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1 day agoOnline Wiretap Claims to Get Fresh Eye in 1st Cir. Privacy Clash
The First Circuit will clarify the Wiretap Act's applicability to online privacy claims against healthcare and financial sectors.
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fromArs Technica
2 days agoPerplexity's "Incognito Mode" is a "sham," lawsuit says
Perplexity's AI allegedly shares sensitive user chats with Google and Meta without consent, raising significant privacy concerns.
fromBitcoin Magazine
2 days agoPrivacy technologies
What If Your VPN, Phone Number, And AI Chat Left Zero Trace? Meet Nadanada.me - The "Nothing At All" Privacy Revolution
LNVPN has evolved into a comprehensive privacy infrastructure service offering anonymous eSIM data plans, disposable phone numbers, and AI chat tools.
Privacy technologies
fromBitcoin Magazine
2 days agoWhat If Your VPN, Phone Number, And AI Chat Left Zero Trace? Meet Nadanada.me - The "Nothing At All" Privacy Revolution
LNVPN has evolved into a comprehensive privacy infrastructure service offering anonymous eSIM data plans, disposable phone numbers, and AI chat tools.
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fromNextgov.com
1 day agoSuspected Chinese breach of FBI system exposed surveillance targets' phone numbers
A breach linked to China exposed phone numbers of FBI surveillance targets, raising concerns about counterintelligence risks.
Privacy professionals
fromSilicon Canals
1 week agoAI isn't the surveillance threat. Spreadsheets and subpoenas are - Silicon Canals
The FBI utilizes existing data aggregation methods for mass surveillance, rendering the AI debate less relevant.
fromCalifornia Post
6 days agoCops make horrifying discovery at home of sicko accused of recording families at his vacation mansion
This showcases the escalation in behaviors from viewing digital images to filming to physical behaviors. Officers allege Edwards not only possessed and distributed the material but also secretly recorded guests during private moments, leading to additional invasion of privacy charges.
California
fromWIRED
1 day agoCBP Facility Codes Sure Seem to Have Leaked Via Online Flashcards
The public Quizlet set contained information about alleged codes for specific facility entrances. 'Checkpoint doors code?' asked one card, with a specific four-digit combination listed in response.
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Law
fromThe Atlantic
3 weeks agoThe Unbearable Lightness of Signalgate
The Uniform Code of Military Justice enforces discipline across all military ranks through 158 articles covering both civilian crimes and military-specific offenses, with recent courts-martial demonstrating consistent enforcement of conduct standards.
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Privacy professionals
fromgizmodo.com
1 month agoFeds Used Online Advertising Data to Track the Public's Phone Locations
CBP purchased online advertising data containing mobile phone location information tracked through Advertising IDs to support border security operations including targeting, vetting, and illicit network discovery.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks agoWhy is the FBI buying people's location data and how is it using the information?
The FBI resumes purchasing commercially available location data on Americans, circumventing warrant requirements and Fourth Amendment protections against warrantless surveillance.
Privacy professionals
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks agoWhy is the FBI buying people's location data and how is it using the information?
The FBI resumes purchasing commercially available location data on Americans, circumventing warrant requirements and Fourth Amendment protections against warrantless surveillance.
Privacy professionals
fromArs Technica
2 weeks agoFBI started buying Americans' location data again, Kash Patel confirms
The FBI has restarted purchasing Americans' location data without warrants, with Director Kash Patel defending the practice as valuable for national security despite previous claims of stopping it.
Privacy professionals
fromTheregister
2 weeks agoPatel dodges question about FBI buying location data
FBI Director Kash Patel admitted the agency purchases commercially available information from data brokers, potentially including location data, which Senator Wyden argues violates the Fourth Amendment without warrant requirements.
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fromwww.npr.org
1 month agoSome cities are ditching license plate readers over immigration surveillance concerns
Automatic license plate readers, widely deployed and used for solving crimes, face growing local opposition over surveillance and potential data sharing with federal immigration enforcement.
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fromEmptywheel
2 months agoI Con the Record Admits All This Spying Also Serves Counterintelligence
The Intelligence Community uses online anonymity and networking tools to collect foreign intelligence, including counterintelligence and cybersecurity, while asserting legal limits on targeting US citizens.
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fromTechCrunch
2 weeks agoFBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms | TechCrunch
The FBI has resumed purchasing Americans' location data and personal information from commercial data brokers to support federal investigations, bypassing traditional warrant requirements.
Privacy professionals
fromWIRED
3 weeks agoUS Lawmakers Move to Kill the FBI's Warrantless Wiretap Access
Bipartisan Congress members introduced legislation requiring FBI warrants for backdoor searches of Americans' communications, aligning with a 2025 federal court ruling against warrantless surveillance practices.
fromNextgov.com
1 month agoDomestic surveillance fears loom over Congress debate to renew spying power
While the authority is legally limited to foreign intelligence, it can sweep in Americans' texts, emails and phone calls when they communicate with overseas targets. Those incidental collections - which have sometimes been followed by unauthorized searches of Americans' communications - have been extensively documented by government oversight bodies in recent years. The findings fueled reforms adopted when Congress last renewed the authority in April 2024.
US politics
Privacy professionals
fromNextgov.com
3 weeks agoFBI queries of Americans' data under FISA 702 rose 35% in 2025
FBI searches of Americans' data collected under Section 702 of FISA increased 35% from December 2024 to November 2025, while the percentage of searches returning relevant information declined significantly.
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fromZDNET
2 months agoHeading out to protest? Disable your phone's biometrics, and 6 more ways to protect your privacy
Smartphones empower protesters to communicate and document events but can also threaten privacy; passcodes can offer more protection than biometrics against unauthorized access.
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Privacy professionals
fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
1 month agoEFF to Third Circuit: Electronic Device Searches at the Border Require a Warrant
EFF and ACLU filed an amicus brief arguing that border searches of electronic devices require warrants under the Fourth Amendment, citing increasing warrantless searches at borders.
Privacy professionals
fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
1 month agoVictory! Tenth Circuit Finds Fourth Amendment Doesn't Support Broad Search of Protesters' Devices and Digital Data
The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court dismissal, allowing a Fourth Amendment challenge to proceed against police warrants that broadly searched a protester's devices and a nonprofit's social media without adequate justification.
fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
2 months agoHow Hackers Are Fighting Back Against ICE
ICE has been invading U.S. cities, targeting, surveilling , assaulting , and people who are undocumented immigrants. They also have targeted people with work permits , asylum seekers , permanent residents (people holding "green cards"), naturalized citizens , and even citizens by birth. ICE has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on surveillance technology to spy on anyone - and potentially everyone-in the United States.
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fromBloomberglaw
1 month agoPrivacy Suits Under California Wiretap Law Stand on Shaky Ground
California courts are divided on whether the 1967 Invasion of Privacy Act applies to online tracking pixels, creating uncertainty for defendants and complicating legal compliance guidance.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months agoMountain View police say feds accessed license-plate data without permission
Federal agencies accessed Mountain View's Flock Safety license-plate camera data without the police department's permission, prompting the chief to disable the cameras.
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