Latest Surveillance News and Stories – Page 6 of 7

Entertainment

7 years ago

The Simpsons Call Out Google Glass For Being Creepy As Hell

Ashley Feinberg

Online

7 years ago

Obama’s NSA Reforms Come Up Short

Adam Clark Estes

Entertainment

7 years ago

Has Reality TV Made Us Numb To Constant Surveillance?

Eric Limer

US Police Keep Borrowing Border Patrol Drones For Domestic Surveillance

Online

7 years ago

US Police Keep Borrowing Border Patrol Drones For Domestic Surveillance

Adam Clark Estes

NSA Phone Spying Is Useless In Preventing Terrorist Attacks, Study Says

Online

7 years ago

NSA Phone Spying Is Useless In Preventing Terrorist Attacks, Study Says

Adam Clark Estes

It’s Insanely Cheap For US Police To Track Mobile Phones

Online

7 years ago

It’s Insanely Cheap For US Police To Track Mobile Phones

Adam Clark Estes

Barack Obama Will Announce NSA Reforms On January 17

Online

7 years ago

Barack Obama Will Announce NSA Reforms On January 17

Adam Clark Estes

NSA Trying To Build Quantum Computer That Cracks All Encryption

Online

7 years ago

NSA Trying To Build Quantum Computer That Cracks All Encryption

Adam Clark Estes

A Peek Inside The NSA’s Spy Gear Catalogue

Online

7 years ago

A Peek Inside The NSA’s Spy Gear Catalogue

Adam Clark Estes

The NSA Intercepted Packages To Put Backdoors In Electronics

Online

7 years ago

The NSA Intercepted Packages To Put Backdoors In Electronics

Lily Hay Newman

US Judge Says NSA Phone Surveillance Is Legal, After All

Online

7 years ago

US Judge Says NSA Phone Surveillance Is Legal, After All

Adam Clark Estes

Online

7 years ago

Edward Snowden Takes A Victory Lap

Adam Clark Estes

Obama’s NSA Advisory Board: No More Phone Records, No More Backdoors

Online

7 years ago

Obama’s NSA Advisory Board: No More Phone Records, No More Backdoors

Adam Clark Estes

US Judge Says NSA Phone Spying Is Probably Unconstitutional

Online

7 years ago

US Judge Says NSA Phone Spying Is Probably Unconstitutional

Adam Clark Estes

Even The UN Is Using Drones To Spy On People Now

Online

7 years ago

Even The UN Is Using Drones To Spy On People Now

Adam Clark Estes

Online

7 years ago

NSA Also Tracks American Mobile Phones

Adam Clark Estes

Online

7 years ago

Here’s How The NSA Is Actually Set Up

Lily Hay Newman

Hundreds Of Firms Are Selling Military-Grade Spy Tech, And That’s Not OK

Online

7 years ago

Hundreds Of Firms Are Selling Military-Grade Spy Tech, And That’s Not OK

Adam Clark Estes

Kinect-Powered Security Cams Can Tell If You’re Fighting

Online

7 years ago

Kinect-Powered Security Cams Can Tell If You’re Fighting

Eric Limer

A Layman’s Guide To The High-Tech Tents That Keep Secrets Secret

Online

7 years ago

A Layman’s Guide To The High-Tech Tents That Keep Secrets Secret

Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Who Thinks Letting Cops Use Facial Recognition Devices Is A Bad Idea?

Online

7 years ago

Who Thinks Letting Cops Use Facial Recognition Devices Is A Bad Idea?

Adam Clark Estes

Edward Snowden Tricked NSA Coworkers Into Giving Him Their Passwords

Online

7 years ago

Edward Snowden Tricked NSA Coworkers Into Giving Him Their Passwords

Adam Clark Estes

Report: CIA Pays US Telco Over $10 Million A Year To Spy On Phone Calls

Online

7 years ago

Report: CIA Pays US Telco Over $10 Million A Year To Spy On Phone Calls

Adam Clark Estes

China’s Finally Fixing Its Pollution Problem — So It Can Spy On People

Online

7 years ago

China’s Finally Fixing Its Pollution Problem — So It Can Spy On People

Adam Clark Estes

Online

7 years ago

Camera Or Bird Feeder? Why Not Both?

