Public Safety, Civil Rights Groups Battle Over Face ID Tech

MATT O'BRIEN and JANIE HAR / The Associated Press May 13, 2019 San Francisco is on track to become the first U.S. city to ban the use of facial recognition by police and other city agencies. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The Trump Administration Is Secretly Tracking Journalists and Activists

Ilana Novick Mar 7, 2019 The Department of Homeland Security has a list of people connected to the asylum seekers of the migrant caravan. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Muslim Group Seeks Congressional Probe on Terror Watchlist

MATTHEW BARAKAT / The Associated Press Feb 20, 2019 The government's admission it has shared the list with more than 1,400 entities amounts to "wholesale profiling," the group's director says. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Undercover Agents Target Cybersecurity Watchdog

RAPHAEL SATTER / The Associated Press Jan 26, 2019 Researchers at the group Citizen Lab are being targeted for their work uncovering Israeli surveillance tools. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

A Tough Time to Be CIA, NPR Reports

Belén Fernández / FAIR Jan 6, 2019 Current and former CIA officials are the only sources for a story that ignores the agency's use of torture. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Weather Channel App Accused of Selling Users’ Personal Data

BRIAN MELLEY / The Associated Press Jan 4, 2019 The 80 percent of users who allowed location tracking to get local forecasts unwittingly sacrificed their privacy, prosecutors say. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Banishing Truth

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Dec 24, 2018 The decay of American journalism, captured by corporate power, has marginalized and often silenced its most courageous reporters. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Internet-Connected Cars Accelerate Down Data-Collection Highway

MICHAEL LIEDTKE / The Associated Press Dec 22, 2018 By 2020, about 75 percent of cars sold will be plugged into the internet. While there are some benefits, surveillance is a concern. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Facebook Exposed Users’ Private Photos

Naomi LaChance / Truthdig Dec 14, 2018 Third-party apps could access some people's photos during a period in September, the latest of several privacy scandals for Facebook. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Saudis Targeted Khashoggi With This Israeli Surveillance Tool

Naomi LaChance / Truthdig Dec 7, 2018 NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware has been used by repressive regimes including Saudi Arabia to target activists, journalists and dissidents. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

How Medical Insurers Collect Patients’ Data as They Sleep

Marshall Allen / ProPublica Nov 23, 2018 Millions of sleep apnea patients rely on CPAP breathing machines to get a good night’s rest. Health insurers use a variety of tactics, including surveillance, to make patients bear the costs. Experts say it’s part of the insurance industry playbook. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Some State Election Servers Could Be Exposed to Hackers

Jack Gillum and Jeff Kao / ProPublica Nov 3, 2018 A ProPublica analysis found election computer servers in Wisconsin and Kentucky could be susceptible to intruders. Wisconsin shut down its service in response to our inquiries. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )