NSA Over-surveillance
November 11 2022Here in 2022, we have a newly declassified 2016 Inspector General report—”Misuse of Sigint Systems”—about a 2013 NSA program that resulted in the unauthorized (that is, illegal) targeting of...
Read moreUsing Wi-FI to See through Walls
November 8 2022This technique measures device response time to determine distance:
The scientists tested the exploit by modifying an off-the-shelf drone to create a flying scanning device, the Wi-Peep. The robotic...
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Iran’s Digital Surveillance Tools Leaked
November 1 2022It’s Iran’s turn to have its digital surveillance tools leaked:
According to these internal documents, SIAM is a computer system that works behind the scenes of Iranian cellular networks,...
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Spyware Maker Intellexa Sued by Journalist
October 7 2022The Greek journalist Thanasis Koukakis was spied on by his own government, with a commercial spyware product called “Predator.” That product is sold by a company in North Macedonia...
Read moreLarge-Scale Collection of Cell Phone Data at US Borders
September 19 2022The Washington Post is reporting that the US Customs and Border Protection agency is seizing and copying cell phone, tablet, and computer data from “as many as” 10,000...
Read moreSurveillance of Your Car
August 2 2022TheMarkup has an extensive analysis of connected vehicle data and the companies that are collecting it. The Markup has identified 37 companies that are part of the rapidly growing connected...
Read more7 cybersecurity tips for your summer vacation!
July 15 2022Here you go - seven thoughtful cybersecurity tips to help you travel safely...
Read moreSurely no one could have predicted this:
The new proposal—championed by Mayor London Breed after November’s wild weekend of orchestrated burglaries and theft in the San Francisco Bay...
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Post-Roe Privacy
July 13 2022This is an excellent essay outlining the post-Roe privacy threat model. (Summary: period tracking apps are largely a red herring.)
Taken together, this means the primary digital threat for...
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