crime Your phone is a crimewave in your pocket, and it's all the fault of greedy carriers and complicit regulators Cory Doctorow
security EFF publishes an indispensable, plain-language guide to "cell-site simulators": the surveillance devices that track you via your phone Cory Doctorow
china Hong Kong's #612strike uprising is alive to surveillance threats, but its countermeasures are woefully inadequate Cory Doctorow
security Major vulnerability in 5G means that anyone with $500 worth of gear can spy on a wide area's mobile activity Cory Doctorow
police state Sen. Wyden confirms that police Stingray cellphone surveillance gadgets disrupt emergency services Rob Beschizza
surveillance It could happen here: How China's social credit system demonstrates the future of social control in smart cities Cory Doctorow
happy mutants 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
surveillance West coast jurisdictions advance community oversight of police surveillance Shahid Buttar
Were police snooping on Women’s March protesters’ cellphones? Too many departments won’t say Curtis Waltman
corruption Massive report details the surveillance powers of 12 Central and South American nations Cory Doctorow
surveillance LEAKED: The secret catalog American law enforcement orders cellphone-spying gear from Cory Doctorow
corruption DHS admits it uses Stingrays for VIPs, vows to sometimes get warrants, stop lying to judges Cory Doctorow
Business LAPD & Chicago bought "Stingrays on steroids" with asset-forfeiture & DHS money Cory Doctorow