Camera the Size of a Grain of Salt
February 15 2023Cameras are getting smaller and smaller, changing the scale and scope of surveillance.
Read moreBulk Surveillance of Money Transfers
January 24 2023Just another obscure warrantless surveillance program.
US law enforcement can access details of money transfers without a warrant through an obscure surveillance program the Arizona attorney general’s office created...
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The FBI Identified a Tor User
January 17 2023No details, though:
According to the complaint against him, Al-Azhari allegedly visited a dark web site that hosts “unofficial propaganda and photographs related to ISIS” multiple times on May...
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Security Vulnerabilities in Eufy Cameras
December 9 2022Eufy cameras claim to be local only, but upload data to the cloud. The company is basically lying to reporters, despite being shown evidence to the contrary....
Read moreNSA Over-surveillance
November 11 2022Here in 2022, we have a newly declassified 2016 Inspector General report—”Misuse of Sigint Systems”—about a 2013 NSA program that resulted in the unauthorized (that is, illegal) targeting of...
Read moreUsing Wi-FI to See through Walls
November 8 2022This technique measures device response time to determine distance:
The scientists tested the exploit by modifying an off-the-shelf drone to create a flying scanning device, the Wi-Peep. The robotic...
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Iran’s Digital Surveillance Tools Leaked
November 1 2022It’s Iran’s turn to have its digital surveillance tools leaked:
According to these internal documents, SIAM is a computer system that works behind the scenes of Iranian cellular networks,...
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Spyware Maker Intellexa Sued by Journalist
October 7 2022The Greek journalist Thanasis Koukakis was spied on by his own government, with a commercial spyware product called “Predator.” That product is sold by a company in North Macedonia...
Read moreLarge-Scale Collection of Cell Phone Data at US Borders
September 19 2022The Washington Post is reporting that the US Customs and Border Protection agency is seizing and copying cell phone, tablet, and computer data from “as many as” 10,000...
Read moreSurveillance of Your Car
August 2 2022TheMarkup has an extensive analysis of connected vehicle data and the companies that are collecting it. The Markup has identified 37 companies that are part of the rapidly growing connected...
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