US Spies Are Lobbying Congress to Save a Phone Surveillance ‘Loophole’(wired.com)

121 points by jbotdev 3 years ago | 78 comments

USPS text scammers duped his wife, so he hacked their operation(blog.smithsecurity.biz)

372 points by wglb 2 years ago | 257 comments

Wired article about Grant Smith, who infiltrated the Smishing Triad USPS text scam operation after his wife was duped, and exposed it to US authorities.

The UK’s Secretive Web Surveillance Program Is Ramping Up(wired.com)

157 points by Brajeshwar 3 years ago | 39 comments

The US government is buying troves of data about Americans(wired.com)

417 points by benwerd 3 years ago | 198 comments

Wired article on a declassified ODNI report revealing that US federal agencies are buying large amounts of commercially available data about Americans.

US spies are buying Americans’ data – Congress has a new chance to stop it(wired.com)

211 points by arkadiyt 3 years ago | 80 comments

Law enforcement is spying on Americans' mail, records show(washingtonpost.com)

130 points by pseudolus 2 years ago | 40 comments