It’s hard to believe this is real, but McAfee Antivirus creator John McAfee is still hiding from the police, and reportedly keeps calling Wired reporter Joshua Davis to check in on a “semi-hourly” basis. Davis reports that McAfee claims to …

As previously reported, John McAfee, the creator of the antivirus of the same name, is wanted by police in Belize as the prime suspect in the murder of his neighbor. McAfee has been calling Wired reporter Joshua Davis, sharing his …

The American Civil Liberties Union has just filed a lawsuit against the District of Columbia and two police officers after alleging that they violated the law by seizing a man’s cellphone and stealing his memory card. The plaintiff in the …

Messing with the cops for no apparent reason is generally something one should advise against. There are a lot of things that make this statement true – tazers, guns, and ultimate control of your freedom, just to name a few. …

We brought you word earlier this week that some people think Skype is beginning to spy on people who use the service. The switch to dedicated servers instead of P2P would make it easier for the folks at Skype to …

Remember how I said that 3D printing has the potential to change everything? That wasn’t a strictly positive statement. There are some areas in which 3D printing can have a negative effect on the world we live in. It doesn’t …

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) declared victory back in May, when a Federal Appeals Court ruled that Illinois’ eavesdropping statute does not apply to police performing their duties in public. This week, the ACLU of New Jersey announced it …

You know that feeling you get when you watch something that you know you never would have been able to witness without the advent of the internet – that feeling of gratitude for YouTube, iPhones and the willingness of citizens …

The world is either getting more and more perverted and bizarre, or the internet and the 24 hour news cycle are bringing things to my attention that have been going on for years. This time the news comes out of …

In what is another erosion of freedom for the people of the UK, the police now have the ability to access the information on your cell phones while out in the field with mobile device data extraction system called the …

Facebook has the strong ability to get people in trouble for posting stuff that they shouldn’t or principals making fake accounts to spy on their students. Most people get in trouble for the stuff that they have posted that disparages …

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Illinois has declared victory in a court case involving Illinois’ eavesdropping statute. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit this week overturned a trial court decision and ruled that the ACLU …

A digital rights advocacy group called the ‘Electronic Frontier Foundation’ filed a freedom of information act request to get information pertaining to active sites in the United States that have permits to launch Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV’s). After a hard …

Travis Nicolaysen has been running from the police since April 4. According to the Peninsula Daily News, Nicolaysen was sought by police for parole violations and for assaulting his girlfriend. He got away from police in two separate foot chases …

Stacy Knutson, a waitress in Minnesota who sued local law enforcement after police confiscated a $12,000 tip, has been given her money back. The waitress found a box left at her table at the Fryn’ Pan Family Restaurant in Moorhead, …

Angels center-fielder Torii Hunter accidentally set off his own alarm system at his home in Newport Coast on Wednesday, and when police responded he was greeted with a nasty surprise. Even though they claimed to be Angels fans, the officers …

Apple and Google are often compelled to assist law enforcement officials in the unlocking of iPhone and Android device screens, and some internal documents shed some light on the process of the password bypassing. From training materials put together by …

If one thousand people were asked to name their favorite drunken sing-a-long song, I’m sure that a good number of them would say Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Sure, you’d have plenty of “Don’t Stop Believen”s and “Livin on a Prayer”s thrown …

Everybody and their grandma is using social media these days; it seems most of us can’t go a full hour without checking our Facebook pages or our Twitter accounts, and with the popularity of smart phones, we can do it …

A U.K. police inspector has recently claimed that his precinct uses a patrol car that is assigned to go from house to house to break up fights about things posted on Facebook. The senior inspector, who goes by the handle …

Twitter cooperated with Boston police yesterday. The online social media giant handed over a subscriber’s information regarding a Twitter account tied to the Occupy Boston protest. Back in December, a subpoena was sent to Twitter requesting information on several Twitter …