Meta throttles 404media investigation on drug ads, continues to advertise drugs(404media.co)

127 points by nickthegreek 3 years ago | 66 comments

iFixit Petitions Government for Right to Hack McDonald's Ice Cream Machine(404media.co)

239 points by jmsflknr 3 years ago | 165 comments

FTC Bans Location Data Company That Powers the Surveillance Ecosystem(404media.co)

57 points by marban 1 year ago | 16 comments

A group of Motherboard folks just spun up their own new independent outlet(404media.co)

211 points by ohjeez 3 years ago | 71 comments

Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous 'Stop Cop City' Protester(404media.co)

347 points by sedatk 7 months ago | 161 comments

404 Media news article reporting that Proton Mail provided data that helped the FBI identify an anonymous Stop Cop City protester.

FBI couldn't get into WaPo reporter's iPhone because Lockdown Mode enabled(404media.co)

522 points by robin_reala 8 months ago | 436 comments

404 Media article reporting the FBI was unable to access a Washington Post reporter's iPhone because Apple's Lockdown Mode was enabled.

Data brokers are selling flight information to CBP and ICE(eff.org)

457 points by exiguus 1 year ago | 245 comments

EFF Deeplinks article reporting that data brokers are selling travelers' flight information to U.S. Customs and Border Protection and ICE.

The FBI proves again it can’t be trusted with Section 702(eff.org)

321 points by freedomben 3 years ago | 123 comments

EFF Deeplinks post arguing the FBI's misuse of Section 702 surveillance powers shows it cannot be trusted with the authority ahead of reauthorization.

Texas police invested in phone-tracking software and won’t say how it’s used(texasobserver.org)

330 points by nobody9999 9 months ago | 93 comments

Texas Observer investigation into Texas police agencies spending millions on phone-tracking software and refusing to disclose how they use it.

California law enforcement misused state databases more than 7k times in 2023(eff.org)

520 points by hn_acker 1 year ago | 261 comments

EFF Deeplinks article reporting that California law enforcement agencies misused state databases more than 7,000 times in 2023.

Judge rules Trump administration’s blacklisting of Anthropic was illegal(nytimes.com)

557 points by jbegley 1 month ago | 409 comments

New York Times article on a federal judge ruling that the Trump administration's blacklisting of Anthropic was illegal; the capture shows a captcha page.

Police cannot seize property indefinitely after an arrest, federal court rules(reason.com)

773 points by throwup238 2 years ago | 385 comments

Reason article reporting that the D.C. Circuit ruled police cannot hold seized property indefinitely after an arrest, calling it unconstitutional.