Brian Merchant, writing for Blood in the Machine, reports that people across the United States are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras, amid rising public anger that the license plate readers aid U.S. immigration authorities…
Last year, the phone hacking tool maker Cellebrite announced it had suspended Serbian police as customers, after human rights researchers alleged local police and intelligence agencies used its tools to hack into the phones of…
A government customer of sanctioned spyware maker Intellexa hacked the phone of a prominent journalist in Angola, according to Amnesty International, the latest case of targeting someone in civil society with powerful phone hacking software.…
India is pushing Aadhaar, the world’s largest digital identity system, deeper into everyday private life through a new app and offline verification support, a move that raises new questions about security, consent, and the broader…
French police and Europol searched the local office of X, the Paris prosecutor’s office announced on Tuesday. The raid is part of an ongoing investigation launched in 2025 on allegations of “fraudulent extraction of data”…
French police and Europol searched the local office of X, the Paris prosecutor’s office announced on Tuesday. The raid is part of an ongoing investigation launched in 2025 on allegations of “fraudulent extraction of data”…
A new security feature rolled out to select models of the latest iPhones and iPads this week will make it more difficult for law enforcement, spies, and malicious hackers to obtain a person’s precise location…
Microsoft provided the FBI with the recovery keys to unlock encrypted data on the hard drives of three laptops as part of a federal investigation, Forbes reported on Friday. Many modern Windows computers rely on…
Ireland is considering new legislation to give its law enforcement agencies more surveillance powers, including allowing the use of spyware. The Irish government announced this week the introduction of the Communications (Interception and Lawful Access)…
Summary created by Smart Answers AI In summary: Macworld reports that a French court ruled in Apple’s favor, preventing a potential ban on its App Tracking Transparency feature that requires user consent for cross-app tracking.…