ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team(wired.com)

127 points by loteck 1 year ago | 62 comments

The Pentagon tried to hide that it bought Americans' data without a warrant(wired.com)

109 points by RafelMri 2 years ago | 45 comments

Remembering Jon Postel and the day he hijacked the internet (2012)(wired.com)

33 points by nadermx 2 years ago | 11 comments

DHS Wants Protesters' Signal Group Chats(wired.com)

14 points by sbulaev 2 months ago | 1 comments

Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera(wired.com)

517 points by driverdan 1 month ago | 236 comments

WIRED article reporting that a hacker collective breached a Flock surveillance camera and leaked data showing it captured 1.6 million images of 50,000 vehicles in 21 days.

Vigilante Hacker Took Down North Korea's Internet. Now He's Taking Off His Mask(wired.com)

53 points by dylan604 2 years ago | 33 comments

ICE is using fake cell towers to spy on people's phones(forbes.com)

568 points by coloneltcb 1 year ago | 228 comments

Forbes Wiretap newsletter article reporting on ICE's use of fake cell towers (cell-site simulators) to surveil people's phones.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Private equity is buying everything from vet offices to tech conglomerates(theverge.com)

482 points by Brajeshwar 3 years ago | 312 comments

A Verge Decoder interview with prosecutor Brendan Ballou on how private equity buys companies from vet offices to tech firms, why the system is broken, and fixes.