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  1. the security state
    LeFrak City Tenants on Life With NYPD’s New Spy Robot“She would get stuck if she was surrounded by a bunch of little kids.”
    By Bridget Read
  2. power
    Surveillance Is Made of DogsHow not to infiltrate an NSA building.
    By Kerry Howley
  3. slot city
    Will a Casino Finally ‘Tame’ Times Square?The developer promises a massive, 13-block security operation, care of Bill Bratton.
    By Karrie Jacobs
  4. screen time
    Amazon’s New Car Cam Takes Personal Surveillance on the RoadIt’s marketed as a security solution. But there will be other uses.
    By John Herrman
  5. texas school shooting
    We Already Turned Schools Into FortressesKids are dying anyway.
    By Alex Yablon
  6. silicon valley
    Is Palantir’s Crystal Ball Just Smoke and Mirrors?An inside look at how Big Data’s scariest, most secretive unicorn got its start.
    By Sharon Weinberger
  7. technocracy
    I Got a Ring Doorbell Camera. It Scared the Hell Out of Me.What it’s like to live with an Amazon Ring security camera.
    By Max Read
  8. china
    Watch Drones Scold Civilians for Not Wearing Masks in China“The coronavirus is very serious — Run!”
    By Chas Danner
  9. technocracy
    Why We Should Ban Facial Recognition TechnologyIt’s much harder to move fast and break things when you’re not allowed to move at all.
    By Max Read
  10. surveillance
    The Russia Probe Was Justified — But the FBI’s ‘Failures’ Should Trouble Us AllWhile the DOJ inspector general uncovered no evidence of an anti-Trump “witch hunt,” the FBI’s shoddy surveillance practices must not be overlooked.
    By Barbara McQuade
  11. health
    Is Your Period-Tracking App Telling Facebook When You Last Had Sex?Disturbing data shared with BuzzFeed News indicates some period apps are selling users’ private information.
    By Amanda Arnold
  12. surveillance
    Your iPhone Is Listening to You (If You’re a Spanish Soccer Fan)Facebook isn’t spying on you. Spain’s top professional soccer league is, though.
    By Max Read
  13. just asking questions
    Shoshana Zuboff Talks Surveillance Capitalism’s Threat to DemocracyThe Harvard Business School professor discusses what she believes is a new mode of capitalism being ushered in by Silicon Valley.
    By Noah Kulwin
  14. facial recognition
    Smile! The Secretive Business of Facial-Recognition Software in Retail StoresMadison Square Garden, and Kennedy International Airport both use facial-recognition software to identify their customers. Who else does?
    By Nick Tabor
  15. the panopticon
    A List of Every Animal That Humans Can Spy on With Facial RecognitionIt’s way more than you think.
    By Mack DeGeurin
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    Google Tracks and Stores Your Location Even With Location History Turned OffEven if you’ve taken steps to limit the company’s location-data collection, they can create a timeline of your activity based on your location.
    By Mack DeGeurin
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    Why Russia’s ‘Independent Internet’ Has Some Experts WorriedSecurity experts warn that Russia’s new DNS alternative could increase the odds of a large-scale cyberattack.
    By Mack DeGeurin
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    What Iran and Russia’s Telegram Ban Means for Secure Messaging AppsUp until the late ’90s, basic encryption technologies in the U.S. fell under the same category as anti-aircraft missiles and militarized submarines.
    By Mack DeGeurin
  19. Feds Jailed Gun Owner for Making Politically Incorrect Facebook PostsYou’ll never guess the color of his skin.
    By Eric Levitz
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    Chinese Police Now Armed With Facial-Recognition GlassesOver 30 people have been apprehended using the glasses.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
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    Tom Cotton Would Love to Make Tech Companies an Unofficial Part of the CIAPrivate industry becomes part of the surveillance state.
    By Brian Feldman
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    Who’s Behind These Robocalls About Anti-Trump Social-Media Activity?“It does seem that you’ve been making some rather negative comments about President Trump.”
    By Brian Feldman
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    You Should Probably Check Your Airbnb for Hidden CamerasPeople are trash and technology is terrible.
    By Paris Martineau
  24. The Supreme Court’s Cell-Phone-Tracking Case Has High StakesWill the Court allow the government to erect a digital panopticon?
    By Matthew Tokson
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    D.C. Court Rules Against Tracking Cell Phones Without a WarrantThe phone-tracking devices are used by many law-enforcement agencies.
