White House goes to court, not Congress, to renew warrantless spy powers Choose your own FISA Section 702 adventure: End-run around lawmakers or business as usual? Public Sector29 Feb 2024 | 14
Sandvine put on America's export no-fly list after Egypt used network tech for spying Canadian network box maker floats in denial CSO27 Feb 2024 | 11
European Court of Human Rights declares backdoored encryption is illegal Surprising third-act twist as Russian case means more freedom for all Security15 Feb 2024 | 212
'Scandal-plagued' data broker tracked visits to '600 Planned Parenthood locations' Anti-abortion group said to have used that monitoring to push ad campaign Personal Tech15 Feb 2024 | 43
FBI: Give us warrantless Section 702 snooping powers – or China wins Analysis Never mind the court orders obtained to thwart Volt Typhoon botnet Security09 Feb 2024 | 22
The spyware business is booming despite government crackdowns Updated 'Almost zero data being shared across the industry on this particular threat,' we're told Security07 Feb 2024 | 35
UK biometrics boss bows out, bemoaning bureaucratic blunders Questionable institutional change and myriad IT issues pervade the governance landscape Security30 Jan 2024 | 9
FBI recruits Amazon Rekognition AI to hunt down 'nudity, weapons, explosives' Honestly, it sounds like a fun time AI + ML26 Jan 2024 | 29
Amazon Ring sounds death knell for surveillance as a service Tough luck non-Americans, the cops can still see your footage Personal Tech25 Jan 2024 | 57
US judge rejects spyware slinger NSO's attempt to bin Apple lawsuit Judge says cyber-crime law fits Pegasus case 'to a T' Security24 Jan 2024 | 28
Think tank warns North Korea uses AI for battle planning, maybe using cloudy resources Calls for clouds, and scientists, to take care they're not aiding Pyongyang AI + ML24 Jan 2024 | 8
Three Chinese balloons float near Taiwanese airbase Also: Remember that balloon over the US last February? It might have used a US internet provider CSO04 Jan 2024 | 15
FTC bans Rite Aid from using AI facial recognition in stores for 5 years Among the mistakes, an 11-year-old girl was misidentified as a shoplifter and searched AI + ML20 Dec 2023 | 35
Four more months of Section 702 snooping slipped into $890B US defense budget bill Congress renews warrantless spying tool scribbled on back of huge check for Pentagon Public Sector14 Dec 2023 | 39
Competing Section 702 surveillance bills on collision path for US House floor End-of-year deadline looms on US surveillance Security08 Dec 2023 | 8
Someone else has a go at reforming US Section 702 spying powers – and nope, no warrant requirement Back to plan A, then, eh? Public Sector29 Nov 2023 | 13
US govt pays AT&T to let cops search Americans' phone records – 'usually' without a warrant At least get a court order before mining Hemisphere Project data, says Senator Public Sector22 Nov 2023 | 15
FBI Director: FISA Section 702 warrant requirement a 'de facto ban' War of words escalates as deadline draws near Security15 Nov 2023 | 56
Beijing reportedly asked Hikvision to identify fasting students in Muslim-majority province University managment app also tracked library activity, holidays, and much more Security14 Nov 2023 | 27
Uncle Sam snooping on US folks? Not without a warrant, lawmakers agree Proposed Section 702 overhaul bill rolls in as expiration date looms Public Sector08 Nov 2023 | 37
'Corrupt' cop jailed for tipping off pal to EncroChat dragnet Taking selfie with 'official sensitive' doc wasn't smartest idea, either Cyber-crime04 Nov 2023 | 62
Your ex isn't the only one stalking your social media posts. The Feds are, too Two thumbs down as ACLU lawsuit yields uncomfortable results Personal Tech25 Oct 2023 | 66
San Francisco mayor suggests police drones and CCTV can cure city's crime woes Suggests bodycam footage should replace paperwork for simple arrests Cybersecurity Month19 Oct 2023 | 30
Chinese citizens feel their government is doing such a fine job with surveillance They know they're being watched and don't mind - maybe because Beijing says it improves safety Cybersecurity Month13 Oct 2023 | 38
Feds' privacy panel backs renewing Feds' S. 702 spying powers — but with limits FBI agents ought to get spy court approval before reviewing US persons' chats, board reckons Security28 Sep 2023 | 2
NYC rights groups say no to grocery store spycams and snooping landlords Letter to City Council supports measures to ban biometric tech from public spaces Security27 Sep 2023 | 13
Report: CIA eyes building AI chatbot to rival China CIA, FBI and friends using AI to uncover threats? What could possibly go wrong? AI + ML26 Sep 2023 | 9
As TikTok surveils staff's office hours, research indicates WFH is good for planet Not leaving home for work cuts an individual's carbon footprint by 54%, says research On-Prem20 Sep 2023 | 60
Probe reveals previously secret Israeli spyware that infects targets via ads Oh s#!t, Sherlock Research16 Sep 2023 | 73
Get your staff's consent before you monitor them, tech inquiry warns Plus: British government's push to reform data protection is working against the cause Security10 Aug 2023 | 57
