Microsoft reportedly tried to sell facial recognition tech to the DEAThe agency even piloted the technology.By J. Fingas, 06.17.2020
How to protect your identity while protesting police brutalityIt doesn't have to be like this.By A. Tarantola, 06.05.2020
ACLU sues to reveal the FBI's uses of facial recognitionThe Justice Department and DEA are also targets in the lawsuit.By J. Fingas, 10.31.2019
DEA never checked if its bulk surveillance data was legalThis includes programs that are still alive in some form today.By J. Fingas, 03.31.2019
Undercover dark web bust leads to more than 35 arrestsIt's the first US-wide operation of its kind.By J. Fingas, 06.26.2018
Judge rules NYPD needed a warrant before using cell-site simulatorHe threw out evidence collected as a result of the Stingray's use.By M. Locklear, 11.16.2017
Court rules Stingray use without a warrant violates Fourth AmendmentThe ruling could have widespread implications for the technology.By M. Locklear, 09.21.2017
AT&T reportedly spies on its customers for government cashThe Daily Beast reports that Project Hemisphere is a paid-for metadata program that's all sorts of Orwellian.By D. Cooper, 10.26.2016
Federal judge throws out evidence obtained by 'stingray' trackers"Absent a search warrant, the government may not turn a citizen's cell phone into a tracking device."By M. Smith, 07.13.2016
Researchers develop a drug-sniffing car that can pinpoint your stashThis really would have changed the end of ‘Breaking Bad.’By A. Dalton, 05.09.2016
EFF confirms that the DEA has deleted its phone call databaseThe agency says it purged its collection of international call metadata in January 2015. By M. Moon, 12.15.2015