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Amazon’s Ring Scraps Law Enforcement Integration Amid Surveillance Conflagrations

Jon Swartz | February 17, 2026 | Amazon Ring, Andy Jassy, EFF, Flock Safety, ICE, super bowl, The Futurum Group

Amazon.com Inc.’s Ring terminated its high-profile partnership with police surveillance firm Flock Safety following a wave of public scrutiny over its expanding role in neighborhood monitoring. The two companies announced a joint ...

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Spyware, whatsapp, Apple. Google, Microsoft

Owner of Stalkerware Maker pcTattletale Pleads Guilty to Hacking

Jeffrey Burt | January 7, 2026 | Hacker Guilty Plea, ICE, Kaspersky Labs, MalwareBytes, NSO Group, Paragon Graphite spyware, pcTattletale, Pegasus Spyware, Smartphone Hacking, spyware, Stalkerware

Bryan Fleming, who founded the stalkerware business pcTattletale, pleaded guilty in federal court to hacking and conspiracy charges. Investigators said he crossed the line when he started marketing the software to people ...

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ICE’s Shiny New ‘AI’ Facial Recognition App: False Positives Ahoy!

Richi Jennings | June 30, 2025 | AI, AI (Artificial Intelligence), Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML), artificial intelligentce, artificial intellignece, biometric, biometric data, Biometric Data Abuse, biometric identification, biometric identity, biometric technology, CBP, Data & Artificial Intelligence (AI), Department of Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, digital biometrics, Digital Surveillance, facial recognition, facial recognition technology, false positive, false positives, generative artificial intelligence, government surveillance, homeland security, ICE, IDENT, Identity Surveillance, immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, lawful surveillance, Mobile Fortify, Mobile Surveillance, Passive biometrics, police surveillance, SB Blogwatch, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, United States Department of Homeland Security, US Customs and Border Protection, US Homeland Security, USDHS

Mobile Fortify: Liberty’s existential threat, or sensible way to ID illegal immigrants? ...

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Driver’s License Photo Database Used by FBI, ICE for Facial Recognition

Luana Pascu | July 8, 2019 | FBI, ICE, Industry News, police surveillance

FBI and ICE agents use the DMV photo database for facial recognition scanning without residents’ knowledge or consent, according to public documents spanning five years obtained by Georgetown Law researchers and shared ...

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Dark Markets’ Weakness? Cashing out the Bitcoin to USD!

Gary Warner, UAB | July 4, 2018 | Bitcoin, dark markets, dream market, HSI, ICE, LSD, marijuana, MDMA

Over the years there has been an on-going battle between law enforcement and those who use technology-based anonymity to perform their illegal deeds. Some of the FBI's tricks to break through the ...

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Senator Sanders Wants to Own AI Companies — and Hand America’s Adversaries the Keys

NIST’s Nine: The PQC Signature Race Moves to Round Three

The Quantum Arms Race: Why Washington Just Wrote a $2 Billion Check to Nine Companies

Beyond Moore’s Law: The Hyper-Acceleration of Autonomous AI Cyber Capabilities

The Exception Economy: When Security Teams Stop Protecting and Start Negotiating

GoPlus’s Latest Report Highlights How Blockchain Communities Are Leveraging Critical API Security Data To Mitigate Web3 Threats

C2A Security’s EVSec Risk Management and Automation Platform Gains Traction in Automotive Industry as Companies Seek to Efficiently Meet Regulatory Requirements

Zama Raises $73M in Series A Lead by Multicoin Capital and Protocol Labs to Commercialize Fully Homomorphic Encryption

RSM US Deploys Stellar Cyber Open XDR Platform to Secure Clients

ThreatHunter.ai Halts Hundreds of Attacks in the past 48 hours: Combating Ransomware and Nation-State Cyber Threats Head-On