Collaborate Disseminate
US lawmakers have asked FBI Director Christopher Wray to answer questions around phone unlocking technology, after Motherboard found agencies have bought tools to crack iPhones. Continue reading Lawmakers Call FBI’s ‘Going Dark’ Narrative ‘Highly Questionable’ After Motherboard Shows Cops Can Easily Hack iPhones
An ex-boyfriend and other Tumblr users shared intimate photos of a CUNY associate professor. Now, she is fighting back using New York’s recently passed revenge porn legislation, and is putting much of the blame on Tumblr. Continue reading First Case Filed Under NYC’s New Revenge Porn Law
Motherboard found that federal and more local law enforcement agencies have bought tech to unlock up to date iPhones. But the FBI, which is pushing for backdoors, refuses to say whether it has also purchased the equipment. Continue reading FBI Refuses to Say Whether It Bought iPhone Unlocking Tech ‘GrayKey’
A Motherboard investigation has found that law enforcement agencies across the country have purchased GrayKey, a relatively cheap tool for bypassing the encryption on iPhones, while the FBI pushes again for encryption backdoors. Continue reading Cops Around the Country Can Now Unlock iPhones, Records Show
Last year, authorities told residents of a Muslim-populated part of China to install JingWang, an app that scans for certain files. Now, researchers have found it transfers the collected data with no encryption. Continue reading Chinese Government Forces Residents To Install Surveillance App With Awful Security
Vigilante hackers have left American flags and messages on machines in Russia and Iran. The hackers tell Motherboard why they did it. Continue reading “Don’t Mess With Our Elections”: Vigilante Hackers Strike Russia, Iran
The for-sale guide includes advice on taking so-called creepshots, and comes after Reddit banned related sub-Reddits. Continue reading Amazon Sells Guide on How to Take Upskirt Photos
Neo-Nazis are using the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) to keep their propaganda online and avoid the tech world’s recent clampdown. Continue reading After Crackdown, Neo-Nazis Are Hosting Propaganda on Censor-Proof Networks
Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft and others use pooled data to stamp out child abuse imagery. Some revenge porn victims want something similar, but who is going to make it? Continue reading Which Tech Giant Will Build a Revenge Porn Database?
The FBI’s Remote Operations Unit has hacking tools typically reserved for protecting national security. But an overlooked section of a new report says ROU has used these secret techniques in criminal cases. Continue reading The FBI Used Classified Hacking Tools in Ordinary Criminal Investigations