    By Brian Feldman
  26. The Susan Rice Scandal Is Based on ‘Absolutely Nothing’: ReportAnd House Republicans know it. But they’re going to keep investigating it anyway.
    By Eric Levitz
  27. White House Officials Alerted Nunes to Incidental Surveillance of Trump TeamLast week, Nunes directed attention away from his own investigation into Russia by suggesting that Trump’s team had been improperly surveilled.
    By Eric Levitz
  28. Nunes Had Secret White House Meeting Before Claiming Trump Team Was SurveilledLast week, the GOP lawmaker suggested the intelligence community mistreated Trump’s team. The night before, he met with a source at the White House.
    By Eric Levitz
  29. Schiff Says Nunes Canceled Russia Hearing to Protect TrumpThe Republican House Intelligence chair abruptly canceled an open hearing Friday. The committee’s ranking Democrat cries foul.
    By Eric Levitz
  30. The Right Spreads Baseless Lie That Nunes Just Validated Trump’s Baseless LiesEven if the House Intelligence Chair’s allegations are true, they do not remotely vindicate the president’s “wiretap” claims.
    By Eric Levitz
  31. GOP House Intel Chair: Trump Team Was Legally Surveilled During TransitionNunes just disclosed (ostensibly) classified information to the public and president, in an apparent breach of protocol.
    By Eric Levitz
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    Facebook’s Data Policy Now Prohibits SurveillanceDevelopers can no longer use Facebook’s data to build tools for spying on people.
    By Brian Feldman
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    It’s Time to Assume Your TV Is BuggedIf a device can connect to the internet, it will be compromised.
    By Brian Feldman
  34. Trump Team Dares James Comey to Say Obama Didn’t Wiretap TrumpOn Monday, the White House suggested that Trump trusts his own misreadings of Breitbart articles over the word of the FBI director.
    By Eric Levitz
  35. Trump’s Wiretap Charge Seems to Be a Fabulist Take on Murky Legal ProceedingCovert surveillance of Russian banks blown up into a highly public conspiracy claim by one president that another tapped his phones.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. espionage
    That Dark Spot in the New York Skyline Is Probably a Top-Secret NSA Spy StationWe always knew there was something funny about that building.
    By Charley Lanyon
  37. Yahoo Scanned Users’ Emails on Behalf of U.S. IntelligenceEverything going in or out was monitored for a certain phrase.
    By Brian Feldman
  38. surveillance
    House Intelligence Committee: Snowden ‘No Whistle-blower’As defenders of Snowden call for a presidential pardon, lawmakers insist he caused “tremendous damage” to national security.
    By Jonah Shepp
  39. Edward Snowden’s Strangely Free Life – As a RobotHe is an exile like no other, able to slip the bonds of his banishment on wheels.
    By Andrew Rice
  40. surveillance
    Edward Snowden’s Strangely Free Life — As a RobotHe is an exile like no other, able to slip the bonds of his banishment on wheels.
    By Andrew Rice
  41. Warrantless NSA Searches of Americans’ Data Have Doubled Since 2013Officials are making more use of the government spying program.
    By Brian Feldman
  42. ProPublica Becomes the Darknet’s First Major News SiteNow you can buy Indian Oxycontin and read Chinese internet censorship on the very same network!
    By Eric Levitz
  43. tech
    Can Cell-Phone Data Predict Unemployment?You could be broadcasting a lot more information about your life than you realize.
    By Jesse Singal
  44. surveillance
    Billion-Dollar Creepy Spy Blimp Will Soon Hover Over MarylandThey’ll be tethered off of I-95 near Washington, D.C.
    By Jessica Roy
  45. spy games
    FBI and NSA Spied on Prominent Muslim-Americans, Snowden Leak RevealsIncluding civil rights activists, academics, and a Republican political candidate.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  46. spy games
    Obama Plan Would End NSA Bulk Data CollectionIf Congress passes the legislation.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  47. spy games
    Obama Has Four Options for Revamping NSA Phone Surveillance, And None Are IdealHe can annoy phone companies, the FISA court, or privacy advocates.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  48. On Second Thought, Homeland Security Doesn’t Want to Track Our Every MoveSo please don’t drag them into the NSA scandal.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  49. big brother
    Homeland Security Wants to Scoop Up Data From License-Plate ReadersThey promise they’ll only use the massive database to catch criminals.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  50. spy games
    Tech Companies Allowed to Reveal More About U.S. Surveillance, But Not MuchIt’s a small step toward greater transparency.
    By Margaret Hartmann
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