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As US spy laws expire, lawmakers divided over protecting Americans from warrantless surveillance
A longstanding law that allows US intelligence agencies to collect and analyze vast amounts of communications abroad without the need for search warrants is set to…
As US spy laws expire, lawmakers divided over protecting Americans from warrantless surveillance
A longstanding law that allows U.S. intelligence agencies to collect and analyze vast amounts of communications abroad without the need for search warrants is set to…
WhatsApp is alerting hundreds of users who installed a fake app made by a government-run spyware maker
WhatsApp says it has notified about 200 users who were tricked into installing a maliciously fake version of the chat app that contained spyware. WhatsApp has…
Italian prosecutors have confirmed that a journalist was attacked with Paragon spyware
Italian authorities have confirmed that a journalist notified by WhatsApp last year of a suspected spyware attack on his phone was indeed hacked. In a press…
Brian Merchant, who writes for Blood on the machinereports that people across the United States are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras amid growing public outrage…
Cellebrite cut off Serbia citing misuse of its phone unlocking tools. Why not others?
Last year, phone-hacking tools maker Cellebrite announced it had suspended Serbian police as a customer after human rights investigators alleged local police and intelligence services used…
Intellexa’s Predator spyware used to hack journalist’s iPhone in Angola, investigation finds
A government client of spyware maker Intellexa hacked the phone of a prominent journalist in Angola, according to Amnesty International, the latest case of someone in…
A hacktivist has dug up more than half a million payment records from a provider of consumer-grade “stalkerware” phone monitoring apps, exposing the email addresses and…
Senator, who has repeatedly warned of secret US government surveillance, raises new alarm over ‘CIA activities’
A senior Democratic lawmaker with knowledge of some of the US government’s most secretive operations said he has “deep concerns” about some of the Central Intelligence…
London’s High Court awarded a Saudi satirist and human rights activist more than £3 million (US$4.1 million) in damages on Monday after finding “substantial evidence” that…