From Ed Hasbrouck of Papers, Please! and The Practical Nomad A cyber-security primer for travellers, immigrants, emigrants, dissidents, and activists Threats Introduction to threat modeling Threats to travellers’ digital devices and data Data at risk Backups Data minimization and curation Apps to watch out for Leave fewer traces. Passwords Overview and summary Device encryption Passwords…
Category: Surveillance
NYCLU warns police are using ‘highly invasive’ drones to surveil New Yorkers
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle reports: STATEWIDE — POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE “flooding the skies” with highly invasive surveillance drones without regulation or oversight, the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) warned Tuesday in its report, “Prying Eyes: Government Drone Data Across New York.” NYPD has quadrupled its drone arsenal since 2022, from 19 to 99, a 421% increase, according…
Musk’s DOGE using AI to snoop on U.S. federal workers, sources say
Alexandra Ulmer, Marisa Taylor, Jeffrey Dastin and Alexandra Alper of Reuters report: Trump administration officials have told some U.S. government employees that Elon Musk’s DOGE team of technologists is using artificial intelligence to surveil at least one federal agency’s communications for hostility to President Donald Trump and his agenda, said two people with knowledge of…
UK’s attempt to keep details of Apple ‘backdoor’ case secret… denied
Connor Jones reports: Details of Apple’s appeal against the UK’s so-called “backdoor order” will now play out in public after the Home Office failed in its bid to keep them secret on national security grounds. The confirmation comes after the Investigatory Powers Tribunal held a closed-door hearing on March 14, which was presumed to be…