6 Tools for Tracking the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Civil Liberties
In just a few months, Donald Trump’s second presidential term has drastically reshaped the United States federal government and moved to consolidate the power of…
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Why We Made a Guide to Winning a Fight
I don’t think there’s anything quite so satisfying as winning a fight—especially when you land that victory with a resounding and definitive punch to your…
RFK Jr. Orders HHS to Give Undocumented Migrants’ Medicaid Data to DHS
With demonstrations ramping up against the Trump administration, this week was all about protests. With President Donald Trump taking the historic step to deploy US…
‘No Kings’ Protests, Citizen-Run ICE Trackers Trigger Intelligence Warnings
As protests continue to swell across the United States in response to aggressive Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions, civilians are turning to homebrew digital tools…
CBP’s Predator Drone Flights Over LA Are a Dangerous Escalation
On Wednesday, United States Customs and Border Protection confirmed to 404 Media that it has been flying Predator drones over Los Angeles amid the LA…
Here’s What Marines and the National Guard Can (and Can’t) Do at LA Protests
That said, there are numerous scenarios in which the military can provide assistance to police, including by giving them “information” obtained “in the normal course”…
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
If you insist on using biometric unlocking methods to have faster access to your devices, keep in mind that some phones have an emergency function…
Social Media Is Now a DIY Alert System for ICE Raids
Alerts about operations are disseminated through direct messages, WhatsApp, or posts on each page’s feed. In turn, it is possible to anonymously report the presence…
How Waymo Handles Footage From Events Like the LA Immigration Protests
Waymo declined to answer questions from WIRED about how many cameras are inside its vehicles, exactly how long footage is retained, and whether the company…
Apple Intelligence Is Gambling on Privacy as a Killer Feature
As Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference keynote concluded on Monday, market watchers couldn’t help but notice that the company’s stock price was down, perhaps a reaction to…
The ‘Long-Term Danger’ of Trump Sending Troops to the LA Protests
In contrast, Rutgers University professor Bruce Afran says deploying military forces against Americans is “completely unconstitutional” in the absence of a true state of domestic…
Airlines Don’t Want You to Know They Sold Your Flight Data to DHS
A data broker owned by the country’s major airlines, including Delta, American Airlines, and United, collected US travelers’ domestic flight records, sold access to them…