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…
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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…
The Dangerous Truth About the ‘Nonlethal’ Weapons Used Against LA Protesters
Riot police in Los Angeles fire a 40mm LMT weapon from Defense Technology, which is banned by Canada. Jim Vondruska/Getty Images Under the Geneva conventions,…
A Researcher Figured Out How to Reveal Any Phone Number Linked to a Google Account
A cybersecurity researcher was able to figure out the phone number linked to any Google account, information that is usually not public and is often…
The Mystery of iPhone Crashes That Apple Denies Are Linked to Chinese Hacking
All of that would represent a serious threat to national security. Except that, strangely, Apple flatly denies it happened. “We strongly disagree with the claims…
Cybercriminals Are Hiding Malicious Web Traffic in Plain Sight
For years, gray market services known as “bulletproof” hosts have been a key tool for cybercriminals looking to anonymously maintain web infrastructure with no questions…