A look at China's evolving approach to state-sponsored hacking, which borrows from Russia and Iran and increasingly relies on private sector hackers
The state security ministry is recruiting from a vast pool of private-sector hackers who often have their own agendas and sometimes use … Tweets: @bhweingarten , @alfonslopeztena , @timothys , @aadilb...
An in-depth look at how ICE, under Obama and then Trump, has aggressively used big data, fed by social media, to clamp down on undocumented immigrants
a testament to the agency's quiet embrace of big data. https://www.nytimes.com/... “Surveillance works best when you don't notice it.” Tim Shorrock / @timothys : NYT reports that, via public record re...
Twitter says it proactively suspended ~200K “spammy” accounts, before they became “substantially active”, alongside its initial ban of 936 China-linked accounts
Instead of a narrative of Hong Kong prospering under Chinese rule, it has just shown itself like a bully https://www.nytimes.com/... Alex Stamos / @alexstamos : Working on something longer with @noUps...
Interview with Pavel Durov, Telegram creator, on US government-funded secure messaging apps, privacy, and the FBI's attempt to bribe his team into being moles
Yasha Levine / The Baffler : Tweets: @neuwaves , @neuwaves , @lucasjosh , @thebafflermag , @socraticgadfly , @timothys , @yashalevine , @thebafflermag , and @thebafflermag Tweets: Jordan Pearson / @n...
Sources shed light on how Dubai-based surveillance firm DarkMatter is helping the UAE government track, locate, and hack its citizens
Jenna McLaughlin / The Intercept : Tweets: @gregghoush , @deftechpat , @timothys , @theintercept and @benheise Tweets: Gregg Housh / @gregghoush : How the UAE is recruiting hackers to create the perf...