The Secretive Surveillance Wizards Helping ICE Wiretap Facebook and Google Users(forbes.com)

75 points by wahnfrieden 3 years ago | 47 comments

ICE Is Buying a Tool to Track Phones, Without Warrants(olgalautman.substack.com)

72 points by beezle 1 year ago | 23 comments

Feds got warrants to use fake cell towers to hunt down Don Lemon's producer(wired.com)

118 points by rndsignals 14 days ago | 75 comments

WIRED article reporting that federal investigators obtained warrants to use cell-site simulators to locate Don Lemon's producer, journalist Georgia Fort, and a Minnesota Senate candidate.

Flock CEO Apologizes for Calling Activists 'Terrorists'(forbes.com)

37 points by chaps 3 months ago | 14 comments

Microsoft Gave FBI Keys to Unlock Encrypted Data, Exposing Major Privacy Flaw(forbes.com)

17 points by _____k 9 months ago | 3 comments

Homeland Security Spying on Reddit Users(kenklippenstein.com)

62 points by duxup 8 months ago | 14 comments

Judge Rules Blanket Search of Cell Tower Data Unconstitutional(404media.co)

429 points by bradac56 1 year ago | 163 comments

A 404 Media news article reporting that a judge ruled blanket police searches of cell tower data unconstitutional.

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.

First U.S. ban on sale of cellphone location data might be coming(wsj.com)

500 points by pondsider 3 years ago | 122 comments

WSJ article on a proposed Massachusetts law that would be the first U.S. ban on selling cellphone location data.

Tech companies shouldn't be bullied into doing surveillance(eff.org)

408 points by pseudolus 8 months ago | 122 comments

EFF Deeplinks article by Matthew Guariglia arguing tech companies should not be pressured by government into conducting surveillance.

Investigation uncovers two sophisticated telecom surveillance campaigns(techcrunch.com)

363 points by mentalgear 6 months ago | 123 comments

TechCrunch article on Citizen Lab research finding surveillance vendors abused telecom network access to track people's phone locations.

FCC votes to limit prison telecom charges(worthrises.org)

944 points by Avshalom 2 years ago | 408 comments

Worth Rises press release on the FCC's unanimous vote to cap prison phone and video call rates and ban related fees, estimated to save families $500 million annually.