Surveillance & Privacy
Victory! 702 has Expired!
Documents expiration of Section 702 FISA authority enabling warrantless surveillance of Americans' communications, a foundational mass… [more]
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Hakeem Jeffries Finally Finds a Spine: Dem Leaders Rallied Against Extending Domestic Spy Law
Documents real legislative debate over Section 702, a law enabling warrantless domestic surveillance, with Democratic leadership initially… [more]
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Flock Leaked Cops’ License Plate Searches via DuckDuckGo, Bing
Flock's accidental exposure of police license plate searches and investigation reasons via search engines demonstrates how surveillance… [more]
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Gulf States: Phone searches, arrests exacerbate existing restrictions on trade unions, expression
Gulf states intensifying surveillance of migrant workers' communications, arrests, and restrictions on freedom of expression and assembly… [more]
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Momentum Builds to Rein In Domestic Spying Law — Whether or Not Bill Pulte Survives as Intel Chief
Article documents real efforts to reform mass domestic surveillance law (FISA 702) amid concerns about potential abuse by unqualified… [more]
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The 702 Ultimatum: Warrant Requirement or Bust
Documents real-world mass surveillance authority enabling warrantless collection of Americans' digital communications, representing… [more]
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🔊 Mass Surveillance for… Loud Music? | EFFector 38.11
Documents widespread deployment of ALPR surveillance networks originally justified for safety but increasingly repurposed for low-level… [more]
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Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using Flock to Stalk People
Documents systemic abuse of automated license plate reader technology by law enforcement for illegal personal stalking, exemplifying… [more]
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FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones By Forcing Telecoms to Get All Customers’ IDs
FCC proposal to mandate universal identity collection and storage by telecoms eliminates anonymous phone access, establishing mass… [more]
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VICTORY: Meta Strips Facial Recognition Code From Smart Glasses App After Public Outcry
Documents Meta's covert embedding of facial recognition code into smart glasses companion app for mass biometric identification of… [more]
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This Company Will Add Phone, AirPod, and Smartwatch Trackers to License Plate Readers
SignalTrace represents escalated mass surveillance infrastructure that transforms license plate readers into device-tracking tools capable… [more]