For the third time since December, House Speaker Mike Johnson has failed to wrangle support for reauthorizing a critical US
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Sinking Section 702 Wiretap Program Offered One Last Lifeboat
A bill introduced by senators Dick Durbin and Mike Lee to reauthorize the Section 702 surveillance program is the fifth
Continue readingThe ‘Emergency Powers’ Risk of a Second Trump Presidency
Donald Trump appears to dream of being an American authoritarian should he return to office. The former US president, who
Continue readingUS Lawmaker Cited NYC Protests in a Defense of Warrantless Spying
The second slide in Turner’s presentation featured the tweet by Foldi, which likewise references a march on Schumer’s home. That
Continue readingAirbnb Bans All Indoor Security Cameras
Airbnb will soon ban hosts from watching their guests with indoor security cameras, as the company is reversing course on
Continue reading5 Years After San Francisco Banned Face Recognition, Voters Ask for More Surveillance
San Francisco made history in 2019 when its Board of Supervisors voted to ban city agencies including the police department
Continue readingThe UK’s GPS Tagging of Migrants Has Been Ruled Illegal
The way the UK government has been tagging migrants with GPS trackers is illegal, the country’s privacy regulator ruled on
Continue readingThe UK Is GPS-Tagging Thousands of Migrants
Mark Nelson took the call in an immigration detention center—a place that, to him, felt just like prison. It had
Continue readingA Vending Machine Error Revealed Secret Face Recognition Tech
Canada-based University of Waterloo is racing to remove M&M-branded smart vending machines from campus after outraged students discovered the machines
Continue readingLeak Reveals the Unusual Path of ‘Urgent’ Russian Threat Warning
Turner’s press release notably went further than HPSCI’s letter, pressing US president Joe Biden to personally “declassify all information” concerning
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