News / General Articles
- 23-06-2020: Facebook accused of trying to bypass GDPR. [The Register]
- 05-06-2020: Privacy threats in intimate relationships. [Schneier, PDF]
- 13-04-2020: Contact tracing COVID-19 infections via smartphone apps. [Schneier]
- 12-03-2020: Surveillance as a Service – whether you opted in or not. [Packet Pushers]
- 12-02-2020: Companies that scrape your email. [Schneier] [Vice]
- 16-01-2020: Top Euro court: Cops, spies yelling 'national security' isn’t enough to force ISPs to hand over mass data. [The Register]
- 30-10-2019: WhatsApp suit says Israeli spyware maker exploited its app to target 1,400 users. [Ars Technica]
- 26-10-2019: Comcast fights Google’s encrypted-DNS plan but promises not to spy on users. [Ars Technica]
- 04-10-2019: Egyptian government caught tracking opponents and activists through phone apps. [The Register]
- 01-10-2019: Why big ISPs aren’t happy about Google’s plans for encrypted DNS. [Ars Technica]
- 17-09-2019: Billions of license plate scans are part of a private surveillance database. [Engadget]
- 10-09-2019: Facebook caught location tracking despite promising not to. [The Register]
- 06-09-2019: The Verge guide to privacy and security. [The Verge]
- 06-09-2019: The secrets of controlling your internet profile. [BBC News]
- 05-09-2019: The rise of internet shutdowns. [ITP Techblog]
- 04-09-2019: Hong Kong protesters should be smarter about their messaging apps. [PocketNow]
- 28-08-2019: The safest messaging apps. [Engadget]
- 21-08-2019: Google, Apple, Mozilla end government internet spying for good. [The Register]
- 18-08-2019: Would the internet be a better place if no-one was anonymous? [Stuff]
- 13-08-2019: Exploiting GDPR to get private information. [Schneier]
- 02-08-2019: More on backdooring (or not) WhatsApp. [Schneier]
- 01-08-2019: Facebook plans on backdooring WhatsApp. [Schneier]
- 20-07-2019: How private is your browser’s Private mode? [Ars Technica]
- 08-07-2019: Thousands of Android apps can track your phone - even if you deny permissions. [The Verge]
- 03-07-2019: Superhuman says it will disable email read receipts by default after privacy controversy. [The Verge] [The Verge] [Engadget]
- 03-07-2019: How to stop your emails from being tracked. [The Verge]
- 02-07-2019: China injecting spyware into foreigners' smartphones. [The Register] [NYT] [ExtremeTech]
- 16-06-2019: It's time to switch to a privacy browser. [Wired]
- 14-06-2019: Video surveillance by computer. [Schneier] [ACLU, blog]
- 03-06-2019: Facebook lawyer argues you should have ‘no expectation of privacy'. [Graham Cluley]
- 29-05-2019: While you're sleeping, your iPhone stays busy -- snooping on you. [NZ Herald]
- 28-05-2019: Germany considers backdoor for end-to-end chat app encryption. [The Register]
- 27-05-2019: All the ways Google tracks you -- and how to stop it. [Wired]
- 24-05-2019: Germany talking about banning end-to-end encryption. [Schneier] [Der Spiegel]
- 15-05-2019: Reverse engineering a Chinese surveillance app. [Schneier] [HRW] [HRW]
- 31-01-2019: Locking out law enforcement is an 'unintended side effect' of new Android security. [HardOCP] [Motherboard]
- 30-01-2019: Want a bit of privacy? Got a USB stick? Welcome to TAILS 3.12. [The Register]
- 19-12-2018: Google shuts down its censored China search engine project. [NZ Herald]
- 13-12-2018: Windows 10 can carry on slurping even when you're sure you tell it to stop. [The Register]
- 12-12-2018: Bulk surveillance is always bad, say human rights organisations to top Euro court. [The Register]
- 16-11-2018: No One Wants to Talk About How Completely We Were Lied to. [ExtremeTech]
- 13-11-2018: Online security and privacy: what an email address reveals. [BBC News]
- 07-11-2018: Dutch police decrypt 258,000 messages after breaking pricey IronChat crypto app. [Ars Technica] [Graham Cluley]
- 04-11-2018: China's next big export: censorship. [NZ Herald]
- 24-10-2018: Tim Cook blasts 'weaponisation' of personal data and praises GDPR. [BBC News]
- 21-09-2018: Windows may be storing all your email and docs as unencrypted plaintext. [ExtremeTech]
- 06-09-2018: IBM secretly used New York’s CCTV cameras to train its surveillance software. [The Verge]
- 05-09-2018: How autocratic governments use Facebook against their own citizens. [The Verge]
- 17-08-2018: New ways to track Internet browsing. [Schneier] [PDF]
- 13-08-2018: Google tracks its users even if they opt out of tracking. [Schneier] [Wired] [Graham Cluley] [BBC News] [HEXUS]
- 17-08-2018: How Google’s location-tracking issue affects you. [Engadget]
- 18-08-2018: Google clarifies its language about Location History settings. [Android Police]
- 01-08-2018: Whistleblower reveals Google’s plans for censored search in China. [The Verge] [Wired]
- 29-06-2018: Facebook files patent for exactly the kind of spying it claims it doesn’t do. [ExtremeTech]
- 14-06-2018: Encrypted messaging isn't magic. [Wired]
