Baltimore Brings Back Controversial Cellphone Hacking System
A year after a court told Maryland police that Cellebrite searches were too broad, Baltimore quietly resumed using the software.
A year after a court told Maryland police that Cellebrite searches were too broad, Baltimore quietly resumed using the software.
A proposed USDA rule would require RFID tagging of all cattle and bison that move across state lines.
The plaintiffs are challenging the state's widespread surveillance, which it collects through over 600 cameras.
A WIRED investigation reveals the extent to which residents of Chula Vista are subjected to surveillance from the sky.
While drones are less likely to shoot or maim innocent civilians, they could also pose privacy issues.
The White House announced a “near final” defense pact with Saudi Arabia yesterday, just as new evidence about Saudi links to 9/11 is emerging.
The intelligence community is admitting that info from data brokers is sensitive but isn’t accepting hard limits on how to use it.
The three-judge panel concluded unanimously that while the state law at issue is constitutional, the wildlife agents' application of it was not.
Hoover’s reign at the FBI compromised American civil liberties and turned the FBI into America's secret police.
The Department of Justice indicted the creators of Samourai Wallet, an application that helps people spend their bitcoins anonymously.
The court declined to address whether the search violated the Fourth Amendment and merely held that the evidence could not be excluded in a civil case.
A FOIA request reveals what the FBI and Homeland Security had to say about anarchist activities on May Day 2015.
A newly-obtained intelligence memo shows that the feds took a keen interest in Trump-era campus speech controversies.
"This bill would basically allow the government to institute a spy draft," warns head of the Freedom of the Press Foundation.
New language could make almost anybody with access to a WiFi router help the government snoop.
The Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act would prevent law enforcement and intelligence agencies from purchasing data that they would otherwise need a warrant to obtain.
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"I told everybody, 'Do what you want,'" Trump said on Friday night, as he let the deep state win again.
U.S. need for Australia’s cooperation in the Pacific may win the journalist’s release.
The measure would have required federal agents to get a warrant before searching American communications collected as part of foreign intelligence.
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A Section 702 reauthorization moving through Congress could actually weaken privacy protections.
Concerns about public safety will eventually recede, but Big Brother will still be watching.
From struggle sessions to cancel culture, the story depicts the terrors of surveillance authoritarianism.
"It's just an effort to keep everybody safe and make sure nobody has any ill will," he claimed.
Modern cars are smartphones on wheels, but with less protection for your data.
And in the process, it will stifle innovation and competition.
The story behind the city's ban on unlicensed drone businesses is even weirder than the ban itself.
Instead of freeing Americans from censorship, the TikTok bill would tighten the U.S. government's control over social media.
Hackers have unmasked some of the tactics Beijing and Tehran use to silence their opponents.
Byron Tau's Means of Control documents how the private sector helps government agencies keep tabs on American citizens.
The measure, which will be on the March 5 ballot, would greatly expand the SFPD's power while subjecting it to even less scrutiny.
The surveillance yielded 49 arrests, of which 42 were for possession or sale of narcotics.
Congress gave FISA’s Section 702 a brief lease on life, but civil liberties concerns haven’t gone away.
While not perfect, the move is a step in the right direction for civil liberties.
Your Face Belongs to Us documents how facial recognition might threaten our freedom.
Facial recognition technology is increasingly being deployed by police officers across the country, but the scope of its use has been hard to pin down.
New online database details the shocking extent of intrusive surveillance tech used by American police.
Modern medical devices are lifesavers. But they’re vulnerable to hackers and compromise our privacy.
Section 702 will continue until April, when Congress will have another shot at seriously reforming a program that desperately needs it.
One bill set to be considered would grow the scope of federal digital surveillance and would authorize the federal government to use those powers against more individuals.
Competing FISA Section 702 reauthorization bills will reach the House floor next week, Speaker Johnson says.
It appears that DEA agents have been employed on non-drug-related investigations for far longer than they were originally authorized.
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The bipartisan Government Surveillance Reform Act would stop a lot of warrantless surveillance as a condition for renewal of Section 702 authorities.
Federal agencies frequently buy their way around the Fourth Amendment.