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Julian Assange Can Appeal Extradition to the US, UK Court Rules
CNN - Mon May 20, 2024
London’s High Court has ruled that Julian Assange has the right to appeal in his final challenge against extradition to the United States. More»

Google to Delete Billions of Browsing Records in 'Incognito Mode' Privacy Lawsuit Settlement
The Hacker News - Wed Apr 3, 2024
Google has agreed to purge billions of data records reflecting users' browsing activities to settle a class action lawsuit that claimed the search giant tracked them without their knowledge or consent in its Chrome browser. More»

Canadian university vending machine error reveals use of facial recognition
The Guardian - Fri Feb 23, 2024
A malfunctioning vending machine at a Canadian university has inadvertently revealed that a number of them have been using facial recognition technology in secret. More»

CIA is Secretly Collecting Bulk Data Pertaining to Americans, Senators Say
NBC News - Fri Feb 11, 2022
WASHINGTON - The CIA has a secret, undisclosed data repository that includes information collected about Americans, two Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee said Thursday. More»

Stars Begin Phone-Hacking Claims Against Murdoch Empire
The Guardian - Mon Sep 27, 2021
A group of 1990s pop stars are among the latest individuals to launch phone-hacking cases against Rupert Murdoch’s media empire, as the scandal that has dogged the company for more than 15 years continues to rumble on at the high court. More»

CIA officials under Trump discussed assassinating Julian Assange
The Guardian - Mon Sep 27, 2021
Senior CIA officials during the Trump administration discussed abducting and even assassinating WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, according to a US report citing former officials. More»

Amazon will pay you $10 for your palm prints. Should you be worried?
Malwarebytes Labs - Sat Aug 14, 2021
Retail giant Amazon recently offered to pay $10 USD for your palm prints. More»

Your Amazon Devices to Automatically Share Your Wi-Fi With Neighbors
The Hacker News - Tue Jun 1, 2021
Starting June 8, Amazon will automatically enable a feature on its family of hardware devices, including Echo speakers, Ring Video Doorbells, Ring Floodlight Cams, and Ring Spotlight Cams, that will share a small part of your Internet bandwidth with nearby neighbors — unless you choose to opt-out. More»

Trump's DOJ secretly obtained phone records of Washington Post reporters
CNN - Sat May 8, 2021
President Donald Trump's Department of Justice secretly obtained phone records of multiple Washington Post reporters, the newspaper reported on Friday. More»

The Postal Service is running a 'covert operations program' that monitors Americans' social media posts
Yahoo News - Wed Apr 21, 2021
The law enforcement arm of the U. More»

U.S. Military Buys Location Data from Ordinary Apps
Vice - Wed Nov 18, 2020
A Muslim prayer app with over 98 million downloads is one of the apps connected to a wide-ranging supply chain that sends ordinary people's personal data to brokers, contractors, and the military. More»

FBI sent a team to 'exploit' Portland protesters' phones
Yahoo News - Sat Oct 10, 2020
Federal agents tend to focus their phone cracking efforts on terrorists, but they appear to have shifted their attention to civil disobedience. More»

Trump Labor Department Encourages States to Help Employers Report Workers Who Stay Home Due to Covid-19
Common Dreams - Tue May 12, 2020
"There's a plague outside but the Trump administration is strongly encouraging states to solicit employer tips on workers staying home". More»

Cisco "Knowingly" Sold Hackable Video Surveillance System To U.S. Government
The Hacker News - Thu Aug 1, 2019
Cisco Systems has agreed to pay $8. More»

Leaked Documents Show the U.S. Government Tracking Journalists and Immigration Advocates Through a Secret Database
KNSD-TV - Thu Mar 7, 2019
The documents detail an intelligence-gathering effort by the United States and Mexican authorities, targeting more than 50 people including journalists, an attorney, and immigration advocates. More»

