On the morning of August 10, Ahmed Mansoor, a 46-year-old human rights activist from the United Arab Emirates, received a strange text message from a number he did not recognize…
REPORT: The Million Dollar Dissident–NSO Group’s iPhone Zero-Days…
Snowden Designs iPhone Case to Stop Government Surveillance…
National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden continued his crusade against government surveillance on Thursday, revealing the design for an iPhone…
For The First Time, A Federal Judge Has Suppressed Evidence Obtained With A Stingray Device…
For the first time ever, a federal judge has suppressed evidence obtained by the warrantless use of a Stingray device…
The FBI Has Collected 430,000 Iris Scans in a So-Called ‘Pilot Program’…
Since [the FBI] its launch in 2013, the program has stockpiled iris scans from 434,000 arrestees…
EU Okays ‘Renewed’ Data Transfer Deal, Lets U.S. Firms Move Europeans’ Private Data Overseas…
The EU has accepted a new version of the so-called Private Shield law that would allow US companies to transfer Europeans’ private data to servers across the ocean…
Shaping Internet Traffic and Spying on Americans…
The Intercept posted a number of documents that should have been posted long, long ago, covering how the NSA “shapes” Internet traffic and how it identifies those using…
Two Court Decisions Further Destroy Fourth Amendment Protections…
Two recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court and a federal court in Virginia continue the erosion of Fourth Amendment protections…
New Cleveland RNC Police & Military Docs: FEMA Base to Setup at NASA…
As the panopticon descends on Cleveland, military forces will begin staging security operations at NASA’s Glenn Research Center…
Tech Companies Fight Back After Years of Being Deluged With Secret FBI Requests…
The FBI’s effort has been prompted not by DOJ concerns, but by Silicon Valley companies refusing to share anything beyond the basic subscriber information…