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| Jul 19, 2026 | Fitness Trackers Are a Subpoena Away: EFF Finds Only Apple Encrypts Health Data | By Jackie Manning
Published: Jul 19 2026, 10:10 AM EDT
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| Jun 26, 2026 | The KIDS Act Would Require Age Checks To Get Online | Within the next week, Congress is preparing to vote on the KIDS Act, a sprawling package of legislation that seeks to control Americans’ web browsing and private messaging. The package includes a revised version of the Kids Online Safety Ac... |
| Mar 19, 2026 | The Government Uses Targeted Advertising to Track Your Location. Here’s What We Need to Do. | We’ve all had the unsettling experience of seeing an ad online that reveals just how much advertisers know about our lives. You’re right to be disturbed. Those very same online ad systems have been used by the government to warrantlessly tr... |
| Jan 14, 2026 | ICE Is Going On A Surveillance Shopping Spree | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has a new budget under the current administration, and they are going on a surveillance tech shopping spree. Standing at $28.7 billion dollars for the year 2025 (nearly triple their 2024 budget... |
| Dec 12, 2025 | How Cops Are Using Flock Safety’s ALPR Network To Surveil Protesters And Activists | It’s no secret that 2025 has given Americans plenty to protest about. But as news cameras showed protesters filling streets of cities across the country, law enforcement officers—including U.S. Border Patrol agents—were quietly watching tho... |
| Nov 7, 2025 | Top iPhone Privacy Settings: How to Secure Your Data and Boost Apple Security Today | By Glanze Patrick
Published: Nov 07 2025, 08:00 AM EST
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| Oct 31, 2025 | When AI And Secure Chat Meet, Users Deserve Strong Controls Over How They Interact | Both Google and Apple are cramming new AI features into their phones and other devices, and neither company has offered clear ways to control which apps those AI systems can access. Recent issues around WhatsApp on both Android and iPhone d... |
| Jul 24, 2025 | You Shouldn’t Have To Make Your Social Media Public To Get A Visa | The Trump administration is continuing its dangerous push to surveil and suppress foreign students’ social media activity. The State Department recently announced an unprecedented new requirement that applicants for student and exchange vis... |
| May 14, 2025 | Trump Administration’s Targeting Of International Students Jeopardizes Free Speech And Privacy Online | The federal government is using social media surveillance to target student visa holders living in the United States for online speech the Trump administration disfavors. The administration has initiated this new program, called “Catch and ... |
| Feb 21, 2025 | Yes, You Have The Right To Film ICE | Across the United States, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has already begun increasing enforcement operations, including highly publicized raids. As immigrant communities, families, allies, and activists think about what can be do... |
| Jun 3, 2024 | Georgia Prosecutors Stoke Fears Over Use Of Encrypted Messengers And Tor | In an indictment against Defend the Atlanta Forest activists in Georgia, state prosecutors are citing use of encrypted communications to fearmonger. Alleging the defendants—which include journalists and lawyers, in addition to activists—in ... |
| May 7, 2024 | Biden Signed The TikTok Ban. What’s Next For TikTok Users? | Editor’s Note: This post was written before TikTok & ByteDance filed a lawsuit challenging the law this morning. So, while it says that no lawsuit has been filed, that’s no longer the case. The rest of the article is still relevant, tho... |
| Apr 30, 2024 | Two Years Post-Roe: A Better Understanding Of Digital Threats | It’s been a long two years since the Dobbs decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Between May 2022 when the Supreme Court accidentally leaked the draft memo and the following June when the case was decided, there was a mad scramble to figure out... |
| Jun 13, 2022 | The Impotence of the Fourth Amendment in a Post-Roe World | Editor’s Note: Abortion rights and the law surrounding reproductive freedoms are beyond the scope of Lawfare’s remit. The surveillance architecture that will govern investigations of abortion-related crimes and civil liability for reproduct... |
| Jun 5, 2022 | What police could find out about your illegal abortion | The leaked draft of a Supreme Court decision that could overturn Roe v. Wade has many preparing for what appears to be an all-but-certain future in which abortion is illegal in many parts of the United States. The pervasive and barely regul... |
| Dec 1, 2021 | How Vulnerable Is Your Personal Information? 4 Essential Reads | Data breach. Photo by Mikhail Nilov from Pexels |
| Dec 1, 2021 | How Vulnerable Is Your Personal Information? 4 Essential Reads | Data breach. Photo by Mikhail Nilov from Pexels
When you enter your personal information or credit card number into a website, do you have a moment of hesitation? A nagging sense of vulnerability prompted by the parade of headlines about da... |
| Aug 10, 2021 | What is Pegasus? How The Spyware Invades Phones And What It Does When It Gets In | Smartphone. Photo by Keira Burton from Pexels |
| Apr 28, 2021 | Schools Use Software That Blocks LGBTQ+ Content, But Not White Supremacists | Several days ago, Motherboard sent a series of emails from a dummy Gmail account. One read: “Hello, I am going to join the Neo-Nazi group Texas Rebel Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.”