- 04-06-2018: Tesco probably knows more about people than GCHQ. [The Register]
- 04-06-2018: GDPR in plain language. [Russ White] [FreeCodeCamp]
- 01-06-2018: An advert against online privacy. [Graham Cluley]
- 26-05-2018: Why is your location no longer private? [Krebs]
- 21-05-2018: Japan's Directorate for Signals Intelligence. [Schneier] [The Intercept]
- 19-05-2018: A location-sharing disaster shows how exposed you really are. [Wired]
- 18-05-2018: How to delete yourself from the Internet. [ReadWriteWeb]
- 14-05-2018: Tracking your physical location through your smartphone. [HardOCP] [EFF]
- 01-05-2018: Amazon tells Signal’s creators to stop using anti-censorship tool. [The Verge]
- 31-03-2018: Iran reportedly to block Telegram due to 'national security' concerns. [Android Police]
- 18-04-2018: Iranian officials are no longer allowed to use Telegram. [Engadget]
- 30-04-2018: Iran tells ISPs to block Telegram. [Engadget] [BBC News] [Ars Technica]
- 22-06-2018: The effects of Iran's Telegram ban. [Schneier]
- 24-03-2018: How to find out everything Facebook knows about you. [Lifehacker]
- 21-03-2018: Telegram loses appeal to keep encryption keys from Russian government. [Android Police] [Schneier]
- 13-03-2018: Weighing privacy vs security for the Internet's address book. [Wired]
- 12-03-2018: China altered its public vulnerability database to conceal spy agency tinkering. [The Register]
- 28-02-2018: Apple to store encryption keys in China. [Schneier]
- 26-02-2018: Email leave an evidence trail. [Schneier] [Slate]
- 31-12-2017: Iran blocks internet services in bid to quash protests. [Engadget]
- 31-12-2017: Facebook says it is deleting accounts at the direction of the U.S. and Israeli governments. [The Intercept]
- 19-12-2017: Facebook reveals rise in official data requests. [BBC News]
- 16-12-2017: Secrecy is dead - here's what happens next. [Wired]
- 15-12-2017: Tracking people without GPS. [Schneier] [Android Authority]
- 13-12-2017: Email tracking. [Schneier] [Wired]
- 12-12-2017: How to reclaim your digital privacy from online tracking. [Lifehacker]
- 11-12-2017: Netflix is watching you watching. [HardOCP] [Netflix Twitter]
- 11-12-2017: How email open tracking quietly took over the web. [Wired]
- 10-12-2017: China’s all-seeing state. [BBC News]
- 06-12-2017: Germany preparing backdoor law. [Schneier] [BleepingComputer]
- 30-11-2017: Google faces mass legal action in UK over data snooping. [BBC News]
- 30-11-2017: How websites watch your every move and ignore privacy settings. [Stuff]
- 28-11-2017: Why you should use incognito mode when browsing online. [Stuff]
- 22-11-2017: The beginner's guide to VPNs. [Lifehacker]
- 09-11-2017: History of networking -- RAVEN and Internet surveillance. [Network Collective]
- 06-11-2017: Galizia's murder and the security of WhatsApp. [Schneier]
- 05-11-2017: Why we should all be using Signal. [Wired]
- 03-11-2017: Enabling privacy is not harmful. [Russ White]
- 03-11-2017: Tor’s next-gen onion system works to keep servers hidden. [Engadget] [The Register] [THG] [Ars Technica] [Lifehacker]
- 27-08-2017: China's new wave of Internet censorship: name verification for online commenting. [HardOCP] [The Diplomat] [The Register]
- 24-08-2017: Why it’s still a bad idea to post or trash your airline boarding pass. [Krebs]
- 23-08-2017: How Google is secretly recording you. [NZ Herald]
- 19-08-2017: Apple may be making moves to make phones harder for police to get into. [FStoppers]
- 13-08-2017: Algorithm shows the data you give away when clicking suggested links. [Engadget]
- 11-08-2017: How secure are your messages. [HardOCP] [BYU News]
- 03-08-2017: 'Incognito Mode' is not as private as you think. [Lifehacker]
- 27-06-2017: Encrypted chat app Telegram warned by Russian regulator: 'comply or goodbye'. [The Register]
- 28-06-2017: Telegram will register with Russia but won't share secure data. [Engadget] [BBC News]
- 26-06-2017: Crypto War 3: Five Eyes and G20 nations plan renewed assault on encryption. [THG]
- 20-06-2017: Mexico 'spied on journalists, lawyers and activists'. [BBC News]
- 19-06-2017: Backdoor backlash: European Parliament wants better privacy. [The Register]
- 18-06-2017: How to browse the web and leave no trace. [Gizmodo]
- 16-06-2017: Governments breaking encryption still a bad idea. [NZ Herald]
- 15-06-2017: Germany looking to introduce anti-encryption laws. [The Register]
- 14-06-2017: Tails OS hits version 3.0, matches Debian's pace but bins 32-bit systems. [The Register] [THG]
- 09-06-2017: Tor Browser 7.0 works harder to protect your anonymity on its own. [Engadget]
- 09-06-2017: Afrinic shuts down IP address shutdown over internet shutdowns. [The Register]
- 08-06-2017: All the ways Facebook tracks you. [Gizmodo]
- 07-06-2017: Surveillance intermediaries. [Schneier]
- 01-06-2017: Passwords at the border. [Schneier] [EFF PDF]
- 01-06-2017: How to clean up your social media presence. [Lifehacker]
