The public widely opposed wiretapping until the 1970s. What changed?

The city’s plan to use smart streetlights to deliver free WiFi is causing alarm about who will own New Orleanians’s data.

The Taliban may have access to American-made technology built to wage a Forever War. That’s only half the problem.

Fears about a spike in abuse were proved wrong. Now mothers with firsthand experience of the system want to transform its approach to family safety, which is rooted in racist surveillance and carceral intervention.

Spencer Ackerman’s new book argues that the forever wars created the conditions for Trump’s rise.

Companies like Israel’s NSO Group have revolutionized how governments spy on their citizens. Can they be tamed?

The Fox News hatemonger and the rage-tweeting muckraker are pushing an NSA “scandal” without evidence—the latest fruits of a cynical partnership built on mutual self-interest.

The crime-reporting app has big plans: live broadcasts, for-hire private security details, and a growing user base of freaked-out customers. It’s building a paranoid, profitable future.

The former president and his enablers abused their power to spy on lawmakers. What will Congress do about it?

The popular chat app is exploding in popularity in some Middle Eastern countries. Can it keep its users safe?

Tech companies praised the Derek Chauvin conviction, but their products underwrite the kind of impunity and overstep they claim to oppose.

The administration’s policies on the border wall, asylum, and deportation are hardly a break from the last president’s.

Some civilian investigators are even using facial-recognition technology to identify perpetrators—then reporting them to law enforcement.

Why are workers being called back for nonessential work in the middle of a pandemic? Because their bosses can get away with it.

If the company wants to make good on its long-abandoned motto, it may have to rely on its workers.

Don’t ignore that Excel spreadsheet or PowerPoint presentation! The company’s 365 software now rates worker performance.

Tech companies are getting rich by tracking Americans’ movements and then selling the data to various arms of the U.S. military-industrial complex.

The idea that social media platforms need to be made civilly or even criminally liable for harmful content appears to be gaining ground in Congress.

The real enemy of privacy isn’t China. It’s Big Tech.

The app’s acquisition might be good for Microsoft. But what about the rest of us?