amazon Amazon's being greasy about Alexa user data. Again. Seamus Bellamy

stingrays They're just like us: Feds fear their phone calls and texts are being monitored Seamus Bellamy

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

spycraft Here's the everyday-carry for Australian cyberspies in China Mark Frauenfelder

web theory China has perfected the internet control playbook and now it's exporting it to the world Cory Doctorow

fake news What Megyn Kelly is hiding, Bill Cosby found guilty, and Tom Cruise’s hair plugs, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

fake news Trump saves America, Hillary caught fleeing, and drugs, sex and lies at Fox News, in this week’s tabloids Peter Sheridan

trump Trump administration walks back Obama wiretapping claim Rob Beschizza

crime Islamophobic terrorist cell planned a "bloodbath" in Kansas, wanted to kill Muslim babies Cory Doctorow

corruption The DoJ is using a boring procedure to secure the right to unleash malware on the internet Cory Doctorow

security DoJ report: less than a quarter of one percent of wiretaps encounter any crypto Cory Doctorow

corruption Congress wants to know if agencies were compromised by the backdoor in Juniper gear (and where it came from) Cory Doctorow

corruption DEA ignored prosecutor's warning about illegal wiretap warrants, now it's losing big Cory Doctorow

terrorism Organized crime gangs keep trying to sell radioactive material to terrorists Mark Frauenfelder