The FBI Wants to Buy Nationwide Access to License Plate Readers(404media.co)

259 points by cdrnsf 5 months ago | 103 comments

A16z-backed Doublespeed hacked, revealing what its AI-generated accounts promote(404media.co)

227 points by grahamlee 10 months ago | 123 comments

Help 404 Media Find Out How Your Local Police Are Surveiling You(404media.co)

53 points by paimapi 1 month ago | 2 comments

Hackers selling hacked police emails to request user data from TikTok, Facebook(404media.co)

92 points by fouadmatin 3 years ago | 11 comments

You can't refuse to be scanned by ICE's facial recognition app, DHS document say(404media.co)

427 points by nh43215rgb 11 months ago | 290 comments

404 Media article reporting that a DHS document says people cannot refuse to be scanned by ICE's facial recognition mobile app.

The NSA Furby Documents(404media.co)

210 points by gumby 2 years ago | 100 comments

TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users(nbcnews.com)

714 points by Leary 1 year ago | 2270 comments

NBC News article reporting that TikTok began restoring service for U.S. users after President-elect Trump gave assurances to its service providers.

TikTok users can't upload anti-ICE videos. The company blames tech issues(cnn.com)

1304 points by kotaKat 9 months ago | 853 comments

CNN Business article reporting that TikTok users say they cannot upload anti-ICE videos, which the company attributes to technical issues.

Hackers Had a Live Feed of Every ID Verification Company Scanned for over a Year(techdirt.com)

481 points by beardyw 1 month ago | 197 comments

Techdirt article reporting that hackers had a live feed of every ID scanned by an identity verification company for over a year, exposing 153 million license scans.

TikTok's 'addictive design' found to be illegal in Europe(nytimes.com)

564 points by thm 8 months ago | 414 comments

New York Times article on European regulators finding TikTok's addictive design illegal; the page shows a captcha instead of the story.

Influencers and OnlyFans models are dominating U.S. O-1 visa requests(theguardian.com)

357 points by bookofjoe 9 months ago | 258 comments

Guardian article reporting that social media influencers and OnlyFans models increasingly apply for the US O-1 'extraordinary ability' visa using follower counts.

TikTok will not introduce end-to-end encryption, saying it makes users less safe(bbc.com)

388 points by 1659447091 7 months ago | 371 comments

BBC News article reporting that TikTok will not add end-to-end encryption to direct messages, arguing it would put users at risk.