Cyberattack on vehicle breathalyzer company leaves drivers stranded in the US(techcrunch.com)

117 points by speckx 7 months ago | 153 comments

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.

From PGP to Mythos: a brief history of export controls that didn't stop anyone(techcrunch.com)

128 points by Brajeshwar 4 months ago | 62 comments

Researchers confirm two journalists were hacked with Paragon spyware(techcrunch.com)

180 points by moose44 1 year ago | 9 comments

Cybersecurity researchers aren't happy about the guardrails on Anthropic's Fable(techcrunch.com)

560 points by speckx 4 months ago | 489 comments

TechCrunch article reporting that cybersecurity researchers are unhappy with the restrictive safety guardrails on Anthropic's Claude Fable model.

Fable ban was never about a jailbreak(techcrunch.com)

81 points by amarant 4 months ago | 25 comments

Federal judge calls Flock 'indiscriminate mass surveillance'(techcrunch.com)

409 points by sbulaev 22 days ago | 229 comments

TechCrunch article reporting that a federal judge described Flock's camera network as 'indiscriminate mass surveillance'.

Americans are destroying Flock surveillance cameras(techcrunch.com)

577 points by mikece 8 months ago | 390 comments

TechCrunch article reporting that people across the US are destroying Flock Safety license plate surveillance cameras.

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.

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.

Flock Wants the Most Detailed Map of Its Surveillance Cameras Taken Offline(theintercept.com)

134 points by bookofjoe 27 days ago | 59 comments

The Intercept article reporting that Flock Safety wants a detailed public map of its surveillance camera network taken offline.

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.