masssurveillance
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The CIA Is Begging Congress to Please Keep Spying on U.S. Citizens Legal
High-level officials from the CIA, FBI, and NSA are testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee today, asking Congress to continue allowing the agency to spy on the communications of US citizens. They are urging Congress to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) — one of the nation’s most hotly contested government…
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Whistleblower: Pentagon Purchased Mass Surveillance Tool Collecting Americans’ Web Browsing Data
Multiple military intelligence offices have paid a data broker for access to internet traffic logs, which could reveal the online browsing histories of U.S. citizens, Sen. Ron Wyden said in a letter Wednesday, citing an anonymous whistleblower that had contacted his office.
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![Read the [Redacted] Affidavit Justifying the FBI’s Search of Mar-a-Lago](https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/27/835289f35dcaf7c2c20044324baf947d.jpg?quality=75&w=640&h=360&crop=1)
Read the [Redacted] Affidavit Justifying the FBI’s Search of Mar-a-Lago
A redacted version of the affidavit justifying the FBI’s extraordinary actions at Mar-a-Lago has been released to the public on the order of a federal magistrate judge. It contains multiple references to suspicion that Trump potentially had information in his residence that is specially controlled to prevent its dissemination even at the highest levels of…
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Hong Kong on COVID Tracing App: Security Flaws? What Security Flaws?
New research claims that Hong Kong’s COVID-19 contact tracing app has a host of security problems that could expose sensitive user data. The city’s response: We don’t know what you guys are talking about.