Is This the End of Geofence Warrants?
By Jennifer Lynch Google announced this week that it will be making several important changes to the way it handles users’ “Location History” data. These…
Surveillance
Senate Passes Massive $886 Billion National Defense Authorization Act
By Dave DeCamp On Wednesday, the Senate passed the mammoth $886 billion 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which funds the Pentagon and military spending…
The Navy Bought “Global” Surveillance Data Through Adtech Company Owned by Military Contractor
By Joseph Cox This article was produced with support from The Capitol Forum. A section of the Navy bought access to a tool that gave…
Living Everywhere in a Carceral Surveillance State
By Bert Olivier If you live in a Chinese city, or even in London, you are probably so used to surveillance cameras all around you…
Google’s Gemini AI Hints at the Next Great Leap for the Technology: Analysing Real-time Information
By Lars Erik Holmquist, Nottingham Trent University Google has launched Gemini, a new artificial intelligence (AI) system that can seemingly understand and talk intelligently about…
Journalist Files “Cease and Desist” Letter with the CIA
A journalist has sent a “Cease and Desist” letter to the Central Intelligence Agency, citing violations of her 4th, 5th and 14th Amendment rights. Janet…
The House Intelligence Committee’s Surveillance “Reform” Bill is a Farce
By India McKinney Earlier this week, both the House Committee on the Judiciary (HJC) and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) marked up…
UN’s Counter-terrorist Travel Biometrics Poses Human Rights Risk: Special Rapporteur
By Masha Borak The United Nations’ travel surveillance system, which collects biometric data to track down terrorists, should be paused and “urgently reviewed,” according to…
Think Twice Before Giving Surveillance for the Holidays
By Thorin Klosowski With the holidays upon us, it’s easy to default to giving the tech gifts that retailers tend to push on us this…
Cybersecurity Expert Who Warned about 5G and IoT Now Warns about A.I.’s Potential for “mass spying”
By B.N. Frank Over the years, countless experts have warned about privacy and cybersecurity risks with all “smart”, wireless, 5G and/or Internet of Things (IoT)…
U.S. Senator: What Do Our Cars Know? And Who Do They Share that Information With?
By Matthew Guariglia U.S. Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts has sent a much-needed letter to car manufacturers asking them to clarify a surprisingly hard question…
The Intelligence Committees’ Proposals for a 702 Reauthorization Bill are Beyond Bad
By Matthew Guariglia Both congressional intelligence committees have now released proposals for reauthorizing the government’s Section 702 spying powers, largely as-is, and in the face…
The Government Shouldn’t Prosecute People With Unreliable “Black Box” Technology
By Hannah Zhao On Tuesday, EFF urged the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the highest court in that state, to affirm that a witness who has…
The White House Goes Rogue: Secret Surveillance Program Breaks All the Laws
By John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead “We are rapidly entering the age of no privacy, where everyone is open to surveillance at all times;…