There Are Seat-Back Cameras On Some American And United Air Flights Now
Huffington Post - Sun Feb 24, 2019
Now there is one more place where cameras could start watching you - from 30,000 feet. More»

Chinese Spying Chips Found Hidden On Servers Used By US Companies
The Hacker News - Wed Oct 3, 2018
A media report today revealed details of a significant supply chain attack which appears to be one of the largest corporate espionage and hardware hacking programs from a nation-state. More»

Google tracks your movements, like it or not
Associated Press - Sun Aug 12, 2018
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google wants to know where you go so badly that it records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to. More»

FBI's Use of Paid Best Buy Informants Goes Deeper Than We Knew
Gizmodo - Fri Mar 9, 2018
Questions were raised last year about whether FBI agents were actively recruiting technicians at Best Buy's Geek Squad to search for illegal content on customer devices. More»

Trump Administration Is Mulling A Pitch For A Private Spy Network
BuzzFeed - Thu Nov 30, 2017
WASHINGTON - The White House and CIA have been considering a package of secret proposals to allow former US intelligence officers to run privatized covert actions, intelligence gathering, and propaganda missions, according to three sources who've been briefed on or have direct knowledge of the proposals. More»

Justice Department Drops Request for Names of People Who 'Liked' Anti-Trump Facebook Page
Gizmodo - Tue Oct 17, 2017
In a court hearing today, the Department of Justice dropped its request for the names of an estimated 6,000 people who "liked" a Facebook page about an Inauguration Day protest, the American Civil Liberties Union said. More»

Motel 6 Chains Are Allegedly 'Selling' Undocumented Immigrants to ICE for $200 a Pop
Alternet - Wed Sep 13, 2017
Multiple Motel 6 chains in heavily Latino neighborhoods around Phoenix have been tipping off ICE agents when guests check in at their locations without citizenship documents. More»

AT&T is making 'millions' by helping the government 'spy' on its citizens with a secretive telephone surveillance program
Daily Mail - Tue Oct 25, 2016
AT&T is earning millions from taxpayers by secretly helping the government and its law enforcement organs crack cases by providing information on trillions of telephone calls. More»

Yahoo 'secretly scanned the incoming emails of hundreds of millions of customers for the FBI and NSA'
Daily Mail - Mon Oct 3, 2016
Yahoo secretly scanned the emails of hundred of millions of customers, it has been revealed. More»

Roger Ailes is accused of hacking Media Matters
Daily Mail - Fri Sep 2, 2016
Roger Ailes is accused of hacking the phones of employees and chief reporter of liberal watchdog site which monitors conservative news 'misinformation". More»

Hidden Microphones Exposed As Part of Government Surveillance Program In The Bay Area
KPIX-TV - Sat May 14, 2016
OAKLAND, California - Hidden microphones that are part of a clandestine government surveillance program that has been operating around the Bay Area has been exposed. More»

Vodafone exposes secret worldwide network of government wiretaps
Raw Story - Thu Jun 5, 2014
Wires allow agencies to listen to or record live conversations, in what privacy campaigners are calling a 'nightmare scenario'. More»

NSA reportedly intercepts computer deliveries
Associated Press - Sun Dec 29, 2013
LONDON - A German magazine has lifted the lid on the operations of the National Security Agency's hacker unit, revealing how American spies intercepted computer deliveries, exploited hardware vulnerabilities, and even hijacked Microsoft's bug report system to spy on their targets. More»

Report: US military cracked most online encryption
Associated Press - Fri Sep 6, 2013
WASHINGTON - The National Security Agency, working with the British government, has secretly been unraveling encryption technology that billions of Internet users rely upon to keep their electronic messages and confidential data safe from prying eyes, according to published reports Thursday based on internal U. More»

U.K. government thought destroying Guardian hard drives would stop Snowden stories
Washington Post - Mon Aug 19, 2013
In a remarkable post, Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger describes how the British government raided the Guardian's offices in order to destroy hard drives containing information provided by NSA leaker Edward Snowden. More»

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