A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code – Wired
With his new startup, Merrill says he instead wants to offer cellular service for your existing phone that makes near-total… read more
We Asked an Expert: How Are Regular People Being Spied On? – Vice
Today, even in so-called liberal democracies, the very concept of privacy is under threat from a surveillance infrastructure that feels… read more
This App Lets ICE Track Vehicles and Owners Across the Country – 404 Media
Material viewed by 404 Media shows data giant Thomson Reuters enriches license plate data with marriage, voter, and ownership records…. read more
How to Opt-Out of Airlines Selling Your Travel Data to the Government – 404 Media
Most people probably have no idea that when you book a flight through major travel websites, a data broker owned… read more
Adam Mosseri’s ‘we’re totally not spying on you’ video is raising a lot of questions – The Verge
Meta’s ad targeting systems can be eerily precise, sometimes showing you things that you feel like you’ve only discussed in… read more
With Doxing On the Rise, Here Are 7 Tips to Stay Safe Online – Inside Higher Ed
Doxing has been on the rise since protests over the Israel-Hamas war fractured campuses in 2023, but educators are increasingly… read more
ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day – 404 Media
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has bought access to a surveillance tool that is updated every day with billions of… read more
Flock’s Aggressive Expansions Go Far Beyond Simple Driver Surveillance – ACLU
The cloud Automatic License Plate Reader (ALPR or LPR) company Flock is building a dangerous nationwide mass-surveillance infrastructure, as we… read more
How to outsmart AI-driven pricing – Fast Company
Learn tips and tricks to circumvent personalized pricing: https://www.fastcompany.com/91378141/how-to-outsmart-ai-driven-pricing
Understood: Who Broke the Internet? [podcast]
It’s not you — the internet really does suck. Novelist, blogger and noted internet commentator Cory Doctorow explains what happened… read more