Texas State Police Gear Up for Expansion of Surveillance Tech(texasobserver.org)

89 points by OhMeadhbh 2 years ago | 65 comments

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.

Sudan Is on the Brink of a New Catastrophe(fairobserver.com)

10 points by woldemariam 2 years ago | 2 comments

UK set to announce social media ban for under-16s(manchestereveningnews.co.uk)

111 points by beejiu 5 months ago | 167 comments

Inquiry launches into Polish ex-government's 'Pegasus' spying(euobserver.com)

20 points by robtherobber 2 years ago | 4 comments

Paraguay bank collapses with half of population's savings(aljazeera.com)

19 points by mikhael 8 days ago | 2 comments

Al Jazeera NewsFeed video on protests in Paraguay after Ueno Bank, used by about 60% of adults, was shut down overnight over a solvency crisis.

UK House of Lords attempting to ban use of VPNs by anyone under 16(alecmuffett.com)

326 points by nvarsj 11 months ago | 323 comments

Alec Muffett blog post criticizing a UK House of Lords amendment that would prohibit providing VPN services to children under 16.

UK Parliament undermined the privacy, security, freedom of all internet users(eff.org)

592 points by judiisis 3 years ago | 346 comments

EFF Deeplinks article by Joe Mullin criticizing the UK Parliament's passage of the Online Safety Bill as a threat to privacy, security, and encryption.

UK pulls back from clash with Big Tech over private messaging(ft.com)

692 points by alwillis 3 years ago | 256 comments

Report that the UK government will not use Online Safety Bill powers to scan encrypted messaging apps until it is "technically feasible," backing down from a clash with tech firms.

Espionage Against the European Parliament(citizenlab.ca)

381 points by ledoge 4 months ago | 92 comments

Citizen Lab research report finding that a member of the European Parliament committee investigating spyware was hacked with NSO Group's Pegasus.

Independent review of UK national security law warns of overreach(techradar.com)

383 points by donohoe 11 months ago | 239 comments

TechRadar article on an independent UK watchdog review warning that the National Security Act could treat creating encrypted apps like Signal or WhatsApp as hostile activity.

Britain to introduce compulsory digital ID for workers(reuters.com)

462 points by alex77456 1 year ago | 707 comments

News report that the UK government plans a mandatory digital ID, the 'Brit Card', for all adults as proof of the right to live and work, aimed at curbing illegal immigration.