Surveillance & Privacy
The FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones
FCC proposal to restrict burner phones represents erosion of anonymity and privacy by eliminating a tool for untraceable communication,…
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Victory! 702 has Expired!
Documents expiration of Section 702 FISA authority enabling warrantless mass surveillance of Americans' communications, representing a…
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Hakeem Jeffries Finally Finds a Spine: Dem Leaders Rallied Against Extending Domestic Spy Law
Article documents legislative resistance to extending Section 702, a law enabling warrantless domestic surveillance, with Democratic…
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Flock Leaked Cops’ License Plate Searches via DuckDuckGo, Bing
ALPR company Flock's exposure of police license plate searches and reasons for them via public search engines demonstrates both the…
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Gulf States: Phone searches, arrests exacerbate existing restrictions on trade unions, expression
Documents systematic surveillance of migrant workers' communications, mass arrests, and intensified censorship by Gulf states to suppress…
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Momentum Builds to Rein In Domestic Spying Law — Whether or Not Bill Pulte Survives as Intel Chief
Documents real tension over NSA domestic surveillance law (FISA 702) and credible concerns about surveillance program abuse under…
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The 702 Ultimatum: Warrant Requirement or Bust
Directly documents ongoing mass surveillance infrastructure (FISA 702) enabling warrantless FBI access to Americans' digital…
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🔊 Mass Surveillance for… Loud Music? | EFFector 38.11
Documents widespread deployment of tens of thousands of automated license plate cameras being repurposed for mass tracking and low-level…
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Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using Flock to Stalk People
Documents systemic misuse of automated license plate reader (ALPR) technology by law enforcement for illegal stalking and harassment,…
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FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones By Forcing Telecoms to Get All Customers’ IDs
FCC proposal to mandate telecom collection of government ID and physical addresses for all customers represents mass surveillance…
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VICTORY: Meta Strips Facial Recognition Code From Smart Glasses App After Public Outcry
Article documents Meta's covert embedding of facial recognition and biometric signature technology in millions of devices for identifying…
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This Company Will Add Phone, AirPod, and Smartwatch Trackers to License Plate Readers
SignalTrace represents a major escalation of mass surveillance by converting existing license plate readers into comprehensive personal…