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Are US-based VPN users at risk of being treated as foreign surveillance targets? (androidauthority.com)

2026-03-26 | get NordVPN CyberSec VPN → | tags: us national security agency, android authority, vpn

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Conntour raises $7M from General Catalyst, YC to build an AI search engine for security video systems (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-26 | by Ram Iyer | get AI Security Camera System → | tags: conntour, ai search engine, security video

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Using a VPN May Subject You to NSA Spying (wired.com)

2026-03-26 | by Dell Cameron | get NordVPN Cybersecurity Bundle → | tags: nsa, vpn, fbi

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Show HN: Veil – Dark mode PDFs without destroying images, runs in the browser (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-26 | get Dark Mode PDF Viewer → | tags: veil, pdf, ocr

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Government agencies buy commercial data about Americans in bulk (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-26 | by Jude Joffe-Block | get Data Privacy Compliance Kit → | tags: data brokers, section 702, foreign intelligence surveillance

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Data is everywhere. The government is buying it without a warrant (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-26 | by Jude Joffe-Block | get Data Privacy Compliance Kit → | tags: data brokers, section 702, foreign intelligence surveillance act

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A Top Democrat Is Urging Colleagues to Support Trump’s Spy Machine (wired.com)

2026-03-20 | by Dell Cameron | get Spy Tech Detection Kit → | tags: fbi, section 702, foreign intelligence

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FBI Confirms Buying Data That Could Be Used to Track Americans (cnet.com)

2026-03-19 | by See Full Bio | get Data Privacy Protection Software → | tags: fbi, location data, electronic communications privacy act

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ChatGPT’s ‘Adult Mode’ Could Spark a New Era of Intimate Surveillance (wired.com)

2026-03-19 | by Reece Rogers | tags: chatgpt, openai, generative ai

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Remove your ring camera with a claw hammer (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-18 | by Hamilton Nolan | tags: ring camera, claw hammer, video camera

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The FBI is buying Americans’ location data (theverge.com)

2026-03-18 | by Gadel Valle | get Privacy Screen Protector → | tags: fbi, location data, electronic communications privacy act

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A number of US cities are pulling the plug on Flock Safety's AI cameras (techspot.com)

2026-03-18 | get Flock Safety Security Camera → | tags: flock safety, andreessen horowitz, ai cameras

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“Sensorveillance” Turns Ordinary Life Into Evidence (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-03-17 | by Andrew Guthrie Ferguson | get Spy Camera Pen → | tags: sensorveillance, google sensorvault, geofence warrants

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Washington Post’s Surveillance Pricing Under Fire From Dems Who Want to Ban the Practice (gizmodo.com)

2026-03-16 | get Privacy Screen Filter → | tags: washington post, surveillance pricing, jeff bezos

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Federal Right to Privacy Act – Draft legislation (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-16 | get Privacy Protection Software Suite → | tags: privacy, data collection, surveillance

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Canada's bill C-22 mandates mass metadata surveillance (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-15 | by Michael Geist | tags: bill c-22, lawful access act, canadian networks

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Canada's Bill C-22 Mandates Mass Metadata Surveillance of Canadians (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-15 | tags: bill c-22, metadata surveillance, canadian security intelligence service

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An investigation of the forces behind the age-verification bills (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-14 | tags: age verification, california ab-1043, operating system

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The Wyden Siren Goes Off Again: We'll Be "Stunned" by NSA Under Section 702 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-13 | by Mike Masnick | get NSA Section 702 Monitor → | tags: nsa, section 702, ron wyden

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I traced $2B in grants and 45 states' lobbying behind age‑verification bills (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-13 | get Digital Age Verification Device → | tags: age verification, california ab-1043, os providers

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Sam Altman faced 'serious questions' in meeting with lawmakers about OpenAI's defense work (cnbc.com)

2026-03-12 | by Ashley Capoot | get OpenAI Official T-Shirt → | tags: openai, anthropic, defense department

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US Lawmakers Move to Kill the FBI’s Warrantless Wiretap Access (wired.com)

2026-03-12 | by Dell Cameron | get Wiretaps → | tags: fisa, government surveillance, fbi wiretap

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Anthropic doesn’t trust the Pentagon, and neither should you (theverge.com)

2026-03-12 | by Nilay Patel | get Secure Private VPN → | tags: anthropic, pentagon, surveillance

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How to ditch Ring’s surveillance network (theverge.com)

2026-03-11 | by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy | get Smart Home Security System → | tags: ring surveillance network, smart home devices, ai-powered video

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How to Ding, Dong, Ditch Ring’s surveillance network (theverge.com)

2026-03-11 | by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy | get Smartphone → | tags: ring surveillance network, ai powered, super bowl ad

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Anduril snaps up space surveillance firm ExoAnalytic Solutions (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-11 | by Tim Fernholz | get Satellite → | tags: space surveillance, exoanalytic solutions, anduril

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Capturing dynamic phage–pathogen coevolution by clinical surveillance (feeds.nature.com)

2026-03-11 | by Mathur | tags: v. cholerae, phage, clinical surveillance

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This Jammer Wants to Block Always-Listening AI Wearables. It Probably Won’t Work (wired.com)

2026-03-06 | by Boone Ashworth | get Smartwatch → | tags: deveillance, spectre i, ai wearables

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This Jammer Wants to Block Always-Listening AI Wearables. It Probably Won't Work (wired.com)

2026-03-06 | by Boone Ashworth | get Smartwatch → | tags: deveillance, spectre i, ai wearables

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The Government Uses Targeted Advertising to Track Your Location (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-05 | by Lena Cohen | get Google Maps → | tags: cbp surveillance, targeted ads, location data