Privacy
ICE Confirms Using Paragon Graphite Spyware on Encrypted Comms
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has confirmed that it deployed commercial spyware from Paragon Solutions to intercept encrypted communications. ICE Director Todd Lyons disclosed th...
ICE Is Using AI and Private Contractors to Track Immigrants
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is dramatically expanding its use of private contractors to locate immigrants through a practice known as AI-assisted skip tracing. The contracts, which ...
Canada's Privacy Act Overhaul: What Data Sharing Means for You
The Canadian federal government is proposing one of the most significant overhauls of the Privacy Act in decades. Under the Liberal government's plan, federal agencies would be permitted to share and ...
Perplexity AI Sued Over Hidden Tracking and Data Sharing
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Perplexity AI, one of the more prominent AI-powered search engines to emerge in recent years. The complaint accuses the company of embedding "undetectable...
WhatsApp Spyware Attack Exposes Limits of App Security
WhatsApp has disclosed that an Italian surveillance company called ASIGINT, a subsidiary of a firm named SIO, tricked approximately 200 users into downloading a counterfeit version of the messaging ap...
U.S. Visa Policy Will Require Public Social Media Profiles
Starting March 30, 2026, anyone applying for a U.S. visa will be required to make their social media profiles publicly accessible as part of a new government screening process. The policy, introduced ...
Voter Data Sharing: What Your Privacy Rights Mean Now
Voter registration data has long been considered sensitive personal information, but a recent court acknowledgment from the U.S. Department of Justice has put the issue of voter data privacy squarely ...
VPNs and Government Surveillance: What Users Should Know
VPNs are widely recommended as a privacy tool, including by U.S. federal agencies themselves. So it may come as a surprise that Democratic lawmakers are now raising serious questions about whether usi...
Court Rules Public Wi-Fi Browsing Deserves Privacy Protection
A landmark ruling from the Oregon Supreme Court has confirmed what many privacy advocates have argued for years: your internet browsing activity is private, even when you are connected to a public Wi-...
EU Chat Monitoring Vote: What It Means for Your Privacy
The European Parliament is once again preparing to vote on voluntary chat monitoring legislation, and the outcome is far from certain. With trilogue negotiations having already collapsed and political...