fbi 95% of FBI agents aren't trained on facial recognition tech but still use it anyway Thom Dunn

surveillance What you need to know about police drone surveillance at protests against police brutality Thom Dunn

iot New app helps you identify IoT devices around you, tells you what data they collect Thom Dunn

france Is France's capital city lying to its citizens about a new audio surveillance project? Séamus Bellamy

trump Trump asks Congress to permanently reauthorize NSA's expiring power to access domestic call records Xeni Jardin

Technology Wyden to Trump: End NSA domestic phone spying program permanently. Xeni Jardin

nsa The NSA has reportedly stopped data-mining Americans' phone and SMS records Cory Doctorow

computer science Hackers can listen to smartphone and computer displays to know what content you're consuming Séamus Bellamy

video For a few thousand bucks, Detroit police will give a business higher 911 priority Andrea James

law Italy unveils a legal proposal to regulate government hacking Fabio Pietrosanti and Stefano Aterno

surveillance UK's new surveillance law creates a national browser history with a search engine to match Cory Doctorow

privacy Social media surveillance software used by cops faces backlash Andrea James

nsa 5 companies now control 80% of America's contracted spying Andrea James

surveillance LEAKED: The secret catalog American law enforcement orders cellphone-spying gear from Cory Doctorow

politics Under His Eye: State Department workers ordered to report colleagues with "anti-Christian bias" Ellsworth Toohey

retaliations Mountain Dew again! Woman reportedly poisons hubby with spiked soda because he doesn't like his b-day party Carla Sinclair

politics Signal reaffirms it will leave European market rather than agree to help governments surveil users Rob Beschizza

pandemics Four more cats die from H5N1 as new report calls evidence for efficient mammal-to-mammal transmission "unprecedented" Jennifer Sandlin

texas Cow gives man bird flu Rob Beschizza

police Surveillance startups feast on America's bloated police budgets Rob Beschizza