Revealed in a Monday article in The Intercept, the ICREACH tool appears to be a way of sharing surveillance data — likely covering the lives of many Americans — with domestic… Read more »
Self-driving cars could be used as automated getaway drivers in criminal plots, according to the FBI. Sure, driverless cars could be used for crime. But so can Microsoft Excel. Read more »
A major new report from The Intercept has identified 5 respected individuals whose emails were targeted by the NSA and FBI. NSA leaker Edward Snowden said he leaked the list to… Read more »
Deep learning is all the rage among the tech scene right now, and that’s more a result of its utility than because it sounds cool. Some questioned the feasibility of the… Read more »
How does the Bitcoin ecosystem handle a hacking crisis? The Manhattan U.S. attorney wants to know. Meanwhile, everyone wants to know what went down at MtGox, which has reportedly failed to… Read more »
File-sharing kingpin Kim Dotcom has so far had the upper hand in a legal fight over the FBI’s attempt to extradite him from New Zealand. That changed this week. Read more »
The spread of revenge porn, which is used to terrorize women, has led some to hail copyright law as a magic bullet solution. It won’t work and could do more harm… Read more »
Verizon gave accounts of the subpoenas, security orders and warrants it received and the wiretaps it executed for law enforcement. But it said nothing on FISA, which it’s barred from reporting… Read more »
Google, Microsoft and others are fighting to lift gag orders that prevent them from disclosing the number of surveillance requests they receive — but the FBI won’t even show them the… Read more »