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Latest Surveillance Stories
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    Woman checks into Airbnb at Corpus Christi. Then she notices something off about the mirror: ‘There’s probably someone on the other side’

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    ‘I don’t know what to do’: Woman books New Jersey Airbnb. Then she finds an undisclosed camera—and something off about the walls

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  • Walmart Store front(l) Walmart Worker with large yellow camera on vest(r)

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    By Aug 5th
     
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    By Jul 22nd
     
  • An illustration of a giant eye watching a crowd of people from a laptop.

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    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

    By Aug 15th
     
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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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    By Apr 20th
     
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    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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    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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    By Jun 11th
     
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