President Biden this weekend a bill that reauthorizes a controversial spying program under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Section 702 of FISA, which has now been extended for two more years, allows for warrantless intelligence gathering on foreign targets. While its focus is on the communications of targets located outside the US, that includes …
CARSON, Calif. (KABC) — A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy foiled an armed robbery in progress early Saturday morning when he walked into a 7-Eleven in Carson, authorities said. Four suspects were taken into custody after the encounter, which occurred about 12:30 a.m. at a convenience store in the 1700 block of Avalon Boulevard, near …
Google will soon allow users to store their location data on their devices rather than on Google’s servers, effectively ending a long-running surveillance practice that allowed police and law enforcement to tap Google’s vast banks of location data to identify potential criminals. The use of so-called “geofence warrants” have exploded in recent years, in large …
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — Deep in the recesses of Britain’s Hogwarts-like houses of parliament, a Facebook lobbyist-turned-lord is trying to foment a rebellion. This week Richard Allan played host to a motley crew of civil rights campaigners and technologists in a room just off the wood-paneled …