What a Bloody San Francisco Street Brawl Tells Us About the Age of Citizen Surveillance

When a homeless man attacked a former city official, footage of the onslaught became a rallying cry. Then came another video, and another—and the story turned inside out.

The NSA Is Lobbying Congress to Save a Phone Surveillance 'Loophole'

The National Security Agency has urged top lawmakers to resist demands that it obtain warrants for sensitive data sold by data brokers.

Fourth Amendment Is Not for Sale Act Goes Back to Congress

A bill to prevent cops and spies from buying Americans’ data instead of getting a warrant has a fighting chance in the US Congress as lawmakers team up against surveillance overreach.

US Courts Are Coming After Crypto Exchanges That Skirt Sanctions

A newly unsealed opinion is likely the first decision from a US federal court to find that cryptocurrencies can't be used to evade sanctions.