Italian prosecutors confirm journalist was hacked with Paragon spyware

Italian authorities are making progress in their investigation into a wide-ranging spyware scandal in Italy involving Paragon spyware. But the mystery of who hacked two Italian journalists with Paragon spyware continues.

This smart device stops sneaky AI gadgets from listening to your conversations

Spectre I is a portable device that prevents nearby microphones from recording your voice, by creating a protection zone around you that blocks smart devices, phones, and AI recorders from capturing conversations.
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Spyware maker sentenced to prison in Greece for wiretapping politicians and journalists

A Greek court on Thursday sentenced the founder of Intellexa, a collective of spyware makers, to eight years in prison for illegal wiretapping and privacy violations, according to several reports.  Tal Dilian and three other Intellexa executives w…

Americans are destroying Flock surveillance cameras

While some cities are moving to end their contracts with Flock over its links to ICE, others are taking matters into their own hands.

Your Ring doorbell’s next job might not be finding lost pets

Your Ring doorbell’s next job might not be finding lost pets. Leaked CEO emails obtained by 404 Media reveal plans to expand “Search Party” beyond dogs to “zero out crime” despite public privacy pledges.
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Cellebrite cut off Serbia citing abuse of its phone unlocking tools. Why not others?

Cellebrite, which makes phone unlocking and hacking tools, stopped sales to countries that allegedly abused its tools. But after new allegations in Jordan and Kenya, the company has changed its approach.

Intellexa’s Predator spyware used to hack iPhone of journalist in Angola, research says

Amnesty International says it found evidence that a government customer of Intellexa, a sanctioned surveillance vendor, used its Predator spyware against a prominent journalist in Angola.

Hacked, leaked, exposed: Why you should never use stalkerware apps

According to TechCrunch’s ongoing tally, including the most recent data spill involving uMobix, there have been at least 27 stalkerware companies since 2017 that are known to have been hacked, or leaked customer and victims’ data online. 

Hacktivist scrapes over 500,000 stalkerware customers’ payment records

More than half-a-million people who bought access to phone surveillance and social media snooping apps had their email address and partial payment card numbers published online.

Here’s the tech powering ICE’s deportation crackdown 

From phone spyware and facial recognition to phone unlocking technology and databases and more, this tech powers Trump’s deportation machine.