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Latest Surveillance Stories
  • An illustration of a giant eye watching a crowd of people from a laptop.

    Congress Sneakily Working to Renew Program Allowing Widespread Spying on Americans

    By Nov 30th
     
  • A Ring brand doorbell mounted outside a door.

    In a Move That Sounds Equally Boring and Invasive, Amazon Is Making a TV Show Out of Ring Doorbell Footage

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    So, This Seems Bad: The FBI Now Has Even More Authority to Hack You

    By Dec 1st
     
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    By Sep 26th
     
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    Tech Coalitions Pen an Open Letter to Senators Advising Against “Unworkable” Encryption Bill

    By Apr 20th
     
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    Under $100 Lamp Records and Secretly Livetweets Conversations

    By Apr 23rd
     
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    Sources Say the NSA Kept Heartbleed Bug A Secret And Exploited It For Years

    By Apr 11th
     
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    The NSA’s Leaked Advice Column Is Real and Extremely Ironic

    By Mar 7th
     
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    Today We Fight Back Against the NSA and Our Future Orwellian Dystopia With a Day of Activism

    By Feb 11th
     
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    PRSM: The Social Network You’re Part Of Whether You Like It or Not

    By Aug 22nd
     
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    Guardian Tool Lets You Know Exactly How Panicked to Be About NSA Surveillance

    By Jun 13th
     
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    Wait, Really? New Poll Shows Most People Are Okay With NSA Accessing Their Phone Records

    By Jun 11th
     
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    1984 Up 7,000% in Popularity on Amazon This Week

    By Jun 11th
     
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    Drones, Drones Everywhere: German Railway to Test Anti-Graffiti Drones Despite Privacy Concerns

    By May 28th
     
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    Governments Behaving Badly: U.K. to Track Online Messaging, U.S. Allowed to Straight Bomb Citizens

    By Feb 5th
     
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    Meet MeCam, The $50 Surveillance Drone That Will Watch You Wherever You Go Next Year

    By Jan 29th
     
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    Bus Rides More Uncomfortable Than Ever Thanks to Government Surveillance Devices

    By Dec 11th
     
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    Father Builds Child-Tracking Quadcopter To Accompany His Kid To The Bus Stop

    By Nov 29th
     
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    The Thousands of Surveillance Orders Issued Against Citizens Stay Secret For Too Long, Judge Says

    By Jun 5th
     
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    Japanese Surveillance System Can Scan 36 Million Faces in a Second

    By Mar 23rd
     
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