Senator Wyden Letter Confirms NSA Is Buying US Persons' Data from Data Brokers(techdirt.com)

366 points by rntn 2 years ago | 167 comments

Techdirt article on Senator Ron Wyden's letter revealing that the NSA buys Americans' data, including location data, from commercial data brokers.

CA Supreme Court Concludes No Reason to Generate Precedent on Geofence Warrants(techdirt.com)

25 points by rntn 3 years ago | 0 comments

Telecom Industry Is Mad Because the FCC Might Examine High Broadband Prices(techdirt.com)

432 points by rntn 2 years ago | 249 comments

Techdirt article by Karl Bode on telecom industry opposition to an FCC Notice of Inquiry considering broadband prices in its deployment assessments.

Techdirt has been deleted from Bing and DuckDuckGo [fixed](techdirt.com)

189 points by lehi 3 years ago | 142 comments

Cable Companies, Automakers Try to Derail FTC, FCC Quest to Kill Misleading Fees(techdirt.com)

155 points by rntn 2 years ago | 93 comments

State Governments Can’t Resist the Siren Song of Censorship(techdirt.com)

79 points by rntn 3 years ago | 73 comments

FBI misused surveillance powers more than 280k times in a year(theregister.com)

446 points by nabla9 3 years ago | 134 comments

The Register article on a declassified FISA court opinion showing the FBI misused Section 702 warrantless search powers over 278,000 times in 2020–2021.

FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms(techcrunch.com)

392 points by jbegley 7 months ago | 143 comments

TechCrunch article reporting that FBI director Kash Patel confirmed the bureau buys commercial location data to track US citizens, prompted by questioning from Sen. Wyden.

FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado(arstechnica.com)

825 points by JaimeThompson 1 year ago | 332 comments

Ars Technica article reporting that the FBI raided the home of an Indiana University computer scientist whose profile was quietly removed and who has gone silent.

FBI tries to unmask owner of archive.is(heise.de)

907 points by Projectiboga 11 months ago | 456 comments

Heise news article reporting that the FBI obtained a court order forcing domain provider Tucows to hand over user data about the operator of Archive.today.

FBI used iPhone notification data to retrieve deleted Signal messages(9to5mac.com)

542 points by 01-_- 6 months ago | 278 comments

9to5Mac article reporting that the FBI recovered deleted Signal messages from an iPhone by using stored notification data.

FBI Misused Spy Database, FISA Court Says(wsj.com)

341 points by impish9208 3 years ago | 181 comments

Wall Street Journal article reporting the FBI improperly searched a foreign-intelligence database for information on Jan. 6 rioters and George Floyd protesters, per the FISA court.