- 30-05-2017: Defend yourself against ISP tracking in an Trump-era free-for-all. [The Register]
- 28-05-2017: How to spring clean your digital clutter to protect yourself. [Wired]
- 26-05-2017: Theresa May wants to force tech giants to curb extremist content. [Engadget]
- 25-05-2017: A clever new way to protect your data at the border could also add risk. [Wired]
- 25-05-2017: Venezuela increases internet censorship and surveillance in crisis. [The Register]
- 11-05-2017: A rare look at the archives of the German secret police. [Wired]
- 05-05-2017: Turkish court backs censorship of Wikipedia. [Engadget]
- 04-05-2017: Politicians who voted to sell out your online privacy get their faces plastered on billboards. [Gizmodo]
- 03-05-2017: How to deal with encryption hypocrites. [Wired]
- 30-04-2017: Secure messaging app showdown: WhatsApp vs. Signal. [Lifehacker]
- 29-04-2017: Turkish authorities block Wikipedia without giving reason. [BBC News]
- 28-04-2017: Dark patterns: the ways websites trick us into giving up our privacy. [Gizmodo]
- 19-04-2017: A 10-step guide to using public WiFi. [Network Computing]
- 15-04-2017: Why one Republican voted to kill privacy rules: “Nobody has to use the Internet”. [Ars Technica] [The Register]
- 14-04-2017: Using a web ad blocker may identify you – to advertisers. [The Register]
- 13-04-2017: How to set up your own complete free VPN in the cloud. [Lifehacker]
- 12-04-2017: TCP/IP headers leak info about what you're watching on Netflix. [The Register] [HardOCP] [MJKranch PDF]
- 11-04-2017: No perfect way to protect privacy. [Stuff]
- 10-04-2017: How HTTPS website security is making the Internet safer from snoopers. [Gizmodo]
- 10-04-2017: Internet Society to G20 nations: The web must be fully encrypted. [The Register]
- 08-04-2017: Internet privacy explained for people who have never thought about internet privacy before. [Gizmodo]
- 07-04-2017: Good luck finding a safe VPN. [Engadget]
- 06-04-2017: Best VPN service: Private Internet Access. [Lifehacker]
- 06-04-2017: The biggest misconception about VPNs. [Lifehacker]
- 05-04-2017: Microsoft finally reveals what data Windows 10 collects from your PC. [HardOCP] [PCWorld] [THG] [ExtremeTech]
- 04-04-2017: Sir Tim Berners-Lee stands up for end-to-end crypto. [The Register] [The Verge] [ExtremeTech] [Wired] [Gizmodo]
- 05-04-2017: Berners-Lee explains why you should not use a VPN. [Stuff]
- 31-03-2017: How not to protect your privacy online. [Gizmodo]
- 31-03-2017: How to hide online better than the Director of the FBI. [Gizmodo]
- 30-03-2017: Europe will go all in for crypto backdoors in June. [The Register]
- 29-03-2017: Want to protect your privacy? Open a tab and make some noise. [Wired]
- 01-04-2017: Generating a bunch of 'Internet noise' isn't going to hide your browsing habits. [Lifehacker]
- 20-03-2017: Man jailed indefinitely for refusing to decrypt hard drives loses appeal. [Ars Technica] [HardOCP] [The Register] [BBC News]
- 14-03-2017: Naming computers endangers privacy. [The Register]
- 13-03-2017: Facebook bars use of its social data for surveillance tools. [Engadget] [Gizmodo] [NZ Herald] [Stuff] [THG] [BBC News]
- 17-03-2017: Facebook's big "first step" to crack down on surveillance. [Wired]
- 10-03-2017: Time for journalists to encrypt everything. [Wired]
- 10-03-2017: Print out the EFF's border search pocket guide before you travel internationally. [Lifehacker] [EFF, PDF]
- 10-03-2017: Germany surveillance: Security trumps privacy as video bill passed. [BBC News]
- 09-03-2017: How to stop devices spying on you. [Stuff]
- 03-03-2017: How to snoop-proof any phone or tablet. [Gizmodo]
- 02-03-2017: Mass spying isn't just intrusive, it's ineffective. [Wired]
- 28-02-2017: Protect your online privacy with the 5 best VPNs. [ExtremeTech]
- 27-02-2017: Google abandons 'End-To-End' email encryption project, invites community to take it over. [THG] [Wired]
- 24-02-2017: Famed hacker Kevin Mitnick shows you how to go invisible online. [Wired]
- 17-02-2017: The privacy enthusiast's guide to using Android. [Lifehacker]
- 13-02-2017: Erasing yourself from the internet is nearly impossible. [Stuff]
- 10-02-2017: Crossing border security? Here's how you protect your data. [Graham Cluley] [Zdziarski]
- 15-02-2017: Want to protect your data at the border? Delete it. [The Verge]
- 09-02-2017: The Tor Project's ooniprobe allows you to participate in the vigil against internet censorship. [Android Police] [Gizmodo]
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5-Eyes Spying- 18-06-2020: FBI used Instagram, an Etsy review, and LinkedIn to identify a protestor accused of arson. [The Verge] [The Register] [Schneier] [PI] [Ars Technica]
- 10-06-2020: Facebook paid for a tool to hack its own user, then handed it to the FBI. [Engadget]
- 03-04-2020: Facebook tried to license NSO Group spyware to snoop on its own addicts. [The Register]
- 12-03-2020: US Congress reauthorize spying law is flawed, open to abuse, and lacking in accountability. [The Register]
