Judge denies creating “mass surveillance program” harming all ChatGPT users(arstechnica.com)

229 points by merksittich 1 year ago | 125 comments

Jury finds Facebook liable for deceiving users in Cambridge Analytica case(cbsnews.com)

348 points by pseudolus 1 month ago | 94 comments

CBS News report that a New Mexico jury found Facebook liable for deceiving users about privacy protections related to the Cambridge Analytica data breach.

Pentagon Has Been Pushing Americans to Believe in UFOs for Decades, New Report(gizmodo.com)

79 points by pseudolus 1 year ago | 57 comments

Julian Assange will plead guilty in deal with US and be freed from prison(apnews.com)

71 points by geox 2 years ago | 3 comments

Tiny, removable "mini SSD" could eventually be a big deal for gaming handhelds(arstechnica.com)

68 points by quantummagic 1 year ago | 80 comments

T-Mobile claimed selling location data without consent is legal–judges disagree(arstechnica.com)

308 points by Bender 1 year ago | 73 comments

Suspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to police, court rules(arstechnica.com)

496 points by thunderbong 2 years ago | 343 comments

Ars Technica article on a court ruling that suspects can refuse to give police their phone passcodes, noting conflicting case law that may reach the Supreme Court.

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.

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.

Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at US Border(nytimes.com)

1014 points by floathub 2 months ago | 1231 comments

New York Times article about Samuel Tunick, a US citizen facing felony charges for deleting data from his phone at the US border; the capture shows a bot-block page.

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.

Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban, but Trump might offer lifeline(cnbc.com)

933 points by kjhughes 1 year ago | 2431 comments

CNBC news article reporting that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the TikTok ban law, setting the stage for U.S. users to begin losing access on Sunday.