Sen. Ron Wyden Talks Trump-Russia, “Warrantless Backdoor Queries" and Hacking of U.S. Phone System
The issue of Russian election meddling "goes right to the legitimacy of [the] government," the spy overseer said in an interview.
Sam Biddle
Sam Biddle is a technology reporter focusing on issues of surveillance, privacy, and corporate power. He was previously a senior writer at Gawker, and his work has also appeared in GQ, Vice, and the New York Times magazine, among other outlets.
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Sen. Ron Wyden: Government Must Explain Why It Tried to Expose Twitter User
On Friday Sen. Ron Wyden sent a letter to Customs and Border Protection asking why the agency attempted to unmask an anonymous anti-Trump Twitter account.
The U.S. Government Is Trying to Unmask an Anonymous Anti-Trump Twitter Account
Twitter filed suit against the U.S. government Thursday, exposing an attempt to unmask the @ALT_USCIS anonymous Twitter account.
I Spent a Week Trying To Make the Broadband Lobby Answer a Simple Question About Selling Your Data
Lobbyists for Comcast and Verizon framed this week's rollback of privacy regulations as a boon for privacy. What?
Apple Says It Fixed CIA Vulnerabilities Years Ago
MacBook and iPhone hacks described in files published by WikiLeaks do not work on current products, the company says.
The U.S. Senate Just Sold You Out to Advertisers
Internet service providers like Comcast and Verizon can sell your browsing information to third parties under a measure that just cleared the Senate.
The CIA Didn’t Break Signal or WhatsApp, Despite What You’ve Heard
The agency might be able to break into your phone, but files released today show no ability to intercept encrypted chats before they arrive there.
WikiLeaks Dump Shows CIA Could Turn Smart TVs into Listening Devices
One revelation from the cache of 8,000 CIA documents: the CIA can turn a voice-recognition feature of some Samsung TVs into a covert listening device.
New Bill Would Force NYPD to Disclose Its Surveillance Tech Playbook
New York City council members and civil liberties advocates want to know how local cops decide when to deploy Stingrays and other spy devices.
Snowden Archive
How Peter Thiel’s Palantir Helped the NSA Spy on the Whole World
Documents provided by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden reveal Palantir’s role in creating the U.S. government’s international spy machine.