sim-swaps Your phone is a crimewave in your pocket, and it's all the fault of greedy carriers and complicit regulators Cory Doctorow
2g EFF publishes an indispensable, plain-language guide to "cell-site simulators": the surveillance devices that track you via your phone Cory Doctorow
folk security Hong Kong's #612strike uprising is alive to surveillance threats, but its countermeasures are woefully inadequate Cory Doctorow
one country two systems Hong Kong's #612strike protest movement: a million strong, leaderless, wireless and smart as hell Cory Doctorow
cell site simulators Major vulnerability in 5G means that anyone with $500 worth of gear can spy on a wide area's mobile activity Cory Doctorow
countercountercountermeasures This year's Electromagnetic Field hacker campout demonstrated the awesome power of DIY cellphones and DIY stingrays Cory Doctorow
all offense no defense News crew discovers 40 cellphone-tracking devices operating around DC Cory Doctorow
lawless unaccountable reckless Canada's Mounties use a 6-year-old "interim policy" to justify warrantless mass surveillance Cory Doctorow
camel's nose meets tent Feds admit they used secret anti-terror mass surveillance tool to catch an undocumented waiter Cory Doctorow
south sudan Cyber-arms dealers offer to sell surveillance weapons to undercover Al Jazeera reporters posing as reps of South Sudan and Iran Cory Doctorow
mobile malware Stingray for criminals: spreading mobile malware with fake cellphone towers Cory Doctorow
turnkey surveillance How Kenyan spies and cops use electronic surveillance for illegal murder and torture squads Cory Doctorow