White House: Losing Section 702 spy powers would be among 'worst intelligence failures of our time' As expert panel suggests some tweaks to boost public's confidence in FISA Security31 Jul 2023 | 25
Hikvision, Nvidia named in contract for 'Uyghur detection' Updated GPU giant says you can't stop secondary sales, surveillance gear maker maintains innocence Security31 Jul 2023 | 8
Just declassified: US senator caught up in Section 702 FBI surveillance dragnet Still, judge finds 'reason to believe' Feds are getting better at not abusing snooping powers Personal Tech22 Jul 2023 | 27
Proposed ban on data brokers selling warrantless personal info to Feds revived Plus: Senator teases larger surveillance reform bill coming soon Personal Tech21 Jul 2023 | 8
US adds Euro spyware makers to export naughty list Predator dev joins Pegasus slinger Security18 Jul 2023 | 28
TSA wants to expand facial recognition to hundreds of airports within next decade Digital rights folks, as you can imagine, want the tech grounded Security03 Jul 2023 | 23
Cops' total pwnage of 'secure' EncroChat nets 6,500+ arrests, €740m in funds – so far Or so the Europlod says Cyber-crime27 Jun 2023 | 11
FBI: FISA Section 702 'absolutely critical' to spy on, err, protect Americans No protection without surveillance? Security09 Jun 2023 | 30
UK government to set deadline for removal of Chinese surveillance cams And compile a list of vendors considered threats to national security Security08 Jun 2023 | 40
10 years after Snowden's first leak, what have we learned? Feature Spies gonna spy Security07 Jun 2023 | 36
Police use of PayPal records under fire after raid on 'Cop City' protest fund trio Nearly anything can look like money laundering if you squint hard enough Security06 Jun 2023 | 10
Pegasus-pusher NSO gets new owner keen on the commercial spyware biz Investors roll the dice against government sanctions and lawsuits Security30 May 2023 | 15
US govt pushes spyware to other countries? Senator Wyden would like a word Uncle Sam confirms it's saying nothing Security26 May 2023 | 8
So the FBI 'persistently' abused its snoop powers. What's to worry about? Register Kettle When is warrantless surveillance warranted? Security25 May 2023 | 5
Supreme Court leaves warrantless camera surveillance an open book Can police just set up CCTV and press record? In some places, yes Personal Tech24 May 2023 | 9
SF cops got warrant-free OK to watch protest via private security cameras Officers said they didn't use live feed in the end. So that's all right then? Personal Tech23 May 2023 | 10
FBI abused spy law but only like 280,000 times in a year Well, well, well, if it isn't the Leaning Tower of FISA again Personal Tech22 May 2023 | 37
Storing the Quran on your phone makes you a terror suspect in China Human Rights Watch details mass surveillance and repression Legal04 May 2023 | 56
Feds rethink warrantless search stats and – oh look, a huge drop in numbers 119,000 instances of homeland snooping as the power to do so comes under review Security02 May 2023 | 21
Smile! UK cops reckon they've ironed out gremlins with real-time facial recog Report says code has improved – and thousands could still end up falsely ID'd, argue privacy advocates AI + ML06 Apr 2023 | 39
NYPD blues: Cops ignored 93 percent of surveillance law rules Who watches the watchmen? The Office of the Inspector General Security31 Mar 2023 | 17
China crisis is a TikToking time bomb Opinion ByteDance with the devil if you dare Security27 Mar 2023 | 69
Cop warrant orders Ring to cough up footage from inside this guy's home Don't say you weren't warned Personal Tech08 Mar 2023 | 75
Dems offer ban on Feds using facial, voice recognition Second time before Congress a charm? AI + ML07 Mar 2023 | 7
Secret Service, ICE break the law over and over with fake cell tower spying Investigations 'at risk' from sloppy surveillance uncovered by audit probe Security04 Mar 2023 | 28
US teases more China tech sanctions, this time to deflate balloon-makers State Dept already has one target, FBI is identifying sources of floating surveillance platform's components Security10 Feb 2023 | 27
Australia gives made-in-China CCTV cams the boot The usual suspects - Hikvision and Dahua - named as a risk to national security, prompting the usual denials Security10 Feb 2023 | 37
Americans have the right to livestream police traffic stops … probably Handy thing, that First Amendment. Now, about the Second … Personal Tech09 Feb 2023 | 19
Cedars-Sinai hospital's website shares patient info with Meta, lawsuit claims Facebook parent could then offer that data to other advertising clients, complaint alleges Applications08 Feb 2023 | 8
French lawmakers say oui to Olympic video surveillance, but non for faces Pas le visage, merci Personal Tech01 Feb 2023 | 16
Happy Lunar New Year: Beijing warns of enhanced surveillance during celebrations Censors are on the lookout for showering under a waterfall of money, overeating, and more conventional sins Security20 Jan 2023 | 8
Seriously, what's with FBI, DEA vacuuming up people's money transfer records? Warrantless surveillance branded illegal, said to unfairly target the poor, immigrants, minorities Personal Tech18 Jan 2023 | 3