- 10-03-2020: CIA dirty laundry aired. [Schneier]
- 09-03-2020: Congress floats spectre of child exploitation to kill legal encryption. [ExtremeTech]
- 27-01-2020: NSA's 1993 Clipper chip still influences today's encryption debates. [The Register]
- 25-01-2020: London police deploy controversial facial recognition cameras. [ExtremeTech]
- 23-01-2020: Apple abandoned plans for encrypted iCloud backups after FBI complained. [Schneier] [Reuters] [BBC News] [The Verge]
- 22-01-2020: The need for a federal privacy law has never been greater. [The Verge]
- 16-01-2020: Search warrant suggests FBI pulled data from a locked iPhone 11 Pro Max. [Engadget]
- 14-01-2020: New police equipment to search mobile devices. [BBC News]
- 10-01-2020: Police surveillance tools from Special Services Group. [Schneier] [Vice] [Muckrock PDF]
- 07-01-2020: FBI asks Apple to unlock another shooter’s iPhone. [The Verge] [Engadget] [Ars Technica] [PocketNow]
- 01-01-2020: The quiet creep of facial recognition systems into New Zealand life. [NZ Herald]
- 20-12-2019: MI5 spying "immune" to prosecution. [The Register]
- 19-12-2019: Data swept up by the NSA is protected by the Fourth Amendment. [Engadget] [The Register]
- 13-12-2019: Report on 2016 FBI spying reveals a scandal of historic magnitude. [The Intercept]
- 12-12-2019: Scaring people into supporting backdoors. [Schneier]
- 12-12-2019: NZ government's power to order decryption must respect privacy. [Voxy]
- 11-12-2019: The fight over encrypted messaging is just beginning. [The Verge] [Ars Technica]
- 10-12-2019: Senators: Americans should have strong privacy-protecting encryption... that the Feds and cops can break. [The Register]
- 31-10-2019: ACLU sues to reveal the FBI's uses of facial recognition. [Engadget]
- 28-10-2019: Former FBI General Counsel Jim Baker chooses encryption over backdoors. [Schneier] [Lawfare]
- 08-10-2019: FBI violated Americans’ privacy by abusing access to NSA surveillance data. [The Verge] [Ars Technica] [The Register]
- 04-10-2019: US wants Facebook to backdoor WhatsApp and halt encryption plans. [Ars Technica]
- 05-10-2019: Why Barr’s call against end-to-end encryption is nuts. [Ars Technica]
- 01-10-2019: NSA on the future of cybersecurity. [Schneier]
- 11-09-2019: More on law enforcement backdoor demands. [Schneier] [Carnegie]
- 16-08-2019: NSA asks Congress to permanently reauthorize spying program. [The Register]
- 13-08-2019: Facial recognition in King's Cross prompts call for new laws. [BBC News] [BBC News] [The Register] [BBC News]
- 06-09-2019: King's Cross facial recognition CCTV handed over to police. [The Register]
- 12-08-2019: Evaluating the NSA's telephony metadata program. [Schneier]
- 09-08-2019: The FBI wants to build a data dragnet on Facebook. [The Verge]
- 08-08-2019: FBI, NSA to hackers: weed need your help - even if you've smoked a little pot in the past. [The Register]
- 07-08-2019: South Wales Police to use facial recognition app on phones. [BBC News]
- 04-09-2019: High Court rules Welsh Police's use of facial recognition "lawful". [The Register]
- 06-08-2019: Police can get your Ring doorbell footage without a warrant. [Ars Technica] [Engadget] [ExtremeTech]
- 22-08-2019: Ring asks police not to tell public how its law enforcement backend works. [Ars Technica]
- 29-08-2019: Ring confirms it works with more than 400 police departments. [ExtremeTech]
- 05-08-2019: Barr says the US needs encryption backdoors to prevent “going dark." [Ars Technica] [Schneier]
- 01-08-2019: Privacy concerns over Five Eyes plan to open up private messages. [Stuff]
- 31-07-2019: Five Eyes countries have 'robust conversation' with social media companies. [Stuff]
- 30-07-2019: ACLU on the GCHQ backdoor proposal. [Schneier] [Davis Vanguard]
- 15-07-2019: Palantir's surveillance service for law enforcement. [Schneier] [Motherboard]
- 12-07-2019: The FBI plans more social media surveillance. [Engadget]
- 27-06-2019: Five Eyes hypocrisy in attacking Yandex. [The Register]
- 26-06-2019: NSA improperly collected even more call records than we thought. [Engadget] [The Register]
- 17-06-2019: Police can unlock any iPhone with Cellebrite’s new tool. [ExtremeTech]
- 30-05-2019: Google, WhatsApp, and Apple slam GCHQ proposal to snoop on encrypted chats. [The Verge] [BBC News] [The Register]
- 22-05-2019: London Underground to start tracking all phones using Wi-Fi. [ExtremeTech] [Engadget] [Graham Cluley]
- 20-05-2019: UK Espionage Act will crack down on British whistleblowers, suspected backdoored gear. [The Register]
- 15-05-2019: MI5 slapped on the wrist for 'serious' surveillance data breach. [The Register]
- 03-05-2019: Minister: UK is 'not a surveillance state'. [The Register]
- 01-05-2019: Warrantless smartphone searches at the US border are unconstitutional. [The Register]
- 29-04-2019: Five Eyes meet at UK conference for first time. [ITP Techblog]
