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Privacy

In an era of constant connectivity, we explore the balance between security and personal freedom, keeping you informed on the digital and physical developments that affect your rights.

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45 days after the attacks, President George W. Bush signed the USA Patriot Act, which significantly expanded law enforcement’s surveillance.
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9/11 launched a new era of surveillance. 25 years later, AI is making it smarter


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  • Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images
    Jul 15
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    Another police officer has been charged for abusing Flock surveillance technology

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  • At-home DNA company 23andMe agreed to a multi-million-dollar settlement with 41 states and D.C. over a data breach. Is yours one of them?
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    Jul 14
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    23andMe customers in dozens of states will get paid after $150M data breach settlement

  • Lori Van Buren/Albany Times Union via Getty Images
    Jul 14
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    LAPD cancels Flock contract after cameras falsely flagged vehicles as stolen

  • A police detective in Milwaukee tasked with investigating a fellow officer’s misuse of the department’s Flock license plate reader camera system has now been accused of misusing it himself.
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    Jul 9
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    Milwaukee detective is latest officer charged with misusing Flock cameras

  • Joan Cros/NurPhoto via Getty Images
    Jul 8
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    Smart glasses users were secretly recording others. Meta says it found a fix

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    Jul 7
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    Hackers deface US Army websites to attack Trump

  • Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
    Jul 2
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    Congressman says hack of his Signal account proves app is unsecure. Is it true?

  • Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images
    Jul 1
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    Use Apple’s ‘Hide My Email’ Feature? This could expose your real one

  • The Supreme Court on Monday sent a case involving “geofence warrants,” a tool used by law enforcement to gather location data, back to a lower court.
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    Jun 29
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    Supreme Court throws out ‘geofence’ warrant case, sends back to lower court

  • A Virginia city installed a Flock gun shot detector on a woman’s front lawn despite the location not being approved for such devices.
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    Jun 29
    3m read

    After a Flock device appeared on her lawn, Virginia woman wondered ‘who’s listening’

  • The U.S., founded to thwart an oppressive monarchy, operates the most far-reaching and powerful surveillance machine in world history.
    Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu/Al Drago/Stephen Zenner/SOPA Images/Getty Images
    Jun 29
    9m read

    In the modern surveillance state, someone’s always watching

  • The prediction market company Polymarket revealed that hackers were able to steal funds from an undisclosed number of users.
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    Jun 26
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    Hackers reportedly steal millions after targeting Polymarket users

  • Juan Barreto/AFP via Getty Images, Aaron Schwartz/AFP via Getty Images
    Jun 25
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    Twin earthquakes devastate Venezuela; GOP senators reverse course after Trump clash

  • Dialog, the invite-only network founded by tech billionaire Peter Thiel, claims it was hacked after it left its private data exposed.
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    Jun 24
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    Where Peter Thiel’s secret network is placing blame for data leak

  • Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
    Jun 23
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    Private data leaked after Meta tracks employees’ keystrokes to train AI

  • Aubrey Cottle, a Canadian hacker known online as “Kirtaner,” faces as much as two and a half years in prison in Ontario — and perhaps more time in the U.S. — for a cyberattack on the Republican Party of Texas.
    Serdar Ozsoy/Getty Images
    Jun 19
    3m read

    Hacker pleads guilty to breach of Texas GOP website

  • The UK's newly proposed social media ban for children may push kids toward free VPN apps. Experts say 38% of them contain malware.
    Anna Barclay/Getty Images
    Jun 16
    4m read

    Could the UK’s ban on social media lead kids to worse dangers?

  • A company that sells baby monitors around the U.S. continues to face backlash for their ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
    Sheldon Cooper/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
    Jun 16
    4m read

    Missouri targets baby monitor company over China ties

  • A data leak has exposed private data on billionaire Peter Thiel’s “Dialog,” an invitation-only network of high-profile figures.
    Nordin Catic/Getty Images for The Cambridge Union
    Jun 16
    4m read

    Peter Thiel’s ‘Dialog’ network was super-secret. A data leak changed that

  • Meta has been testing facial recognition software from a defense contractor as it debates whether to introduce the technology into its smart glasses.
    OSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images
    Jun 15
    3m read

    Meta tests smart glasses with defense contractor’s facial recognition software

  • A Florida man filed a lawsuit against multiple law enforcement agencies after a faulty facial recognition tool led to his wrongful arrest.
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    Jun 11
    3m read

    How a facial recognition match led to a Florida man’s wrongful arrest

  • Plus, Apple promises a smarter Siri after years of watching rivals dominate the AI space. And OpenAI files for an IPO.
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    Jun 9
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    Late ballots knock Pratt out of LA runoff; Trump draws spotlight at NBA Finals

  • Apple used its annual developers conference to unveil a rebuilt Siri and a broader slate of artificial intelligence features
    Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
    Jun 9
    3m read

    Apple says Siri is getting smarter. It needs to convince investors, too

  • Meta says a bug in its AI-powered support chatbot allowed hackers to hijack more than 20,000 Instagram accounts.
    Cheng Xin/Getty Images
    Jun 8
    3m read

    Obama’s White House Instagram account among thousands exposed in hack

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