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Via Vice An investigation has revealed how the U.S. military is buying granular movement and location data from everyday apps…

Via CNET The Department of Homeland Security has detailed the kind of data it can extract from devices as travelers…

Via the NSA and Ars Technica The NSA released a new advisory in August, cautioning readers to prevent data collection…

by EFF The Electronic Frontier Foundation with the help of several volunteers, students, and using public and private datasets, has…

Via The Daily Beast A vote to renew the 2001 PATRIOT Act, passed soon after the 9/11 terrorist attacks may…

Via Reuters In an effort to be more transparent, Twitter wanted to reveal more information about the surveillance requests it…

Via Bloomberg Chile will start issuing ‘immunity’ cards to citizens, allowing them to work freely and live more ‘normal’ lives,…

Via The New York Times In order to better control and measure the spread of coronavirus, the U.S. government is…

Via Motherboard Banjo, a company that claims to alert law enforcement of crimes as they happen, in real time, has…

Via Protocol In most cases we hear, law enforcement departments can only request location data from companies (Google, Uber, etc)…