Surveillance & Privacy
Bulgaria Licensed Surveillance Exports to Rights Violators
Documents real-world government licensing of surveillance technology to rights-violating regimes, exemplifying institutional complicity in… [more]
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Senate Democrats Aren’t Happy About Trump’s Spy Law Ultimatum
Documents real political efforts to expand domestic surveillance powers (FISA Section 702) while linking renewal to voter suppression,… [more]
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Surveilled, targeted, and now hacked: WFP must protect Palestinians in Gaza after massive data breach
Exposure of 600,000 Palestinians' personal data including names, ID numbers, and locations during active conflict creates acute… [more]
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How Did the Feds Get Into Anti-ICE Activists’ Signal Messages?
Federal authorities exploited Signal communications to build cases against anti-ICE activists, demonstrating government capability to… [more]
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ICE Appears to Be Buying Immigrants’ Tax Identifiers from a Data Broker
ICE allegedly purchasing immigrants' tax identifiers from data brokers to circumvent court orders and enable mass deportation campaigns… [more]
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Podcast: The Government Wants to End Anonymity on Phones
Multiple dystopian elements: FCC proposal to eliminate anonymity by requiring government IDs for phone plans, police abuse of Flock… [more]
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Bavarian top court rules state spy agency can monitor AfD
State surveillance of political opposition party raises concerns about selective government monitoring and potential abuse of intelligence… [more]
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My Father Wants to Age in Place. AI Will Be Watching
Documents normalization of continuous AI surveillance of vulnerable elderly populations under guise of safety, raising concerns about… [more]
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EFFecting Change: LGBTQ+ Solidarity Against the Tide of Surveillance
Event announcement documenting real escalating surveillance and censorship targeting LGBTQ+ communities, with discussion of platform… [more]
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The OPSEC Rave Wave (with Imani Thompson)
While primarily a podcast discussion about surveillance and privacy resistance rather than reporting on a dystopian event, the article… [more]
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The US Government Is Letting a Key Data Center Regulation Expire
Allowing federal data center regulations to sunset removes oversight of government surveillance infrastructure, potentially enabling… [more]
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Meta Tapped a Pentagon Supplier to Prototype Face Recognition for Its Glasses
Meta's development of face recognition technology for smart glasses using Pentagon-connected suppliers represents convergence of corporate… [more]
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The FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones
FCC efforts to eliminate burner phones represent state-level surveillance expansion by eliminating anonymous communication infrastructure,… [more]
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Victory! 702 has Expired!
Documents expiration of Section 702 FISA authority enabling warrantless surveillance of Americans' communications, a foundational mass… [more]
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Hakeem Jeffries Finally Finds a Spine: Dem Leaders Rallied Against Extending Domestic Spy Law
Documents real legislative debate over Section 702, a law enabling warrantless domestic surveillance, with Democratic leadership initially… [more]
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Flock Leaked Cops’ License Plate Searches via DuckDuckGo, Bing
Flock's accidental exposure of police license plate searches and investigation reasons via search engines demonstrates how surveillance… [more]
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Gulf States: Phone searches, arrests exacerbate existing restrictions on trade unions, expression
Gulf states intensifying surveillance of migrant workers' communications, arrests, and restrictions on freedom of expression and assembly… [more]
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Momentum Builds to Rein In Domestic Spying Law — Whether or Not Bill Pulte Survives as Intel Chief
Article documents real efforts to reform mass domestic surveillance law (FISA 702) amid concerns about potential abuse by unqualified… [more]
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The 702 Ultimatum: Warrant Requirement or Bust
Documents real-world mass surveillance authority enabling warrantless collection of Americans' digital communications, representing… [more]
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🔊 Mass Surveillance for… Loud Music? | EFFector 38.11
Documents widespread deployment of ALPR surveillance networks originally justified for safety but increasingly repurposed for low-level… [more]