Surveillance

DeepSeek’s Popular AI App Is Explicitly Sending US Data to China

DeepSeek’s Popular AI App Is Explicitly Sending US Data to China

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The first of these areas includes “user input,” a broad category likely to cover your chats with DeepSeek via its ...

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Court Says Feds Must Obtain Warrant to Search FISA Spy Databases

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One of the government’s most controversial warrantless spying practices does, in fact, require a warrant, according to a new federal ...

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Sources: AI vision startup Metropolis is buying Oosto (formerly known as AnyVision) for just $125M

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The general hype around all things AI is not lifting all boats: certain startups continue to struggle and are looking ...

A Spymaster Sheikh Controls a $1.5 Trillion Fortune. He Wants to Use It to Dominate AI

A Spymaster Sheikh Controls a $1.5 Trillion Fortune. He Wants to Use It to Dominate AI

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For a while in the mid-2000s, a refrigerator-sized box in Abu Dhabi was considered the greatest chess player in the ...

Inside the Black Box of Predictive Travel Surveillance

Inside the Black Box of Predictive Travel Surveillance

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In March 2020, Frank van der Linde entered the immigration line for European Union citizens at Amsterdam’s Schiphol international airport. ...

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Someone Likely Used a Sophisticated Phone-Spying Device at the 2024 DNC

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The Electronic Frontier Foundation has come to the conclusion that someone likely deployed a mobile phone surveillance system during the ...

Secret Phone Surveillance Tech Was Likely Deployed at 2024 DNC

Secret Phone Surveillance Tech Was Likely Deployed at 2024 DNC

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A device capable of intercepting phone signals was likely deployed during the 2024 Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, WIRED ...

License Plate Readers Are Leaking Real-Time Video Feeds and Vehicle Data

License Plate Readers Are Leaking Real-Time Video Feeds and Vehicle Data

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In just 20 minutes this morning, an automated license plate recognition (ALPR) system in Nashville, Tennessee captured photographs and detailed ...

15 Best Outdoor Security Cameras (2025): Battery-Powered, LTE, No Subscription

15 Best Outdoor Security Cameras (2025): Battery-Powered, LTE, No Subscription

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Photograph: Simon Hill Honorable Mentions We have tested several other outdoor security cameras. These are the ones we like that ...

Hey, Maybe It's Time to Delete Some Old Chat Histories

Hey, Maybe It’s Time to Delete Some Old Chat Histories

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If you’re worried about possible expansions of government surveillance and access to your information, or simply want to do some ...

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