Delete Your Yahoo Account
Reuters reports that Yahoo has designed a bespoke email-wiretap service for the U.S. government, making a Yahoo account a toxic surveillance liability.
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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Apple Logs Your iMessage Contacts — and May Share Them With Police
When you make a new text on your iPhone and enter a number, it gets sent to Apple, which logs it, according to a law enforcement document we obtained.
Who Decides When a Protest Becomes a Facebook "Disaster"?
Fifty scared humans and a software bot can tag any event with an ominous Facebook “safety check.”
Tech Money Lurks Behind Government Privacy Conference
At a recent government privacy conference, more than two-thirds of the research came from authors with financial ties to Google.
Long-Secret Stingray Manuals Detail How Police Can Spy on Phones
Close to 200 pages of confidential documentation detail specific, powerful capabilities for cellular monitoring.
Paying Taxes Is a Lot Better Than Phony Corporate Courage, Apple
Apple should stop bragging about its bravery and start paying its fair share.
Leaked Catalogue Reveals a Vast Array of Military Spy Gear Offered to U.S. Police
A 120-page document from the British firm Cobham was circulated to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, from which it leaked.
Snowden Archive
The NSA Leak Is Real, Snowden Documents Confirm
A never-before-published NSA manual makes it clear that malware released by a hacker group this week came from the spy agency.
Privacy Scandal Haunts Pokemon Go’s CEO
Pokemon Go collects a lot of sensitive data. And its CEO John Hanke was embroiled in the so-called Wi-Spy scandal, a global snooping incident at Google.
Facebook Removes Potential Evidence of Police Brutality Too Readily, Activists Say
Facebook is at the heart of a national conversation on race and policing. Is it too close to law enforcement?