Geoff Manaugh

Russia Reportedly Bugged The Goodie Bags At The G20 Summit

Online

7 years ago

Russia Reportedly Bugged The Goodie Bags At The G20 Summit

Adam Clark Estes

The Dark Mail Alliance Wants To Reinvent Email As We Know It

Online

7 years ago

The Dark Mail Alliance Wants To Reinvent Email As We Know It

Adam Clark Estes

US Now Claims European Agencies Spied On European Leaders

Online

7 years ago

US Now Claims European Agencies Spied On European Leaders

Adam Clark Estes

10 Steps You Can Take To Protect Yourself From Internet Surveillance

Online

7 years ago

10 Steps You Can Take To Protect Yourself From Internet Surveillance

Danny O'Brien - Electronic Frontier Foundation

Report: NSA Has Been Spying On 35 World Leaders

Online

7 years ago

Report: NSA Has Been Spying On 35 World Leaders

Adam Clark Estes

Online

7 years ago

Is The NSA Spying Scandal As Bad As Watergate?

Adam Clark Estes

The NSA Has Hacked Mexican And Brazilian Government Email For Years

Online

7 years ago

The NSA Has Hacked Mexican And Brazilian Government Email For Years

Lily Hay Newman

NSA’s Elite Hacker Squad Suffers In Post-Snowden Era

Online

7 years ago

NSA’s Elite Hacker Squad Suffers In Post-Snowden Era

Adam Clark Estes

Snapchat’s Been Handing Unopened Messages Over To The Police

Online

7 years ago

Snapchat’s Been Handing Unopened Messages Over To The Police

Adam Clark Estes

CIA Warned About Edward Snowden All The Way Back In 2009

Online

7 years ago

CIA Warned About Edward Snowden All The Way Back In 2009

Adam Clark Estes

Is The NSA’s Data Centre Melting Down Because It’s Spying Too Much?

Online

7 years ago

Is The NSA’s Data Centre Melting Down Because It’s Spying Too Much?