- 25-04-2019: The NSA says it's time to drop its massive phone-surveillance programme. [Engadget] [The Register]
- 24-04-2019: Judge: cops can force suspect's finger onto iPhone to see if it unlocks. [The Register]
- 24-04-2019: GCHQ: We need trust or we won't have a 'licence to operate in cyberspace'. [The Register]
- 17-04-2019: Microsoft didn't want to sell its facial recognition tech to California police. [Engadget]
- 14-04-2019: Google faces surge in police requests for mobile location data. [Engadget]
- 08-04-2019: Ghidra: NSA's reverse-engineer tool. [Schneier] [Ghidra]
- 03-04-2019: It's time to end the NSA's metadata collection programme. [Wired]
- 13-01-2019: How FBI tried to force Facebook to wiretap its chat app. [The Register]
- 25-01-2019: Hacking the GCHQ backdoor. [Schneier]
- 18-01-2019: Evaluating the GCHQ exceptional access proposal. [Schneier]
- 14-01-2019: Feds forcing mass fingerprint unlocks is an “abuse of power.” [Ars Technica] [The Register] [HardOCP] [Forbes]
- 10-01-2019: Kaspersky blew whistle on NSA hacking tool hoarder. [Ars Technica]
- 29-11-2018: GCHQ pushes for 'virtual crocodile clips' on chat apps. [The Register] [HardOCP] [Lawfare]
- 29-11-2018: High Court agrees to hear full legal challenge of UK Snooper's Charter. [The Register]
- 29-11-2018: GCHQ reveals vulnerability disclosure process. [The Register]
- 28-11-2018: DoJ made secret arguments to break crypto, now ACLU wants to make them public. [Ars Technica]
- 27-11-2018: Australia: opposition offers encryption backdoor compromise. [The Register]
- 26-11-2018: The FBI impersonated FedEx to catch cybercriminals. [HardOCP] [Motherboard] [Graham Cluley]
- 31-10-2018: Feds took woman’s iPhone at border, she sued, now they agree to delete data. [Ars Technica]
- 29-10-2018: Oz spy boss defends 'high risk vendor' ban. [The Register]
- 24-10-2018: Apple have completely blocked police password cracking tool in iOS 12. [The Verge] [ExtremeTech]
- 24-10-2018: Apple boss decries 'data industrial complex' while pocketing billions to hook Google into iOS. [The Register]
- 17-10-2018: UK.gov takes red pen to spy court rules, asks for Parliament's OK. [The Register]
- 15-10-2018: Five Eyes reports on hackers' tools. [TechBlog NZ] [NCSC]
- 14-10-2018: Police told to avoid looking at recent iPhones to avoid lockouts. [Engadget]
- 01-10-2018: NZ border police to demand travelers hand over electronic passwords. [The Register] [Ars Technica] [Stuff]
- 20-08-2018: The law of snooping. [Geoff Huston]
- 17-08-2018: US reportedly pressuring Facebook to break Messenger’s encryption over MS-13 investigation. [The Verge]
- 13-08-2018: When's a backdoor not a backdoor? When the Oz government says it isn't. [The Register] [Russ White] [CDT]
- 15-08-2018: Australia's Snooper's Charter: experts react. [The Register]
- 19-09-2018: AU government rushes its anti-crypto legislation into parliament. [The Register]
- 03-10-2018: Australian encryption law a bad move for New Zealand. [NZ Herald]
- 12-10-2018: Apple fires back at Australian encryption bill. [Engadget]
- 20-10-2018: AU intel committee: Crypto-busting is only bad if you're a commie, and we're not. [The Register]
- 29-07-2018: NSA has yet to fix security holes that helped Snowden leaks. [Engadget]
- 27-07-2018: New report on police digital forensics techniques. [Schneier] [CSIS]
- 23-07-2018: UK spies broke law for 15 years, but what can you do? [The Register] [BBC News]
- 19-07-2018: GCHQ doubts Huawei’s role with UK networks. [PocketNow]
- 18-07-2018: Judge slams FBI for improper cellphone search, stingray use. [Ars Technica]
- 13-07-2018: How the US government secretly sold 'spy phones' to suspects. [Wired] [The Register]
- 06-07-2018: The NSA's domestic surveillance centers. [Schneier] [The Intercept]
- 05-07-2018: London police chief ‘completely comfortable’ using facial recognition with 98 percent false positive rate. [The Verge]
- 04-07-2018: How the GCSB collects information about Kiwis through spying on the Pacific - and why it's legal. [NZ Herald]
- 30-06-2018: NSA deletes hundreds of millions of call records over privacy violations. [Engadget]
- 29-06-2018: ACLU's biggest roadblock to fighting mass surveillance. [Wired]
- 29-06-2018: UK has made 'significant progress' in spy control. [The Register]
- 26-06-2018: Senator to FCC: How much do police stingrays drain a cellphone battery? [Ars Technica]
- 24-06-2018: NSA "systematically moving" all its data to the cloud. [HardOCP] [Defense One]
- 22-06-2018: Amazon staffers protest giant's 'support of the surveillance state'. [The Register]
- 14-06-2018: Apple to block police iPhone hacking tools in future update. [ExtremeTech]
- 15-06-2018: Police say iPhone hackers have workaround to Apple’s new security feature. [HardOCP] [Motherboard]
- 09-07-2018: Apple releases iOS 11.4.1 and blocks passcode cracking tools used by police. [The Verge]
- 10-07-2018: New iOS security feature can be defeated by a $39 adapter… sold by Apple. [Graham Cluley] [Schneier]
