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New York City
fromwww.amny.com
1 month agoOp-Ed | Mamdani must rein in mass surveillance before it's too late | amNewYork
NYC's surveillance infrastructure enables systematic data sharing between agencies, facilitating ICE deportations despite judicial orders for release and creating predictable abuse patterns.
#government-surveillance
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.
Information security
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.
#fbi-surveillance
Privacy professionals
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 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
3 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
3 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
fromWIRED
1 month 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.
Privacy professionals
fromNextgov.com
1 month 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.
Privacy technologies
fromFuturism
1 month agoAll These Ring Cameras Are Creating a "Surveillance Nightmare," Critics Say
Widespread consumer Ring doorbells create a massive civilian surveillance system that threatens privacy, enables law enforcement access, and disproportionately harms marginalized communities.
fromFortune
2 months agoGoogle's breakthrough in the Nancy Guthrie case is raising uncomfortable questions about how much it's watching you | Fortune
Google provided a major breakthrough in the investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie when it surfaced video of an apparent intruder entering her home. The 84-year-old mother of Today Show host Savannah Guthrie has been missing since February 1st. The Nest camera at her front door was removed, and because investigators said she didn't pay for a premium subscription, the footage was presumed lost.
Privacy technologies
fromFuturism
2 months agoThe Department of Homeland Security Is Demanding That Google Turn Over Information About Random Critics
"Don't play Russian roulette with [this man's] life," Jon told lead DHS prosecutor, Joseph Dernbach, in the email. "Err on the side of caution. There's a reason the US government along with many other governments don't recognise the Taliban. Apply principles of common sense and decency." Five hours later, per WaPo, Jon received a response - not from Dernbach or the DHS, but from Google.
Privacy professionals
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