Casey Chan

2014 Winter Olympics: Russia Will Be Monitoring All Communications

Online

7 years ago

2014 Winter Olympics: Russia Will Be Monitoring All Communications

Lily Hay Newman

NSA Has Been Trying To Hack Into Tor’s Anonymous Internet For Years

Online

7 years ago

NSA Has Been Trying To Hack Into Tor’s Anonymous Internet For Years

Adam Clark Estes

How The US Feds Bullied Snowden’s Email Provider Into Shutting Down

Online

7 years ago

How The US Feds Bullied Snowden’s Email Provider Into Shutting Down

Adam Clark Estes

Fully-Furnished Fake Houses In UK Run Solely To Trap Burglars

Online

7 years ago

Fully-Furnished Fake Houses In UK Run Solely To Trap Burglars

Geoff Manaugh

The Benefits Of Living In A Total Surveillance State

Online

7 years ago

The Benefits Of Living In A Total Surveillance State

Stuart Armstrong - Aeon Magazine

NSA Stores Metadata Of Millions Of Internet Users For A Year At A Time

Online

7 years ago

NSA Stores Metadata Of Millions Of Internet Users For A Year At A Time

Adam Clark Estes

How Apple’s M7 Chip Makes The iPhone 5s The Ultimate Tracking Device

Online

7 years ago

How Apple’s M7 Chip Makes The iPhone 5s The Ultimate Tracking Device

Adam Clark Estes

FBI Has Been Using Drones To Surveil Americans Since 2006

Online

7 years ago

FBI Has Been Using Drones To Surveil Americans Since 2006

Adam Clark Estes

Hackers Mistake NASA For NSA, Take Down Wrong Home Page

Online

7 years ago

Hackers Mistake NASA For NSA, Take Down Wrong Home Page

Adam Clark Estes

Brazil’s Wild Plan To Purge America From Its Internet

Online

7 years ago

Brazil’s Wild Plan To Purge America From Its Internet

Adam Clark Estes

Eric Schmidt Says Government Surveillance Is Just Part Of Our Society

Online

7 years ago

Eric Schmidt Says Government Surveillance Is Just Part Of Our Society

Eric Limer

FBI Admits To Hacking Into The Tor Network

Online

7 years ago

FBI Admits To Hacking Into The Tor Network

Adam Clark Estes

Yep, Tor Traffic Really Is Dominated By Botnets And Porn

Online

7 years ago

Yep, Tor Traffic Really Is Dominated By Botnets And Porn

Adam Clark Estes

NSA Chief’s Former War Room Was Modelled After The Starship Enterprise

Online

7 years ago

NSA Chief’s Former War Room Was Modelled After The Starship Enterprise

Adam Clark Estes

Google, Facebook And Yahoo Join Forces To Fight For More Transparency

Online

7 years ago

Google, Facebook And Yahoo Join Forces To Fight For More Transparency

Adam Clark Estes

The NSA Can Access Basically Everything On iOS, Android And Blackberry

Online

7 years ago

The NSA Can Access Basically Everything On iOS, Android And Blackberry

Lily Hay Newman

The NSA Can Crack Almost Any Type Of Encryption

Online

7 years ago

The NSA Can Crack Almost Any Type Of Encryption

Adam Clark Estes

A Gift Shop Devoted Entirely To Privacy-Protecting Stealth Gear

Online

7 years ago

A Gift Shop Devoted Entirely To Privacy-Protecting Stealth Gear

Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Australian Liberal Candidate Wants To Shoot Suspects With Trackers From A Sniper Rifle

Online

7 years ago

Australian Liberal Candidate Wants To Shoot Suspects With Trackers From A Sniper Rifle

Luke Hopewell

NSA Will Say How Many People It Spies On

Online

8 years ago

NSA Will Say How Many People It Spies On

Adam Clark Estes

Facebook: Half Of Government Requests For User Data Come From US

Online

8 years ago

Facebook: Half Of Government Requests For User Data Come From US

Adam Clark Estes

The Spy Who Hired Me: ASIO Is Hiring Telco Interception Spooks

Online

8 years ago

The Spy Who Hired Me: ASIO Is Hiring Telco Interception Spooks

Luke Hopewell

Confirmed: NSA Paid Google, Microsoft, Yahoo Millions For PRISM Aid

Online

8 years ago

Confirmed: NSA Paid Google, Microsoft, Yahoo Millions For PRISM Aid

Adam Clark Estes

The NSA Collected Thousands Of Non-Terrorism-Related Communications

Online

8 years ago

The NSA Collected Thousands Of Non-Terrorism-Related Communications

Adam Clark Estes

The NSA Has No Idea What ‘Transparency’ Means

Online

8 years ago

The NSA Has No Idea What ‘Transparency’ Means

Adam Clark Estes

PRISM Is Just The Social Network You Never Knew You Signed Up For

Online

8 years ago

PRISM Is Just The Social Network You Never Knew You Signed Up For

Eric Limer

Snowden Reportedly Started Stealing Spy Documents While Working At Dell

Online

8 years ago

Snowden Reportedly Started Stealing Spy Documents While Working At Dell

Adam Clark Estes

Things The Authorities Say To Mislead People About NSA Surveillance

Online

8 years ago

Things The Authorities Say To Mislead People About NSA Surveillance

Trevor Timm - EFF

The NSA Turned Spying Into A Video Game For Analysts

Online

8 years ago

The NSA Turned Spying Into A Video Game For Analysts

Adam Clark Estes

London Shuts Down Creepy, Phone-Tracking ‘Smart’ Garbage Bins

Online

8 years ago

London Shuts Down Creepy, Phone-Tracking ‘Smart’ Garbage Bins

Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Online

8 years ago

The NSA Is Collecting Emails And Texts For Just Mentioning “Targets”

Adam Clark Estes

That Tor Exploit Probably Wasn’t The NSA After All

Online

8 years ago

That Tor Exploit Probably Wasn’t The NSA After All

Adam Clark Estes

What Should Be America’s NSA Surveillance Reform Legislation?

Online

8 years ago

What Should Be America’s NSA Surveillance Reform Legislation?

Cindy Cohn and Trevor Timm - EFF

The TOR Project Tells Everyone To Stop Using Windows

Online

8 years ago

The TOR Project Tells Everyone To Stop Using Windows

Adam Clark Estes

Is The FBI Trying To Expose The Anonymous Internet Using Malware?

Online

8 years ago

Is The FBI Trying To Expose The Anonymous Internet Using Malware?

