Privacy



Security Roundup
Mystery Drone Sightings Lead to FAA Ban Despite No Detected Threats
Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman, and Andrew Couts

Security Roundup
Microsoft’s AI Recall Tool Is Still Sucking Up Credit Card and Social Security Numbers
Matt Burgess, Andy Greenberg, and Andrew Couts


Seek and Destroy
A New Phone Scanner That Detects Spyware Has Already Found 7 Pegasus Infections
Lily Hay Newman

Crossing a Line
FTC Says Data Brokers Unlawfully Tracked Protesters and US Military Personnel
Dell Cameron and Dhruv Mehrotra


Clear Cut
Top US Consumer Watchdog Has a Plan to Fight Predatory Data Brokers
Dell Cameron and Andrew Couts
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FUBAR
Anyone Can Buy Data Tracking US Soldiers and Spies to Nuclear Vaults and Brothels in Germany
Dhruv Mehrotra and Dell Cameron

Workarounds
Immigration Police Can Already Sidestep US Sanctuary City Laws Using Data-Sharing Fusion Centers
Lily Hay Newman

Security Roundup
Bitfinex Hacker Gets 5 Years for $10 Billion Bitcoin Heist
Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess, and Andrew Couts

Follower Count
ICE Started Ramping Up Its Surveillance Arsenal Immediately After Donald Trump Won
Caroline Haskins


Own Goals
Flaw in Right-Wing ‘Election Integrity’ App Exposes Voter-Suppression Plan and User Data
Dhruv Mehrotra

Security Roundup
Florida Man Accused of Hacking Disney World Menus, Changing Font to Wingdings
Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman

World of Hurt
Exposed United Nations Database Left Sensitive Information Accessible Online
Lily Hay Newman

Made You Look
ICE's $2 Million Contract With a Spyware Vendor Is Under White House Review
Vas Panagiotopoulos