- 05-06-2018: End-to-end encryption doesn’t stop the FBI reading your messages. [Graham Cluley]
- 05-06-2018: NSA security education posters from the Cold War. [Ars Technica] [Engadget]
- 29-05-2018: GCHQ claims most of their work is making sure they operate within the law. [The Register]
- 23-05-2018: FBI admits over-counting locked iPhones and other mobiles. [BBC News] [Ars Technica] [The Verge] [Wired]
- 17-05-2018: Senators to DOJ: Reveal your secret paragraph-long explanation of stingrays. [Ars Technica]
- 14-05-2018: UK's National Crime Agency: encryption makes policing hard. [The Register]
- 10-05-2018: ZTE sanctions see Australia’s top telco dump mobile vendor. [The Register]
- 10-05-2018: New law would stop feds from demanding encryption backdoor. [The Register]
- 06-05-2018: A facial recognition program used by British police yielded thousands of false positives. [The Verge]
- 05-05-2018: NSA tripled its phone record collection in 2017. [Engadget] [HardOCP] [Reuters] [HardOCP]
- 27-02-2018: Cellebrite unlocks iPhones for the US government. [Schneier] [Forbes] [HardOCP] [Graham Cluley]
- 27-02-2018: Australia: IPv6 and 5G will make life hell for spooks and cops say. [The Register]
- 22-02-2018: Man removes feds’ spy cam, they demand it back, he refuses and sues. [Ars Technica]
- 30-01-2018: The UK’s mass surveillance powers have been ruled illegal. [The Verge] [THG]
- 25-01-2018: UK Prime Minister urges nerds to come up with magic crypto backdoors. [The Register]
- 20-01-2018: When it comes to voice identification, the "NSA Reigns Supreme". [HardOCP] [The Intercept] [The Verge]
- 13-01-2018: Feds may have to explain knowledge of security holes – if draft law comes into play. [The Register]
- 12-01-2018: FBI security expert: Apple are “jerks” about unlocking encrypted phones. [Ars Technica] [HardOCP] [Motherboard]
- 11-01-2018: Yet another FBI proposal for insecure communications. [Schneier] [DoJ]
- 10-01-2018: U.S. House to vote on FISA mass surveillance bill. [THG] [HardOCP] [New America] [House PDF]
- 09-01-2018: How the government hides secret surveillance programmes. [Wired]
- 09-01-2018: FBI says it can't unlock 8,000 encrypted devices, demands backdoors for America's 'public safety'. [The Register] [Stuff] [Engadget]
- 06-01-2018: NSA’s top talent is leaving: low pay, slumping morale, unpopular reorganization. [HardOCP] [Washington Post] [Schneier]
- 27-12-2017: FBI fingerprint-analysis software may be compromised by Russian code. [HardOCP] [BuzzFeed] [ExtremeTech]
- 21-12-2017: NSA surveillance reauthorization bill won't go to a vote just yet. [Engadget]
- 20-12-2017: GCHQ cyber-spies 'over-achieved'. [BBC News]
- 19-12-2017: US senators rail against effort to sneak through creepy mass spying bill. [The Register]
- 12-12-2017: SIS criticised by government watchdog over 'unlawfully accessing' information. [Stuff] [NZ Herald]
- 12-12-2017: FBI director again laments strong encryption in remarks to Congress. [Ars Technica]
- 06-12-2017: White House lets NSA's warrantless surveillance continue until April. [Engadget]
- 02-12-2017: NSA surveillance expansion bill moves to House for a vote. [Engadget]
- 27-11-2017: The 'StingRay' device that sweeps up data. [NZ Herald]
- 24-11-2017: Judge who once ruled against NSA metadata program tosses lawsuit. [Ars Technica]
- 14-11-2017: Long article on the NSA and the Shadow Brokers. [Schneier] [NYT]
- 09-11-2017: DOJ: Strong encryption that we don’t have access to is “unreasonable.” [Ars Technica]
- 08-11-2017: FBI can’t break the encryption on Texas shooter’s smartphone. [Ars Technica] [HardOCP] [Washington Examiner] [The Verge] [Engadget] [The Register]
- 08-11-2017: Apple offered to help FBI unlock Texas shooter's phone. [Engadget] [BBC News] [PocketNow]
- 10-11-2017: FBI and Apple may again clash over encypted iPhone after Texas shooting. [ExtremeTech]
- 08-11-2017: US foreign spying bill progresses through Congress. [The Register]
- 07-11-2017: UK's surveillance regime challenged in landmark European court hearing. [The Register]
- 21-09-2017: Court rules Stingray use without a warrant violates Fourth Amendment. [Engadget]
- 21-09-2017: ISO rejects NSA encryption algorithms. [Schneier] [Reuters] [Engadget]
- 20-09-2017: WhatsApp reportedly refused to build a backdoor for the UK government. [The Verge]
- 14-09-2017: NSA once spied on your *NSYNC downloads from Kazaa. [Engadget]
- 14-09-2017: Google stops challenging most US warrants for data on overseas servers. [Ars Technica]
- 14-09-2017: Microsoft adds cloud security to keep out hackers and government snoops. [DC Knowledge]
- 08-09-2017: Shadow Brokers releases NSA UNITEDRAKE manual. [Schneier] [Document Cloud PDF]
- 01-09-2017: Updating U.S. surveillance laws. [Russ White] [The Federalist]
- 31-08-2017: NSA enters stage two of its spying revival plan: getting Trump on board. [The Register]
