Weird SNL writer spies on and 'fart-shames' his friend remotely using a Nest cam Rusty Blazenhoff

video Learn how to go deep undercover in a hostile foreign country Andrea James

politics Global spy agencies meet for "Five Eyes" intel-sharing network in New Zealand, including U.S. FBI, CIA, NSA Xeni Jardin

politics 'Utterly ridiculous': GCHQ shreds Spicer's claim that UK spy agency wiretapped Trump Xeni Jardin

trump Kellyanne Conway: microwave ovens can turn into cameras but she's not Inspector Gadget David Pescovitz

picks Half of all U.S. adults are in face-recognition databases, and Black people more likely to be targeted Xeni Jardin

nsa 5 companies now control 80% of America's contracted spying Andrea James

picks Baltimore police respond to report they secretly spied on city with aerial surveillance tech from Iraq War Xeni Jardin

surveillance Was NSA Hacked? Leak from 'Shadow Brokers' suggests so, Russian intelligence suspected Xeni Jardin

News Leaked FBI documents reveal secret rules for spying on journalists with National Security Letters Trevor Timm

picks How many US wiretap requests were rejected in 2015? Not a single one. Xeni Jardin

picks Donald Trump spied on Mar-a-Lago guest phone calls, former staff says Xeni Jardin

picks U.S. charges ex-IBM software developer from China with espionage over stolen code Xeni Jardin

security Microsoft sues US government for the right to tell you when the feds are reading your email Xeni Jardin

surveillance FBI may have dropped one iPhone case against Apple, but the battle is far from over Xeni Jardin

picks Justice Department to drop 'FBI vs. Apple' case, because they've unlocked the iPhone Xeni Jardin

security Today, Congress finally showed it's willing to fight the FBI on encryption Xeni Jardin

security On whistleblowers and secrecy: What author Barry Eisler said to a room of ex-intelligence officers Barry Eisler

surveillance Rallies planned at Apple stores to protest the FBI's crusade to hack your iPhone Xeni Jardin

surveillance Celebrity gossip site TMZ runs more like a global spying operation Xeni Jardin