FBI director Kash Patel told lawmakers that the agency is actively purchasing commercially available location data, which can track Americans without needing a warrant.

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Snapchat just announced an expansion of their “Home Safe” feature, intended to help parents keep track of their children while they’re on the go. “We believe that staying connected and keeping the ...

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As Iranian authorities restore some online services after crushing antigovernment demonstrations, they are using a technological dragnet to target attendees of the protests. By Adam Satariano Paul ...

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Apple is introducing a new privacy feature that lets users limit the precision of location data shared with cellular networks on some iPhone and iPad models. The "Limit Precise Location" setting will ...

Federal immigration officers fanning out across Minnesota and other parts of the country are newly equipped with an array of state-of-the-art surveillance technologies, thanks to a bill passed last ...

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