Surveillance & Privacy
CPJ, partners urge EU to act now on spyware
Documents systematic targeting of investigative journalists and EU parliamentarians with Pegasus spyware, demonstrating institutional… [more]
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Cops Say Waymo Snitched on Teens for Allegedly Drinking and Shooting a Toy Gun
Autonomous vehicle technology functioning as surveillance infrastructure, reporting minor infractions to police—exemplifying corporate… [more]
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Footage Shows Cop Stalking Woman He Met on a TV Set After Surveilling Her With a License Plate Reader
A police officer abused license plate reader surveillance technology and his badge to stalk a woman he met, demonstrating how law… [more]
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Same government, more victims: Access Now calls for an urgent investigation into hacking of MEP
Government use of Pegasus spyware to target a journalist and MEP investigating spyware abuses exemplifies state surveillance weaponized… [more]
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Eight Sleep Pod 5 Review: The Smartest, Nosiest Bed You Can Buy
Article documents a commercial smart bed that conducts continuous biometric surveillance of users during sleep, exemplifying corporate… [more]
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Security Roundup: Apple’s Hide My Email Service Fails to Hide Your Email
Apple's privacy service failure and widespread license plate reader errors demonstrate how surveillance infrastructure fails to protect… [more]
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EU Politicians Investigated Pegasus Spyware. Then It Ended Up on One of Their Phones
Documents confirmed deployment of sophisticated spyware against EU lawmakers investigating surveillance, exemplifying how state-level… [more]
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LGBT Q&A: How Can I Wipe Online Data That Points To My Queer Identity?
Documents real surveillance infrastructure (data brokers, social media tracking) that disproportionately threatens vulnerable populations… [more]
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Ex-judge, ex-general sentenced to 5 years for spying on Chilean journalist
Documents illegal mass surveillance targeting independent journalist investigating military corruption, with high-ranking officials… [more]
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Apple ‘Hide My Email’ Vulnerability Reveals Peoples’ Real Email Addresses
Apple's year-long failure to fix a vulnerability that exposes supposedly hidden email addresses demonstrates corporate negligence in… [more]
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LGBT Q&A: What Data Are Companies in the UK Collecting When Verifying My Age?
UK age verification mandates requiring collection of personal/biometric data to access online content represent significant privacy… [more]
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US Supreme Court just blew up EU-US Data Transfers
US Supreme Court decision undermining FTC independence eliminates the primary enforcement mechanism protecting EU citizens' personal data… [more]
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EFF to Gov. Pritzker: Veto Illinois’ HB 5511
Illinois HB 5511 mandates device-level age-gating requiring age data collection and sharing across internet services, constituting mass… [more]
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Online Age Verification Law Could Kill Whistleblowing
Proposed age verification law enables pervasive identity tracking and threatens anonymous speech critical for whistleblowers, journalists,… [more]
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NSW beaches to get dawn-to-dusk drone patrols in $34m anti-shark program
Represents significant expansion of persistent aerial surveillance infrastructure across 70 public beaches under public safety… [more]
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The Pentagon Is Looking Into the Dialog Data Exposure for Unmasking National Security Officials
Exposure of personal information belonging to senior national security officials demonstrates surveillance vulnerabilities in government… [more]
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EFF to Grindr: This Pride Month, Put Safety and Privacy Over Profits
Documents real-world surveillance infrastructure where corporate data collection and third-party broker sales enable identification,… [more]
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We Can Still Stop California’s 3D Printer Surveillance Scheme
California legislation mandating surveillance software on 3D printers represents mass monitoring infrastructure targeting a broad class of… [more]
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EFF, TEDIC and CEJIL Challenge Secrecy in the Use of Face Recognition in Paraguay
Documents state deployment of facial recognition surveillance infrastructure with deliberate opacity about protocols and scope,… [more]
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The FCC’s Spam Call Proposal Is Just a Data Collection Scheme
FCC proposal mandating personal data collection from all phone users under anti-spam pretense represents mass surveillance infrastructure… [more]