FBI
Google takes aim at QAnon apps
Why the sudden crackdown?
Court rules feds need warrant to look at your phone’s lockscreen
The court ruled it’s protected by the Fourth Amendment.
The failure of the Patriot Act review vote reveals a Senate uninterested in digital freedoms
The Senate has renewed the ability for the FBI to access citizens’ internet history without a warrant.
Instagrammer Keith Middlebrook arrested for offering coronavirus “cure”
Middlebrook pretended Magic Johnson was an investor.
Convicted child predator tech reporter Peter Bright to receive minimum of 10 years in prison
The maximum sentence is life in prison.
Twitter tells Clearview AI to back-off, stop scraping user data
Twitter doesn’t want user profile images scraped.
iCloud is now officially a surveillance tool, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov says
Apple’s soapbox tour promoting privacy could soon be coming to an end.
Reddit user’s apparent confession to letting 11 “Trump supporters” die, sparks investigation and FBI outreach
After the Reddit user was identified, a nursing home confirmed that it’s conducting a “thorough investigation.”
FBI issues warning on smart TV security risks
Modern TVs are connected to the internet and have microphones and even cameras that are often easily hackable.
Federal judge rules FBI can be asked whether it has records of social media surveillance
The FBI will have to go ahead and confirm or deny having records from social media surveillance.
Two former Twitter employees charged with spying for the Saudi government and digging into accounts of critics
This is the first time the Justice Department has publicly accused Saudi Arabia of running agents in the US.