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ICE Just Dropped $25 Million on Iris Scanners and the Way They’re Using Them Is Already Haunting Immigrants in Chicago

By Terrina Jairaj May 28th
‘You are under reacting’: Woman is convinced someone is sneaking into her apartment. Management refuses to believe her—then she finds evidence

By Tiffanie Drayton Apr 27th
Woman checks into Airbnb at Corpus Christi. Then she notices something off about the mirror: ‘There’s probably someone on the other side’

By Ljeonida Mulabazi Feb 26th
‘He was loud’: Ohio woman goes on first date to a yoga studio. Then she realizes he’s wearing Meta glasses

By Braden Bjella Feb 10th
‘You’re gonna go down’: California couple leaves home for 4 hours. Then they catch neighbor’s outburst on Ring camera

By Rachel Thomas Oct 13th
‘Probably a tracker’: Man gives woman Coca-Cola Labubu at gas station as a gift. Then she takes a closer look at its eyes

By Ljeonida Mulabazi Sep 13th
‘I don’t know what to do’: Woman books New Jersey Airbnb. Then she finds an undisclosed camera—and something off about the walls

By Ljeonida Mulabazi Sep 10th
‘People can see inside your house’: Woman buys brand-new Roku TV from Walmart. Then she turns it on, sees someone else’s living room

By Rachel Thomas Aug 27th
‘They recording y’all now’: Walmart workers say they’re now wearing body cams for ‘aggressive’ customers. Viewers say it’s the workers being watched

By Gisselle Hernandez Aug 5th
‘I had it too on May 28th’: Woman issues warning for people who use Ring cameras. Here’s what you need to know

By Braden Bjella Jul 22nd
Congress Sneakily Working to Renew Program Allowing Widespread Spying on Americans

By Autumn Alston Nov 30th
In a Move That Sounds Equally Boring and Invasive, Amazon Is Making a TV Show Out of Ring Doorbell Footage

By Vivian Kane Aug 15th
So, This Seems Bad: The FBI Now Has Even More Authority to Hack You

By Maddy Myers Dec 1st
Are Snapchat’s New “Spectacles” Going to Make Surveillance Cool, At Last?

By Maddy Myers Sep 26th
Tech Coalitions Pen an Open Letter to Senators Advising Against “Unworkable” Encryption Bill

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

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

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

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

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

By Ian Chant Aug 22nd