surveillance

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• Amnesty International
• Android
• Apple
• Donncha Ó Cearbhaill
• Google
• Pixel
• Privacy
• Reporters Without Borders
• spyware
• surveillance
• Technology
• Threats
• WhatsApp

Google and Amnesty International teamed up to make it harder for spyware vendors to hide

Cyber Scoop May 12, 2026

Google and Amnesty International teamed up to make it...

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• ad surveillance
• Cybersecurity
• geotargeting
• lawsuit
• Privacy
• surveillance
• Take It Down Act
• Technology
• TikTok

A college student is suing a dating app that allegedly used her TikTok videos to target men in her dormitory

Cyber Scoop May 4, 2026

A college student is suing a dating app that...

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• Congress
• FISA
• Government
• John Thune
• Mark Warner
• Policy
• Privacy
• Ron Wyden
• Section 702
• Senate Intelligence Committee
• surveillance
• tom cotton

Congress kicks the can down the road on surveillance law (again)

Cyber Scoop April 30, 2026

Congress kicks the can down the road on surveillance...

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• Electronic Privacy Information Center
• fourth amendment
• Google
• Government
• John Roberts
• Orin Kerr
• Policy
• Privacy
• Sonia Sotomayor
• Supreme Court
• surveillance

Supreme Court justices skeptically question both sides in geofence surveillance case

Cyber Scoop April 27, 2026

Supreme Court justices skeptically question both sides in geofence...

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• ACLU
• Center for Democracy & Technology
• Center for Democracy and Technology
• Congress
• data brokers
• FISA
• Government
• Jake Laperruque
• Mike Johnson
• Policy
• Privacy
• Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability
• Rep. Warren Davidson
• Section 702
• surveillance
• Ted Lieu

Latest spy power reauthorization bill leaves critics unimpressed

Cyber Scoop April 24, 2026

Latest spy power reauthorization bill leaves critics unimpressed |...

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• Cambodia
• China
• Citizen Lab
• Federal Communications Commission
• Israel
• Italy
• Liechtenstein
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Poland
• Privacy
• Research
• Ron Deibert
• Ron Wyden
• Rwanda
• spyware
• ss7
• SS7 Protocol
• surveillance
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Technology
• Telecommunications
• Thailand
• Threats
• United Kingdom (U.K.)

Surveillance campaigns use commercial surveillance tools to exploit long-known telecom vulnerabilities

Cyber Scoop April 23, 2026

Surveillance campaigns use commercial surveillance tools to exploit long-known...

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• Brennan Center for Justice
• Center for Democracy & Technology
• Center for Democracy and Technology
• Christopher Wray
• Chuck Grassley
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• Elizabeth Goitein
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• FISA
• George Barnes
• glenn gerstell
• Government
• Inspector general
• Jake Laperruque
• Mark Warner
• National Security Agency (NSA)
• Policy
• Privacy
• Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB)
• Red Cell
• Section 702
• Senate Intelligence Committee
• Senate Judiciary Committee
• surveillance
• Taylor Swift
• Trump administration

The surveillance law Congress can’t quit — and can’t explain

Cyber Scoop April 17, 2026

The surveillance law Congress can’t quit — and can’t...

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• Biden administration
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• drugs
• Executive order
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
• Paragon
• Privacy
• Shontel Brown
• Summer Lee
• surveillance
• Technology
• Todd Lyons
• Yassamin Ansari

House Dems decry confirmed ICE usage of Paragon spyware

Cyber Scoop April 2, 2026

House Dems decry confirmed ICE usage of Paragon spyware...

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• artificial intelligence (AI)
• Bennie Thompson
• Business Software Alliance
• critical infrastructure
• cyber offense
• cyber strategy
• cybercrime
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• Elastic
• Federal IT
• Frank Cilluffo
• Government
• House Homeland Security Committee
• McCrary Institute
• Policy
• post quantum cryptography
• regulation
• State Government
• supply chain
• surveillance
• USTelecom
• White House
• workforce
• Zero Trust

The long-awaited Trump cyber strategy has arrived

Cyber Scoop March 6, 2026

The long-awaited Trump cyber strategy has arrived | CyberScoop...

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• CALEA
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Federal IT
• Government
• Salt Typhoon
• surveillance
• Threats

FBI targeted with ‘suspicious’ activity on its networks

Cyber Scoop March 5, 2026

FBI targeted with ‘suspicious’ activity on its networks |...

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