A Navy officer testified on Tuesday that microphones disguised as smoke detectors were installed in the rooms where detainees meet with their lawyers. Don't worry, though. He swears they never used them.
Nobody likes a lost dog. The owners lament her absence. The public fears her bite. And authorities have better things to do than chase down pets. So why not just put tracking chips under their skin?
The Supreme Court refused to hear a case on Tuesday that holds telecom companies accountable for letting the National Security Agency spy on unknowing Americans without a warrant.
Here's a new twist on the panopticon: Authorities in southern Maryland are installing cameras to monitor the cameras monitoring auto traffic.
The new data analysis system New York police department unveiled Monday not only monitors images from surveillance cameras, license plate scanners, and myriad other data streams citywide, in real time, it also has the power to make the NYPD money.
A Congressional report on the relationship between cellphone carriers and law enforcement agencies shows that the companies are responding to thousands of requests per day from criminal investigators asking for text messages, call records, location data, and other information on customers.
As the U.S. government spends billions and billions outfitting the military with sophisticated spy drones, one hacker's taken things into his own hands and built a very cheap but very functional drone-ready surveillance device.
For tips on sweeping a room for surreptitious surveillance devices, look no further than the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
A catalog of tools and services to intercept, decrypt and otherwise snoop around in digital communications falls into the hands of The Wall Street Journal.
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