In August, 40 federal agents arrived in Memphis. Some were already on the ground by the time U.S. Attorney Michael Dunavant announced the onset of Operation Legend and the city became, along with St. Louis, the seventh to be targeted… Read More ›
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Doorbell Cameras Like Ring Give Early Warning of Police Searches, FBI Warned
The rise of the internet-connected home security camera has generally been a boon to police, as owners of these devices can (and frequently do) share footage with cops at the touch of a button. But according to a leaked FBI… Read More ›
Online lenders are preying on desperate borrowers and could trigger a new consumer financial crisis
The economic cataclysm brought on by the coronavirus caught American consumers in an extremely precarious position — one that was evident well before more than 50 million people filed for unemployment. By the end of last year, Americans had racked… Read More ›
Facebook's Ban on Far-Left Pages Is an Extension of Trump Propaganda
The Facebook “like” sign is seen at Facebook’s corporate headquarters campus in Menlo Park, Calif., on Oct. 23, 2019. Photo: Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images On Wednesday, Facebook announced an expansion of its “Dangerous Individuals and Organizations policy,” removing or restricting hundreds… Read More ›
Law Enforcement Websites Hit by BlueLeaks May Have Been Easy to Hack
Whoever broke into 251 law enforcement websites and obtained the BlueLeaks trove of documents appears to have reused decades-old software for opening “backdoors” in web servers. The use of the widely available backdoors provides evidence that the hacktivist who compromised… Read More ›
The Filthy Hypocrisy of America’s “Clean” China-Free Internet
The State Department has a new vision for a “clean” internet, by which it means a China-free internet. This new ethno-exclusive network “is the Trump Administration’s comprehensive approach to guarding our citizens’ privacy and our companies’ most sensitive information,” by… Read More ›
How Cops Can Secretly Track Your Phone
Since May, as protesters around the country have marched against police brutality and in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, activists have spotted a recurring presence in the skies: mysterious planes and helicopters hovering overhead, apparently conducting surveillance on protesters…. Read More ›
Homeland Security Worries Covid-19 Masks Are Breaking Facial Recognition, Leaked Document Shows
While doctors and politicians still struggle to convince Americans to take the barest of precautions against Covid-19 by wearing a mask, the Department of Homeland Security has an opposite concern, according to an “intelligence note” found among the BlueLeaks trove… Read More ›
Hack of 251 Law Enforcement Websites Exposes Personal Data of 700,000 Cops
After failing to prevent the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the U.S. government realized it had an information sharing problem. Local, state and federal law enforcement agencies had their own separate surveillance databases that possibly could have prevented the… Read More ›
The Microsoft Police State: Mass Surveillance, Facial Recognition, and the Azure Cloud
Nationwide protests against racist policing have brought new scrutiny onto big tech companies like Facebook, which is under boycott by advertisers over hate speech directed at people of color, and Amazon, called out for aiding police surveillance. But Microsoft, which… Read More ›