Martin Matishak reports: A bipartisan pair of U.S. senators on Thursday attempted to break a monthslong logjam over extending a controversial surveillance program by introducing compromise legislation to win over privacy and national security hawks. Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) proposed a measure to reauthorize and reform Section 702 of the…
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New Android spyware found on phone seized by Russian FSB
Bill Toulas reports: After a Russian programmer was detained by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) for fifteen days and his phone confiscated, it was discovered that a new spyware was secretly installed on his device upon its return. The programmer, Kirill Parubets, was arrested by the FSB after being accused of donating to Ukraine. After regaining…
Massachusett’s Supreme Judicial Court tosses warrantless secret video recording
by Jennifer Smith, CommonWealth Beacon December 4, 2024 Tthrew cold water on police use of a popular covert recording technology, ruling unanimously over Thanksgiving week that cell phone video taken of a suspect during a drug investigation without a warrant violates Massachusetts’ 1968 wiretap law. Massachusetts has one of the strictest anti-wiretap laws in the…
FBI Warns Americans to Start Using Encrypted Messaging Apps
Matt Novak reports: America’s top cybersecurity and law enforcement officials made a coordinated push Tuesday to raise awareness about cyber threats from foreign actors in the wake of an intrusion of U.S. telecom equipment dubbed Salt Typhoon. The hackers are linked to the Chinese government and they still have a presence in U.S. systems, spying on…