Three Cheers for the Supreme Court
"While Kennedy’s rulings have not all been according to the doctrines of libertarianism, his stances on affirmative action programs, gun control, and free speech made him a great supporter of the libertarian movement. We can only hope that whomever President
The Libertarian Argument for the Right to be Forgotten
"Libertarians like to regularly talk about an inherent right to privacy, especially when on our own property. But we seem to fall rather silent when it’s a business, not the government, invading our privacy. We willingly sign away our privacy
The Liberty Act: What Right to Privacy?
Earlier this month, the House Judiciary Committee approved the USA Liberty Act. If you only read the title, you might assume that this was a positive thing. Unfortunately, the title is more of a bad joke than an honest representation. To
Why Government Surveillance is Wrong – Freedom Philosophy
I became a libertarian in 2004. Henry Hazlitt’s Economics in One Lesson overwhelmed my increasingly-diminishing statist thinking. I identified as a libertarian at that time, with the issues de jours dominating my political passions. I took a reprieve from politics to
Top 5 Ideological Inconsistencies in Politics
Political parties breed inconsistencies. “Liberal” and “conservative” have very different meanings than what they previously held. The Republican Party, for instance, is a combination of supply-side economics, social conservatism and nationalism, while the Democratic Party is supposed to be socialist-leaning with
Flag Football: Clean Your Hands Before Pointing a Finger
In recent weeks, widespread peaceful protest has taken place on NFL football fields in what can only be described as a textbook example of the right to free speech; one group raises a concern, and the other group subsequently vilifies
How to Disable the Intel Management Engine Backdoor – Courtesy of the NSA
Security Researchers at Positive Technologies have found a way to disable the Intel Management Engine (ME), a very widely hated component included in Intel CPUs implemented from Intel Core 1st to 7th generation CPUs (2006-2017). What is Intel ME? It’s a
It’s Time to De-Google Yourself: Email
With the privacy issues, of Gmail combing through your data and government being able to get into your email without your permission (seeing as it is a US company), not to mention the censorship Google has begun doing on YouTube,
Why You Need To Care Deeply About Internet Surveillance
Invading your privacy without your permission is essentially theft, yet it happens every day on the internet and without consequence. Large corporations, law enforcement, the government, and just about anyone who knows how to use the internet, can easily obtain
Mind Reading Technology and the Right to Privacy
If one has no right to privacy can they truly consider themselves free? There is a long and fascinating history in the United States regarding the right to privacy. Nowhere does this right display itself outright in the Constitution, and therefore