Chinese citizens feel their government is doing such a fine job with surveillance They know they're being watched and don't mind - maybe because Beijing says it improves safety Cybersecurity Month13 Oct 2023 | 38
Feds' privacy panel backs renewing Feds' S. 702 spying powers — but with limits FBI agents ought to get spy court approval before reviewing US persons' chats, board reckons Security28 Sep 2023 | 2
NYC rights groups say no to grocery store spycams and snooping landlords Letter to City Council supports measures to ban biometric tech from public spaces Security27 Sep 2023 | 13
Report: CIA eyes building AI chatbot to rival China CIA, FBI and friends using AI to uncover threats? What could possibly go wrong? AI + ML26 Sep 2023 | 9
As TikTok surveils staff's office hours, research indicates WFH is good for planet Not leaving home for work cuts an individual's carbon footprint by 54%, says research On-Prem20 Sep 2023 | 60
Probe reveals previously secret Israeli spyware that infects targets via ads Oh s#!t, Sherlock Research16 Sep 2023 | 73
Get your staff's consent before you monitor them, tech inquiry warns Plus: British government's push to reform data protection is working against the cause Security10 Aug 2023 | 57
White House: Losing Section 702 spy powers would be among 'worst intelligence failures of our time' As expert panel suggests some tweaks to boost public's confidence in FISA Security31 Jul 2023 | 25
Hikvision, Nvidia named in contract for 'Uyghur detection' Updated GPU giant says you can't stop secondary sales, surveillance gear maker maintains innocence Security31 Jul 2023 | 8
Just declassified: US senator caught up in Section 702 FBI surveillance dragnet Still, judge finds 'reason to believe' Feds are getting better at not abusing snooping powers Personal Tech22 Jul 2023 | 27
Proposed ban on data brokers selling warrantless personal info to Feds revived Plus: Senator teases larger surveillance reform bill coming soon Personal Tech21 Jul 2023 | 8
US adds Euro spyware makers to export naughty list Predator dev joins Pegasus slinger Security18 Jul 2023 | 28
TSA wants to expand facial recognition to hundreds of airports within next decade Digital rights folks, as you can imagine, want the tech grounded Security03 Jul 2023 | 23
Cops' total pwnage of 'secure' EncroChat nets 6,500+ arrests, €740m in funds – so far Or so the Europlod says Cyber-crime27 Jun 2023 | 11
FBI: FISA Section 702 'absolutely critical' to spy on, err, protect Americans No protection without surveillance? Security09 Jun 2023 | 30
UK government to set deadline for removal of Chinese surveillance cams And compile a list of vendors considered threats to national security Security08 Jun 2023 | 40
10 years after Snowden's first leak, what have we learned? Feature Spies gonna spy Security07 Jun 2023 | 36
Police use of PayPal records under fire after raid on 'Cop City' protest fund trio Nearly anything can look like money laundering if you squint hard enough Security06 Jun 2023 | 10
Pegasus-pusher NSO gets new owner keen on the commercial spyware biz Investors roll the dice against government sanctions and lawsuits Security30 May 2023 | 15
US govt pushes spyware to other countries? Senator Wyden would like a word Uncle Sam confirms it's saying nothing Security26 May 2023 | 8
So the FBI 'persistently' abused its snoop powers. What's to worry about? Register Kettle When is warrantless surveillance warranted? Security25 May 2023 | 5
Supreme Court leaves warrantless camera surveillance an open book Can police just set up CCTV and press record? In some places, yes Personal Tech24 May 2023 | 9
SF cops got warrant-free OK to watch protest via private security cameras Officers said they didn't use live feed in the end. So that's all right then? Personal Tech23 May 2023 | 10
FBI abused spy law but only like 280,000 times in a year Well, well, well, if it isn't the Leaning Tower of FISA again Personal Tech22 May 2023 | 37
Storing the Quran on your phone makes you a terror suspect in China Human Rights Watch details mass surveillance and repression Legal04 May 2023 | 56
Feds rethink warrantless search stats and – oh look, a huge drop in numbers 119,000 instances of homeland snooping as the power to do so comes under review Security02 May 2023 | 21
Smile! UK cops reckon they've ironed out gremlins with real-time facial recog Report says code has improved – and thousands could still end up falsely ID'd, argue privacy advocates AI + ML06 Apr 2023 | 39
NYPD blues: Cops ignored 93 percent of surveillance law rules Who watches the watchmen? The Office of the Inspector General Security31 Mar 2023 | 17
China crisis is a TikToking time bomb Opinion ByteDance with the devil if you dare Security27 Mar 2023 | 69
Cop warrant orders Ring to cough up footage from inside this guy's home Don't say you weren't warned Personal Tech08 Mar 2023 | 75
Dems offer ban on Feds using facial, voice recognition Second time before Congress a charm? AI + ML07 Mar 2023 | 7
Secret Service, ICE break the law over and over with fake cell tower spying Investigations 'at risk' from sloppy surveillance uncovered by audit probe Security04 Mar 2023 | 28
