NSA spent $100M on phone surveillance program that prompted two unique FBI leads
A multimillion-dollar cellphone surveillance program that sifted through the metadata from millions of individual phone numbers yielded just two unique […]
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FBI Practices for Intercepted Emails Violated 4th Amendment, Judge Ruled
A federal judge secretly ruled last year that the F.B.I.’s procedures for searching for Americans’ emails within a repository of […]
Secret FBI Subpoenas Scoop Up Personal Data From Scores of Companies
The F.B.I. has used secret subpoenas to obtain personal data from far more companies than previously disclosed. The requests, which […]
Government watchdog says the FBI has access to about 640 million photographs
A government watchdog says the FBI has access to about 640 million photographs — including from driver’s licenses, passports and […]
DNA Testing Company Will Allow Customers to Opt Out of sharing data with FBI
FamilyTreeDNA drew heat from privacy advocates after it was revealed that the company let the FBI access its database. The […]
FamilyTreeDNA Admits to Sharing Genetic Data With FBI
The direct-to-consumer testing site quietly agreed last year to help federal investigators solve rapes and murders. The arrangement was not […]
New documents reveal FBI paid Geek Squad repair staff as informants
The relationship between the FBI and employees of Best Buy’s computer and device repair unit Geek Squad is more complex […]
After Apple’s fight with FBI, two groups say they can solve the encryption battle
The EastWest Institute has produced a report encouraging governments to allow encryption while creating legal frameworks for law enforcement to […]
The Risks of “Responsible Encryption”
Federal law enforcement officials in the United States have recently renewed their periodic demands for legislation to regulate encryption. While […]
FBI Discusses Corporate Cybersecurity Needs
Howard S. Marshall, the FBI’s Deputy Assistant Director at its Cyber Division, spoke before a House committee on the biggest […]
Stop Calling It “Incidental” Collection of Americans’ Emails
We have been told that the acquisition of Americans’ private communications through Section 702 program is “incidental” and that the […]
FBI chief calls unbreakable encryption ‘urgent public safety issue’
The inability of law enforcement authorities to access data from electronic devices due to powerful encryption is an “urgent public […]