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
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
stingrays Sen. Wyden confirms that police Stingray cellphone surveillance gadgets disrupt emergency services Rob Beschizza
fusion center Oakland passes groundbreaking municipal law requiring citizen oversight of local surveillance Cory Doctorow
what's good for the goose is good for the gander They're just like us: Feds fear their phone calls and texts are being monitored Séamus Bellamy
voting machines In 2009 a NJ judge banned hooking up voting machines to the internet, but that's exactly how ES&S's "airgapped" machines work 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
water defenders EFF is gathering data on illegal surveillance of Dakota Access Pipeline water protectors Cory Doctorow