The dummy account was being monitored by child surveillance ... |
| Jan 7, 2021 | Elon Musk dunks on Facebook and recommends Signal in wake of US Capitol insurrection attempt | Elon Musk, the tech billionaire set to likely soon become the world’s richest man, and one of the most influential voices in the world of tech entrepreneurship, continued his recent trend of criticizing Facebook with a Twitter post late Wed... |
| Oct 21, 2020 | How your browser can make your online life a little more private | Data privacy laws are still a work in progress, but one major improvement is coming: Global Privacy Control, which — assuming everything works out — will let you automatically opt out of having your data sold or shared at every website you ... |
| Aug 21, 2020 | Going To A Protest? Keep Your Smartphone From Being Used As A Tracking Device | Mike Fong is the Founder and CEO of Privoro, an Arizona-based company pioneering first-of-their-kind mobile security hardware protections. |
| Jun 3, 2020 | Founded By Ex-Google Engineers, Meet The Drone Startup Scoring Millions In Government Surveillance Contracts | Drones have been deployed to watch over protesters. Government drone suppliers range from the huge, ... [+] like General Atomics, to next-generation AI-powered startups, like Skydio. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)Getty Images |
| Jun 1, 2020 | How to Protest Without Sacrificing Your Digital Privacy | Thousands of protesters are filling the streets of American cities to protest the police killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, and police brutality writ large. Police officers have shown they’re more than willing to escalate violen... |
| Apr 29, 2020 | 9 Novel Benefits of Using a VPN in the Work-From-Home (WFH) Era | Staff Reporter, Tech Times 29 April 2020, 12:04 pm
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A VPN allows you to surf the internet anonymously and privately. By using a combination of data encapsulation, encryption, and IP masking, a VPN network creates a hidden t... |
| Aug 21, 2019 | Google and Mozilla block Kazakhstan root CA certificate from Chrome and Firefox | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| Aug 21, 2019 | Google and Mozilla block Kazakhstan root CA certificate from Chrome and Firefox | To protect citizens of Kazakhstan from having their online communications intercepted by the government, Google and Mozilla have blocked the root CA (Certificate Authority) Qaznet Trust Network from Chrome and Firefox. The move comes after ... |
| Jul 20, 2018 | Gmail's new 'Confidential Mode' is flawed and misleading | Google recently rolled out a big update to Gmail, introducing a number of welcome new features.