- 30-08-2017: US government: We can jail you indefinitely for not decrypting your data. [The Register] [Ars Technica]
- 29-08-2017: How the NSA identified Satoshi Nakamoto. [HardOCP] [Medium]
- 25-08-2017: NSA ramps up PR campaign to keep its mass spying powers. [The Register]
- 24-08-2017: The CIA built a fake software update system to spy on intel partners. [The Verge] [Engadget]
- 19-08-2017: US DoD, Brit ISP BT reverse proxies can be abused to frisk internal systems. [The Register]
- 17-08-2017: Do the police need a search warrant to access cellphone location data? [Schneier]
- 15-08-2017: Apple, Facebook, and other companies ask Supreme Court to block warrantless cellphone tracking. [The Verge]
- 15-08-2017: US military spies: We'll capture enemy malware, tweak it, lob it right back at our adversaries. [The Register]
- 12-08-2017: Russian group that hacked DNC used NSA attack code in attack on hotels. [Ars Technica] [The Register]
- 11-08-2017: Former UK spy boss backs crypto. [The Register]
- 08-08-2017: Warrantless US spying is set to expire soon -- let it die. [Wired]
- 03-08-2017: WikiLeaks releases docs on 'Dumbo' CIA tool allowing control of webcams. [HardOCP] [WikiLeaks]
- 01-08-2017: 'Real people' do not want secure communications, claims UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd. [Graham Cluley] [The Register]
- 01-08-2017: NSA collects MS Windows error information. [Schneier] [Der Spiegel]
- 28-07-2017: Zero-day vulnerabilities against Windows in the NSA tools released by the Shadow Brokers. [Schneier] [Rapid7]
- 26-07-2017: US spies hacked our phones over the air, claim pipeline protesters. [The Register]
- 24-07-2017: NZ spies surveilled Kim Dotcom for 2 months longer than admitted. [Ars Technica]
- 18-07-2017: ISPs barred from telling users they’re under FBI investigation. [Engadget] [Ars Technica] [The Register]
- 14-07-2017: US border agents: We won’t search data “located solely on remote servers”. [Ars Technica] [The Register]
- 14-07-2017: UK GCHQ can crack end-to-end encryption says Australian Attorney General. [The Register]
- 12-07-2017: More on the NSA's use of traffic shaping. [Schneier] [TCF] [Russ White]
- 11-07-2017: DoJ: FBI didn’t need warrant for stingray in attempted murder case. [Ars Technica]
- 31-05-2017: Man gets 180 days in jail for not handing over his iPhone PIN. [Engadget] [HardOCP] [Miami Herald] [Stuff]
- 25-05-2017: UK ministers to push anti-encryption laws after election. [The Register]
- 23-05-2017: Apple reveals it received at least one secret FBI request for user data. [Gizmodo]
- 23-05-2017: Wikimedia is clear to sue the NSA. [Engadget] [Gizmodo] [Ars Technica] [THG]
- 23-05-2017: US Immigration & Customs is using Stingray to track illegal immigrants. [Schneier] [Gizmodo]
- 23-05-2017: Senator demands answers after ICE uses 'Stingray' to arrest immigrant. [Gizmodo]
- 23-05-2017: Two rulings go against the NSA. [The Register]
- 19-05-2017: Federal agents used a Stingray to track an immigrant's phone. [Engadget] [Gizmodo]
- 19-05-2017: NSA abandons "About" searches. [Schneier]
- 18-05-2017: Australian privacy commissioner flags new data mining rules for government agencies. [The Register]
- 17-05-2017: The US Senate is using Signal. [Schneier] [Engadget] [THG] [The Verge]
- 16-05-2017: NSA brute-force keysearch machine. [Schneier] [The Intercept]
- 09-05-2017: I side with the 'bad guys' on encryption. [Stuff]
- 03-05-2017: ACLU says demanding US citizens unlock phones at the border is unconstitutional. [The Verge]
- 04-05-2017: US Intelligence “transparency report” reveals breadth of surveillance by NSA, others. [Ars Technica]
- 04-05-2017: FBI's disturbing hacking powers challenged in court. [Gizmodo]
- 03-05-2017: FBI director Comey backs renewed push for decryption law. [Engadget]
- 01-05-2017: Who is publishing NSA and CIA secrets, and why? [Schneier]
- 30-05-2017: CIA tracked leakers with bad Web beacon trick. [The Register]
- 28-04-2017: NSA ends spying on messages Americans send about foreign surveillance targets. [Ars Technica] [The Register] [HardOCP] [NSA] [Wired] [Engadget] [BBC News]
- 28-04-2017: Australian Federal Police accessed metadata without warrant, broke law. [The Register]
- 24-04-2017: FBI allays some critics with first use of new mass-hacking warrant. [Ars Technica]
- 20-04-2017: The DEA is buying cyberweapons from Hacking Team. [Schneier] [Motherboard]
- 19-04-2017: We're spying on you for your own protection, says NSA, FBI. [The Register]
- 18-04-2017: Rights warrior to US Homeland Security: stop asking people for their passwords. [The Register]
- 11-04-2017: Notes on the FCC and privacy in the US. [Russ White] [CircleID] [Shelly Palmer]
- 08-04-2017: 'Shadow Brokers' give away more NSA hacking tools. [Engadget] [Schneier] [BBC News] [The Verge] [Ars Technica] [NZ Herald]
- 14-04-2017: Major leak suggests NSA was deep in Middle East banking system. [Wired] [Engadget]
