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Technology EFF creates a $20 device to detect cellular spying: Rayhunter Ellsworth Toohey

Reviews I tested GeoSpy's photo location detection skills with my personal photos. Results: Wow! Mark Frauenfelder

russia Ukraine claims to have shot down Russian spy plane Rob Beschizza

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surveillance New study shows how to use wifi signals like sonar to spy on people Thom Dunn

internet of shit "Smart toilets" that monitor poop, pee and your "analprint" Clive Thompson

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infosec Firewalla is a simple but effective way to take control of your home network Thom Dunn

nsa Ingenious Cold War keylogger the Russians used to bug Selectric typewriters in the US embassy David Pescovitz

law Identity theft's newest target: your face Albert Fox Cahn

security Independent evaluation of "aggression detection" microphones used in schools and hospitals finds them to be worse than useless Cory Doctorow

Business Facebook throws an extra $10m at Zuck's personal security Cory Doctorow

cameras Umbrella-camera and other Soviet spy cams up for auction David Pescovitz

security AMDFLAWS: a series of potentially devastating (but controversial) attacks on AMD processors Cory Doctorow

corruption Trump's spy agencies say AI vendors will sell them needle-detection tools for infinite haystacks Cory Doctorow

security It's not hard to think of ways to outsmart Stingray-detector apps Cory Doctorow

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surveillance BBC will use surveillance powers to sniff Britons' wifi and find license-cheats Cory Doctorow