The latest in cybersecurity and digital rights. Updated every Saturday.
In this issue:
- Features
- The Rise of the Weaponized AI Propaganda Machine
- The Skeleton Key to the Rise of Trump – Dale Beran – Medium
- How Peter Thiel’s Palantir Helped the NSA Spy on the Whole World
- Jaron Lanier, Visionary and Skeptic
- Politics & Law
- We Must Rein in President Trump’s Spying Powers
- NSA Whistleblower: Agency 'Absolutely' Tapping Trump’s Calls
- Federal Bill Introduced To Add A Warrant Requirement To Stingray Deployment
- Apple's battle with the FBI leaves lingering questions
- New Mexico Senate Passes Electronic Communications Privacy Act 41-0 – OffNow
- Local Police Departments Invest In Cell Phone Spy Tools : NPR
- New York’s New Cybersecurity Regulation to be Enforced in March
- Tenth Amendment Center Blog | New Hampshire House Gives Initial Approval to Bill Ending Support of Warrantless Federal Spying Programs
- Cybersecurity
- The Register's guide to protecting your data when visiting the US
- I Tracked Myself With $170 Smartphone Spyware that Anyone Can Buy
- Watch Malware Steal Data From Air Gapped PC With Blinking Lights and a Drone
- Security News This Week: Yahoo Got Hacked Again. No, Seriously
- How to Protect Yourself from Creepy, Phone Snooping Spyware
- UK hit by 188 high-level cyber-attacks in three months | World news
- Phishing campaign uses Yahoo breach to hook email
- Personal vs. corporate email: The security threats differ, says Google
- Digital Rights
- Reddit is Being Manipulated By Big Financial Services Companies
- NSA Wiretap Net Much Larger Than Previously Reported
- Judge: No, feds can’t nab all Apple devices and try everyone’s fingerprints
- Civil Rights Groups, Funded by Telecoms, Back Donald Trump’s Plan to Kill Net Neutrality
- How to Run a Rogue Government Twitter Account With an Anonymous Email Address and a Burner Phone
- Exposed: Alliance plot to hijack BBC NI Talkback show with fake callers
- How Scientists Can Protect Their Data From the Trump Administration
- Tech groups gear up for FISA surveillance fight