- 14-04-2017: Leaked NSA point-and-pwn hack tools menace Win2k to Windows 8. [The Register] [Engadget] [Ars Technica]
- 15-04-2017: Microsoft has already patched the NSA's leaked Windows hacks. [The Verge] [Engadget] [Ars Technica] [BBC News]
- 21-04-2017: Script kiddies pwn 1000s of Windows boxes using leaked NSA hack tools. [The Register]
- 26-04-2017: NSA backdoor detected on >55,000 Windows boxes can now be remotely removed. [Ars Technica]
- 07-04-2017: Judge invalidates FBI mass hacking warrant over jurisdiction, particularity issues. [THG]
- 05-04-2017: NY court slaps down Facebook's attempt to keep accounts secret from search warrants. [The Register]
- 04-04-2017: New bill would crack down on border phone searches without warrants. [The Verge]
- 03-04-2017: More stingray action in Canada, perhaps foreign this time. [PocketNow]
- 03-04-2017: FBI paid Geek Squad ‘informants’ to search computers for illegal material. [The Verge] [Gizmodo]
- 18-05-2017: Judge: don't gripe if you hand your PC to Geek Squad and they rat you out to the Feds. [The Register]
- 30-03-2017: How many NSA spy hubs are scooping up your Internet data? [Ars Technica]
- 28-03-2017: US Customs sued for information about border phone searches. [The Register]
- 27-03-2017: FBI's facial recognition database is dangerously inaccurate. [Engadget]
- 26-03-2017: UK wants backdoor for WhatsApp encryption. [The Register] [BBC News] [HardOCP] [The Verge] [Gizmodo] [NZ Herald]
- 27-03-2017: Encryption is a good thing. [Graham Cluley]
- 27-03-2017: UK digital minister praises 'crucial role' of encryption. [The Register]
- 22-03-2017: Congress is about to give away your online privacy. [Wired]
- 22-03-2017: The Senate prepares to send Internet privacy down a black hole. [Wired]
- 23-03-2017: Senate agrees to let carriers use your data however they want. [Engadget] [Lifehacker] [The Register] [Engadget]
- 28-03-2017: VPNs won't save you from Congress' internet privacy giveaway. [Wired]
- 28-03-2017: For sale: Your private browsing history. [Ars Technica]
- 30-03-2017: What is a VPN? [Lifehacker]
- 30-03-2017: Post-FCC privacy rules, should you VPN? [Krebs]
- 04-04-2017: FCC privacy rules repealed, but ISPs' "fairness" argument is weak. [THG]
- 05-04-2017: VPNs might not be all that secure. [NZ Herald]
- 22-03-2017: Police 'persistently' breach data protection laws with police tech. [The Register]
- 21-03-2017: UK Home Office admits it's preparing to accept EU ruling on surveillance. [The Register]
- 14-03-2017: FBI’s methods to spy on journalists should remain classified, judge rules. [Ars Technica]
- 14-03-2017: NSA routinely monitors Americans' communications without warrants. [The Intercept]
- 12-03-2017: How the FBI used Geek Squad to increase secret public surveillance. [HardOCP] [OC Weekly]
- 10-03-2017: The Wikipedia for spies - and where it goes from here. [Wired]
- 10-03-2017: The US auto-scanned visitors' social media profiles -- it didn't work properly. [The Register]
- 08-03-2017: FBI boss: 'Memories are not absolutely private in America'. [The Register] [Engadget]
- 02-03-2017: US Congress to NSA: How many Americans do you illegally spy on? [The Register]
- 01-03-2017: Republicans want to let ISPs secretly sell your data. [Gizmodo]
- 24-02-2017: Palantir and the NSA. [Schneier] [The Intercept]
- 24-02-2017: Overhaul of legislation on spy agencies to go ahead. [NZ Herald]
- 22-02-2017: NSA using cyberattack for defense. [Schneier]
- 17-02-2017: UK Snoopers' Charter gagging order drafted for London Internet Exchange directors. [The Register]
- 22-02-2017: LINX members vote no to constitution tweak. [The Register]
- 16-02-2017: GPS act aims to stop warrantless smartphone tracking done with cell-site simulators. [THG]
- 12-02-2017: American Spies: how we got to age of mass surveillance without even trying. [Ars Technica] [American Spies]
- 08-02-2017: US visitors may have to reveal social media passwords to enter country. [Ars Technica] [The Verge] [Gizmodo] [The Register]
- 22-02-2017: What to do when border officials ask for your passwords. [Ars Technica]
- 01-02-2017: Secret documents reveal Trump inherits FBI with vast hidden powers. [The Intercept]
- 30-01-2017: DC police surveillance cameras were infected with ransomware before inauguration [Ars Technica]
- 28-01-2017: Twitter discloses two far-reaching FBI data requests. [Engadget]
- 20-01-2017: CIA boss wants a big database of surveillance on citizens and foreigners. [The Register]
- 16-01-2017: Cloudflare's experience with a National Security Letter. [Schneier] [Cloudflare] [TechCrunch]
- 13-01-2017: Obama expands the NSA's ability to share data with other agencies. [Engadget] [Wired] [Ars Technica] [Gizmodo]
- 11-01-2017: FBI takes gag out of CloudFlare's mouth after three-year legal battle. [The Register] [THG] [Engadget]
- 06-01-2017: Australia telcos warn: Opening metadata access will create a 'honeypot' for lawyers. [The Register]
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