This is the second federal court decision in a little over a week to suggest that driver surveillance systems can go too far.

SAN ANTONIO—Today, a jury in federal court found Bexar County liable for running an unconstitutional traffic stop scheme that turned mass surveillance of American drivers […]

The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.

The FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today, demanding information about the owner.

Even while warning about national security and human rights abuse, the U.S. government across five Republican and Democratic administrations has repeatedly allowed and even actively helped American fi...

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Byron Tau on his recent book Means of Control: How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government is Creating a New American Surveillance State

U.S. technology firms such as IBM, Dell and Cisco largely designed and built China’s surveillance state, an AP investigation finds. The tech companies deny wrongdoing.

U.S. military fabricated evidence of alien technology and allowed rumors to fester to cover up real secret-weapons programs.

You are being surveilled right now. This “startling exposé” (The Economist) reveals how the U.S. government allied with data brokers, tech companies, and advertisers to monitor us through...

You are being surveilled right now. This “startling exposé” (The Economist) reveals how the U.S. government allied with data brokers, tech companies, and advertisers to monitor us through...

The government wants to build a centralized platform where spy agencies can more easily buy private info about millions of people.

When President Donald Trump directed his attorney general last month to investigate campaign fundraising, he cited concerns that foreigners and “malign actors” were laundering illegal contributions to...

The General Services Administration has a key role in the Trump administration’s quest to slash costs and bring the federal government to heel.

Twenty-one civil service employees have resigned from billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, saying they're refusing to use their technical expertise to “dismantle ...

Security researchers say the website of the Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek has computer code that could send some user login information to a Chinese state-owned telecommunications c...

More ships than ever are being abandoned around the world by their owners, according to the United Nations’ labor and maritime organizations, leaving thousands of workers stuck on board without pay or...

Questions continue to dog Tulsi Gabbard about a mysterious 2017 trip to Syria. The trip has gained new salience since President Donald Trump nominated the former Democratic lawmaker to be the nation's...

The entire category of 'Other Transaction' contracts heavily used for Pentagon AI now silently requires a Login.gov account and an agreement to be surveilled.

Former Premise Data CEO Maury Blackman is suing a journalist who publicized his domestic violence arrest for $25 million

It’s not just criminal prosecutions that worry those who have crossed President Donald Trump. There are more prosaic kinds of retaliation: having difficulty renewing passports, getting audited by the ...

“Every drink takes five minutes off your life.” Maybe the thought scares you. Personally, I find comfort in it.

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You are being surveilled right now. This “startling exposé” (The Economist) reveals how the U.S. government allied with data brokers, tech companies, and advertisers to monitor us through...

Gravy Analytics has been one of the most important companies in the location data industry for years, collating smartphone location data from around the world selling some to the U.S. government. Hack...

Homomorphic-based Enhanced Visual Search is so privacy-preserving, iPhone giant activated it without asking