One the big new additions is 'Confidential Mode' which you can enable from the compose window. This is designed to restrict how the emails you s... |
| Apr 14, 2018 | How to save your privacy from the Internet’s clutches | Another week, another massive privacy scandal. When it’s not Facebook admitting it allowed data on as many as 87 million users to be sucked out by a developer on its platform who sold it to a political consultancy working for the Trump camp... |
| Apr 2, 2018 | There's No Quick Fix For Securing Communications: EFF Ditches Secure Messaging Scorebard | The EFF hasn’t released a scorecard for secure messaging apps since 2014. The scorecard has been updated several times, but there’s no current quick reference guide for secure messaging that considers all the tech (and legal) developments o... |
| Mar 21, 2018 | Deleting Facebook is the messiest breakup ever | More On: facebook
Meta investors want Andreessen, Alford off board over Zuckerberg ties Taylor Lorenz slammed as 'hypocrite' for 'doxxing' 'Libs of TikTok' creator 'After hours': TikTok allegedly forces employees to work 12 hour days, six d... |
| Mar 21, 2018 | How to stop social-media hackers in their tracks | More On: facebook
FTC accuses Big Tech of using merger 'loopholes' to dodge antitrust scrutiny Instagram chief takes heat for bizarre analogy defending social media 'This is pretty standard': WH acknowledges Nicki Minaj invite to discuss CO... |
| Mar 21, 2018 | How to stop social-media hackers in their tracks | More On: facebook
Influencer who shares name with 'Libs of TikTok' creator blames cyberbullying on Washington Post reporter Meta investors want Andreessen, Alford off board over Zuckerberg ties Taylor Lorenz slammed as 'hypocrite' for 'doxx... |
| Mar 21, 2018 | Deleting Facebook is the messiest breakup ever | More On: facebook
FTC accuses Big Tech of using merger 'loopholes' to dodge antitrust scrutiny Instagram chief takes heat for bizarre analogy defending social media 'This is pretty standard': WH acknowledges Nicki Minaj invite to discuss CO... |
| Jan 29, 2018 | La Guía Motherboard Para Evitar Ser Hackeado | A finales del año pasado, publicamos una exhaustiva guía sobre cómo protegerse contra hackers y contra la vigilancia del estado.
La guía fue publicada en Inglés, pero hay muchos Americanos que no hablan Inglés. Hoy publicamos La Guía Mother... |
| Nov 20, 2017 | The Motherboard Guide to Not Getting Hacked, Part III | Editors note: This is Motherboard's comprehensive guide to digital security, which will be regularly updated and replaces some of our old guides. It is also available as a printable PDF. It was last updated on November 14, 2017.
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| Nov 16, 2017 | The Motherboard Guide to Not Getting Hacked, Part I | Editors note: This is Motherboard's comprehensive guide to digital security, which will be regularly updated and replaces some of our old guides. It is also available as a printable PDF. It was last updated on November 14, 2017
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| Sep 24, 2017 | A guide to common types of two-factor authentication | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Two-factor authentication (or 2FA) is one of the biggest-bang-for-your-buck ways to improve the security of your online accounts. Lucki... |
| Sep 24, 2017 | A guide to common types of two-factor authentication | Two-factor authentication (or 2FA) is one of the biggest-bang-for-your-buck ways to improve the security of your online accounts. Luckily, it’s becoming much more common across the web. With often just a few clicks in a given account’s sett... |
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| Jul 8, 2017 | How I learned to stop worrying (mostly) and love my threat model | Enlarge / We are not Batman. But you get the idea.
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| Mar 7, 2017 | How to send story tips securely to VentureBeat | Got a big story to share? VentureBeat accepts confidential news tips. Here’s a list of ways to contact our editorial team with sensitive information. We are committed to protecting the identities of our sources.
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| Dec 12, 2016 | A Primer on Staying Secure and Anonymous on the Dark Web | Not long back we discussed how you can access the dark alleys of the internet through Tor, but we largely left off on the part about keeping yourself safe. The subject is more relevant than ever with Congress recently passing an amendment t... |
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| Dec 1, 2016 | A beginner’s guide to beefing up your privacy and security online | Enlarge / Unfortunately, it's easier to stick a lock on the Brooklyn Bridge than it is to secure your data. We can at least try to help, though.
