Privacy

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• Congress
• data sharing
• Government
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
• lawsuit
• Policy
• Privacy
• Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

Watchdog group sues for TSA data sharing agreement with ICE 

Cyber Scoop January 22, 2026

Watchdog group sues for TSA data sharing agreement with...

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• Android
• Cellebrite
• Citizen Lab
• Geopolitics
• human rights
• iPhone
• Jordan
• Privacy
• Serbia
• spyware

Researchers find Jordan government used Cellebrite phone-cracking tech against activists

Cyber Scoop January 22, 2026

Researchers find Jordan government used Cellebrite phone-cracking tech against...

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• budget
• Cybersecurity
• encryption
• Government
• NIST
• post quantum cryptography
• Privacy
• Trump administration

NIST officials detail impact of staff cuts on encryption and other priorities

Cyber Scoop January 21, 2026

NIST officials detail impact of staff cuts on encryption...

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• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice
• election
• election security
• Government
• Privacy
• Trump administration
• U.S. courts
• voter data

Federal court dismisses Trump DOJ lawsuit seeking California voter data

Cyber Scoop January 16, 2026

Federal court dismisses Trump DOJ lawsuit seeking California voter...

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• AI
• California
• Cybersecurity
• deepfakes
• Privacy
• XAi

California AG launches investigation into X’s sexualized deepfakes

Cyber Scoop January 14, 2026

California AG launches investigation into X’s sexualized deepfakes |...

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• Intellexa
• Jamf
• Predator
• Privacy
• Research
• spyware
• Technology

Predator spyware demonstrates troubleshooting, researcher-dodging capabilities

Cyber Scoop January 14, 2026

Predator spyware demonstrates troubleshooting, researcher-dodging capabilities | CyberScoop Skip...

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• Alexandra Givens
• Center for Democracy & Technology
• Chris Painter
• disinformation
• Freedom Online Coalition
• Geopolitics
• Global Forum on Cyber Expertise
• human rights
• internet freedom
• marco rubio
• Nina Jankowicz
• Privacy
• Ron Deibert
• State Department
• Threats
• Trump administration

Trump pulls US out of international cyber orgs

Cyber Scoop January 8, 2026

Trump pulls US out of international cyber orgs |...

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• AI
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• Cybersecurity
• deepfakes
• Elon Musk
• Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
• Government
• Grok
• Privacy
• Section 230
• Take It Down Act
• Technology

‘Elon Musk is playing with fire:’ All the legal risks that apply to Grok’s deepfake disaster

Cyber Scoop January 8, 2026

‘Elon Musk is playing with fire:’ All the legal...

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• Access Now
• Citizen Lab
• Department of Treasury
• Geopolitics
• Government
• Intellexa
• Policy
• Predator
• Privacy
• sanctions
• spyware
• Treasury Department

Treasury removes Intellexa spyware-linked trio from sanctions list

Cyber Scoop January 2, 2026

Treasury removes Intellexa spyware-linked trio from sanctions list |...

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• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• election security
• Government
• National Voter Registration Act
• Privacy
• voter registration

DOJ sues Fulton County over 2020 voter data 

Cyber Scoop December 12, 2025

DOJ sues Fulton County over 2020 voter data  |...

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