Senator asks US government watchdog to review how feds use hacking tools
Senator Ron Wyden sent a letter to the U.S. federal watchdog requesting a comprehensive review of how the FBI, DEA, ICE's HSI, and the Secret Servic…
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Senator Ron Wyden sent a letter to the U.S. federal watchdog requesting a comprehensive review of how the FBI, DEA, ICE's HSI, and the Secret Servic…
"Network effect" can run in reverse.
The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts told TechCrunch that it will start disclosing how many times judges authorized the use of spyware to wi…
The surveillance company announced it's making a tool called "Audit Assistance" mandatory for all customers, claiming it's already helped catch abus…
Phone and Bluetooth signals could turn roadside cameras into far richer tracking tools.
The Iranian government exploited well-known flaws in cellphone networks to locate and then strike U.S. military personnel in the build-up and beginn…
The LAPD, one of Flock's biggest government customers, is ending its contract with the company citing civil liberties concerns.
More police and firefighters use drones to catch and deter illegal fireworks.
Anthropic accused of spying on users; engineer says “experiment” is over.
The Supreme Court's decision to limit geofence warrants is a win for privacy advocates, who called their use unconstitutional but sought an outright…
Security researchers found evidence that Russian authorities hacked the iPhone of a political opponent using a phone-unlocking device made by Celleb…
The messaging giant announced that it disrupted a phishing campaign targeting its users with NSO’s spyware.
A new hacking campaign is trying to trick Signal users to give up their secret recovery key, which can be used to access online backups containing p…
Intrusion Logging is a new part of Android’s Advanced Protection Mode, which aims to help protect human rights activists, journalists, and dissident…