance by law enforcement agencies in Florida. Cell site simulators, known as StingRay, have become increasingly popular among Florida law enforcement agencies. The technology fools a cell phone into thinking it is communicating with a service […]