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| Nov 19, 2016 | So you think you elected an autocrat | Jon Evans Contributor
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| Jul 28, 2016 | As surveillance gets smart, hackers get smarter | |
| Feb 5, 2016 | Desktops Urgently Need a More Secure Chat Program | Last week, the privacy conscious may have gotten a pleasant surprise. Adium, a Mac program which many people use for sending encrypted instant messages, received an update. That upgrade fixed a security issue which allowed an attacker to re... |
| Jan 28, 2016 | Pssst, Your PGP Is Leaking | Ever since the Snowden revelations, more and more people have been educating themselves on how to use encryption. One of the first programs people might turn to is Pretty Good Privacy, or PGP, a version of which was thrust further into the ... |
| Jan 19, 2016 | Targets Of 'State Sponsored Attack' Want Answers From Twitter | In December of last year, Twitter sent emails out to a number of users, notifying them that they "may have been targeted by state-sponsored actors." Twitter didn't say which state, or why the attackers targeted these users. Severa... |
| Jun 1, 2015 | Facebook Now Supports PGP To Send You Encrypted Emails | You can now instruct Facebook to encrypt every email it sends to you so nobody — not even the NSA — is likely to be able to read your messages anytime soon. All you have to do is import your public PGP key into your Facebook settings and yo... |
| May 8, 2015 | Even My Mum Can Use This Encryption Service (I Know Because I Made Her Try) | Sending an encrypted email, for most people, is hard. Although a wave of secure messaging tools have flooded app stores since Edward Snowden's NSA revelations, and clear tutorials on how to set up encrypted email have since been penned, it ... |
| Mar 16, 2015 | 5 ways to thwart NSA spying | More On: nsa
NSA watchdog to examine Tucker Carlson 'unmasking' claims Tucker Carlson's 'unmasking' claim confirmed by NSA investigators: report Rand Paul calls for NSA investigation into Tucker Carlson spying allegations Tucker Carlson cla... |
| Jan 26, 2015 | The EFF outlines how to bring the NSA to its knees | Since Edward Snowden revealed the many ways that the National Security Agency is collecting massive amounts of data on unsuspecting American citizens, some organizations have been diligently at work trying to regain personal privacy for the... |
| Nov 20, 2014 | Amnesty, EFF, Privacy International Put Out Free Anti-Surveillance Tool | Resistance is digital. Human rights charity Amnesty International is one of several organizations behind the release of a free, open source anti-surveillance tool called Detekt.
Other partners include Privacy International and digital priva... |
| Oct 30, 2014 | A New Documentary Followed Edward Snowden from the Moment He Blew the Whistle | NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden (Photo via)
As an NSA systems operator, Edward Snowden – as we well know – was privy to plenty of information the American government didn’t want in the public domain. However, as an NSA systems operator, an... |
| May 21, 2014 | Snowden Ran A Major Tor Exit Relay, Hosted CryptoParty In Hawaii While Waiting For Greenwald To Reply | Kevin Poulsen over at Wired has the interesting story of how Ed Snowden both ran a CryptoParty in Hawaii while waiting to hear back from Glenn Greenwald after his first email, and also apparently hosted a Tor node. In October of 2012, we wr... |
| Apr 27, 2014 | Supreme Court to rule on warrantless searches of electronic devices | Elvert Barnes/Flickr reader comments 127 with 68 posters participating
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| Oct 10, 2013 | Lavabit Founder Ladar Levison Discusses His Federal Battle for Privacy | Ladar Levison speaking at the 2013 Liberty Political Action Conference (LPAC) in Chantilly, Virginia, via Flickr
Last night, Lavabit founder Ladar Levison sat down for an interview and Q&A in front of the North American Network Operator... |
| Oct 4, 2013 | NSA Uses EFF Images To Explain Tor; EFF Jokingly Claims Creative Commons Violation | With this morning’s revelation of how the NSA and GCHQ are trying to attack Tor, some of the presentations being used by the NSA to explain Tor are somewhat interesting or amusing. For example, in one presentation about the program Egotisti... |
| Jun 8, 2013 | EFF’s Peter Eckersley On ‘Clever’ PRISM Denials, Fighting FISA, And Why Privacy Matters [TCTV] | It’s had to have been an interesting week for the people at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). The non-profit has been beating the drum about the importance of digital rights, privacy, and metadata for decades now. And in recent year... |
| May 8, 2013 | How eye-tracking tech is about to make advertising even more invasive | Advertisers are infamous for their relentless attempt to learn even the most mundane details about your life in the hopes of selling you something. But there is one thing that’s always eluded them: your physical reaction to their efforts. W... |
| Dec 6, 2012 | No warrant, no problem: How the government can still get your digital data | Aurich Lawson / Thinkstock reader comments 52 with 45 posters participating
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| 5 methods to boost online privacy | A student worked with a computer and a calculator at Reynoldsburg High School in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete, File)
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| Por que você deveria usar um gerenciador de senhas | Nunca estivemos tão bem servidos de gerenciadores de senhas. E isso tem criado algumas dúvidas: no Tecnogrupo, é comum alguém perguntar qual aplicativo escolher e, não raramente, alguém responder questionando por que utilizar um — afinal, v... |
