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This morning, DDoSecrets published an exciting new dataset: Filesystem images of the partitions from an in-use Flock ALPR camera. 404 Media and Wired published a joint investigation into it. I downloa...

An Auckland convenience store is in the midst of an ongoing online battle after inadvertently allowing its website to be edited by the general public.

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From the very beginning of this recent obsession with identifying everyone online (yes, they like to call it "age" verification, but it always ends up as identity verification), we've been pointing out that it was a huge privacy nightmare waiting to happen. Or maybe it wasn't waiting. Maybe it was already happening. This week a...

The Fifa chief operating officer, Kevin Lamour, has been sacked after openly criticising Gianni Infantino’s ill-fated plan to sell parts of the World Cup to private investors

The fact that lawmakers are even contemplating a bill that would create a surveillance and censorship regime should be a wake-up call for everyone who values privacy and free expression, argues Electr...

A small Finnish town has turned to the world's largest commercial sand battery to tackle a major hurdle in the energy transition: intermittency.

The SFPD’s exposure of hours of videos from drone platform Skydio reveals how broadly it’s watching the city from above—and how the results can spill online.

For quick reference, we've created a handy guide designed to be printed, folded, and carried in your pocket (PDF download). Now, more than ever, citizens must be able to hold those in power accountable and inspire others through the act of protest. Protecting your electronic devices and digital assets before, during, and...

Congress is moving quickly on the GUARD Act, with a key vote expected Thursday. This bill would force AI companies collect sensitive ID or biometric information to verify every user’s age, ban teens from using many everyday digital tools to speak, learn, or ask questions online.

A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.

A worker died at Amazon’s Troutdale warehouse last week. Employees were told to look away.

There is so much to do to improve privacy rights. So much, that it's sometimes easy to feel discouraged. But everything helps, and even small action matters.

For quick reference, we've created a handy guide designed to be printed, folded, and carried in your pocket (PDF download). Now, more than ever, citizens must be able to hold those in power accountable and inspire others through the act of protest. Protecting your electronic devices and digital assets before, during,...

The online advertising industry has built a massive surveillance machine, and the government can co-opt it to spy on us.