US teases more China tech sanctions, this time to deflate balloon-makers State Dept already has one target, FBI is identifying sources of floating surveillance platform's components Security10 Feb 2023 | 27
Australia gives made-in-China CCTV cams the boot The usual suspects - Hikvision and Dahua - named as a risk to national security, prompting the usual denials Security10 Feb 2023 | 37
Americans have the right to livestream police traffic stops … probably Handy thing, that First Amendment. Now, about the Second … Personal Tech09 Feb 2023 | 19
Cedars-Sinai hospital's website shares patient info with Meta, lawsuit claims Facebook parent could then offer that data to other advertising clients, complaint alleges Applications08 Feb 2023 | 8
French lawmakers say oui to Olympic video surveillance, but non for faces Pas le visage, merci Personal Tech01 Feb 2023 | 16
Happy Lunar New Year: Beijing warns of enhanced surveillance during celebrations Censors are on the lookout for showering under a waterfall of money, overeating, and more conventional sins Security20 Jan 2023 | 8
Seriously, what's with FBI, DEA vacuuming up people's money transfer records? Warrantless surveillance branded illegal, said to unfairly target the poor, immigrants, minorities Personal Tech18 Jan 2023 | 3
Canadian owes bosses for 'time theft' after work-tracking app sinks tribunal bid She hoped to score thousands but laptop app had other ideas Security13 Jan 2023 | 37
Raspberry Pi hires former spy gadget-maker who baked devices into surveillance ops If he offers you a piece of the Chocolate Pi, be suspicious Personal Tech09 Dec 2022 | 94
Amnesty International Canada claims attack by China-backed forces Threat actors allegedly looking for contacts and monitoring org's future plans Security07 Dec 2022 | 5
UK bans Chinese CCTV cameras on 'sensitive' government sites Updated Agencies told to rip 'em off core networks and replace 'em whenever and wherever possible Security25 Nov 2022 | 81
US Supreme Court asked if cops can plant spy cams around homes ACLU argues for the Fourth Personal Tech18 Nov 2022 | 104
Republican senators tell FTC to back off data security, surveillance rules And they don't like the states' 'patchwork' privacy laws, either Legal10 Nov 2022 | 24
China outlines plan for National Integrated Government Affairs Big Data System Three million datasets to be thoroughly integrated in the name of efficiency, e-government, and surveillance Software31 Oct 2022 | 4
Business can't make staff submit to video surveillance, says court Chetu ordered to pay restitution for employee's unlawful termination Personal Tech10 Oct 2022 | 76
How CIA betrayed informants with shoddy front websites built for covert comms Top tip, don't give your secret login box the HTML form type 'password' Research29 Sep 2022 | 37
US border cops harvest info from citizens' phones, build massive database Texts, contacts, call logs, photos, and more centrally stored for years without a warrant in sight Personal Tech15 Sep 2022 | 57
Amazon has repackaged surveillance capitalism as reality TV Column Smile! You're on Candid Doorbell – and the joke's on us all Personal Tech24 Aug 2022 | 195
One to watch: Open-source code that measures your exposure to CCTV Like a Geiger counter but for surveillance cameras Applications04 Aug 2022 | 30
Beijing residents blast COVID surveillance device Tracking bracelet rescinded in some areas after uproar and confusion on who dictated its use Software15 Jul 2022 | 36
Amazon gave Ring video to cops without consent or warrant 11 times so far in 2022 Updated Got no time for that red tape in an emergency, says exec Security14 Jul 2022 | 43
San Francisco cops want real-time access to private security cameras for surveillance ACLU hits back at 'unprecedented power grab' Security11 Jul 2022 | 44
Five accused of trying to silence China critics in US Alleged campaign involved stalking via GPS and hidden cameras, fake interviews, confidential government data Security07 Jul 2022 | 19
Calls for bans on Chinese CCTV makers Hikvision, Dahua expand UK wants to follow US move to stop sales from equipment manufacturers Security05 Jul 2022 | 51
San Francisco police use driverless cars for surveillance In brief Plus: Tech giants commit $30m to open-source security, miscreants breach DEA portal, and US signs cybercrime treaty Cyber-crime16 May 2022 | 18
How ICE became a $2.8b domestic surveillance agency Your US tax dollars at work AI + ML14 May 2022 | 69
Logging and monitoring can be a form of bullying, and make for lousy infosec Comment Surveillance is a poor starting point for your security strategy PaaS + IaaS02 May 2022 | 71
Google bans third-party call-recording apps from Play Store Apps pre-installed in the device will still be able to have call recording functionality Applications22 Apr 2022 | 38
UK spy agencies sharing bulk personal data with foreign allies was legal, says court Yes, that thing they've never publicly admitted they do Security06 Apr 2022 | 22
Cambodia cans critics of its snoopy Internet Gateway, says every nation has one Government says it’s just collecting tax, United Nations points to data harvesting and chilling effects on free speech Security15 Feb 2022 | 29