Adam Clark Estes

Disposable Spy Computers Are Disturbingly Easy And Cheap To Make

Online

8 years ago

Disposable Spy Computers Are Disturbingly Easy And Cheap To Make

Eric Limer

Online

8 years ago

Special Software Lets NSA Collect ‘Nearly Everything’ Done Online

Adam Clark Estes

Commercial Drones Are Now Approved For Aerial Surveillance

Online

8 years ago

Commercial Drones Are Now Approved For Aerial Surveillance

Adam Clark Estes

The FBI Has Used Spy Drones Without Warrants At Least 10 Times

Online

8 years ago

The FBI Has Used Spy Drones Without Warrants At Least 10 Times

Leslie Horn

House Defeats Amendment, Allowing NSA To Keep Spying On Americans

Online

8 years ago

House Defeats Amendment, Allowing NSA To Keep Spying On Americans

Jamie Condliffe

Report: US Authorities Are Demanding User Passwords From Web Companies

Online

8 years ago

Report: US Authorities Are Demanding User Passwords From Web Companies

Adam Clark Estes

Check Out The Floor Plans For The NSA’s Huge New Data Centre

Online

8 years ago

Check Out The Floor Plans For The NSA’s Huge New Data Centre

Adam Clark Estes

The US Government Wants Your Encrypted Data Next

Online

8 years ago

The US Government Wants Your Encrypted Data Next

Adam Clark Estes

Online

8 years ago

Thanks To A Secret Court The NSA Can Continue Spying On Americans

Adam Clark Estes

Why Doesn’t Skype Protect You Against Eavesdropping?

Online

8 years ago

Why Doesn’t Skype Protect You Against Eavesdropping?

Seth Schoen - EFF

The Technology You Need To Protect Against Mass Surveillance

Online

8 years ago

The Technology You Need To Protect Against Mass Surveillance

Seth Schoen - EFF

Yahoo’s Blazing The Trail To Transparency In The Post-PRISM World

Online

8 years ago

Yahoo’s Blazing The Trail To Transparency In The Post-PRISM World

Adam Clark Estes

Telstra Reportedly Agreed To Share Telco Data To US Authorities

Online

8 years ago

Telstra Reportedly Agreed To Share Telco Data To US Authorities

Luke Hopewell

Let’s Talk About FAIRVIEW, The NSA’s Plan To ‘Own The Internet’

Online

8 years ago

Let’s Talk About FAIRVIEW, The NSA’s Plan To ‘Own The Internet’

Adam Clark Estes

Report: How Microsoft Helped The NSA Spy On Its Users

Online

8 years ago

Report: How Microsoft Helped The NSA Spy On Its Users

Adam Clark Estes

The Best Search Engine You’re Probably Not Using

Online

8 years ago

The Best Search Engine You’re Probably Not Using

Adam Clark Estes

South Australian Cops To Use Drones For Bad-Guy-Chasing Activities

Online

8 years ago

South Australian Cops To Use Drones For Bad-Guy-Chasing Activities

Luke Hopewell

NYT: US Government Tracks Snail Mail Too

Online

8 years ago

NYT: US Government Tracks Snail Mail Too

Eric Limer

Edward Snowden Made A Statement From Moscow Via Wikileaks

Online

8 years ago

Edward Snowden Made A Statement From Moscow Via Wikileaks

Luke Hopewell

New PRISM Insight: Real-Time Monitoring, 100,000 Surveillance Targets

Online

8 years ago

New PRISM Insight: Real-Time Monitoring, 100,000 Surveillance Targets

Jamie Condliffe

Sky Fighter: Meet The Man Who Wants To Drone-Proof Your Home

Online

8 years ago

Sky Fighter: Meet The Man Who Wants To Drone-Proof Your Home

Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Australian Data Retention Plan Swept Under The Rug…For Now [Updated]

Online

8 years ago

Australian Data Retention Plan Swept Under The Rug…For Now [Updated]

Luke Hopewell

Exactly How The NSA Is Getting Away With Spying On US Citizens

Online

8 years ago

Exactly How The NSA Is Getting Away With Spying On US Citizens

Eric Limer

Why Won’t The FBI Tell The Public About Its Drone Program?

Online

8 years ago

Why Won’t The FBI Tell The Public About Its Drone Program?

Jennifer Lynch - EFF

British Spy Agency Taps Fibre-Optic Cables, Gives NSA Public Data

Online

8 years ago

British Spy Agency Taps Fibre-Optic Cables, Gives NSA Public Data

Ashley Feinberg

Why US Congress Must Investigate NSA’s Unconstitutional Spying

Online

8 years ago

Why US Congress Must Investigate NSA’s Unconstitutional Spying

Jamie Condliffe

Confirmed: The FBI Is Spying On The US With Drones

Online

8 years ago

Confirmed: The FBI Is Spying On The US With Drones

Eric Limer

Remember When Big Brother’s Only Weapon Was CCTV

Online

8 years ago

Remember When Big Brother’s Only Weapon Was CCTV

Matt Novak - Paleofuture

Confirmed: Court ‘Oversight’ Of NSA Surveillance Is A Joke

Online

8 years ago

Confirmed: Court ‘Oversight’ Of NSA Surveillance Is A Joke

Ashley Feinberg

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