Surveillance
Owner of spyware used in alleged WhatsApp breach ends contract with Italy
Exclusive: Decision comes after Italian investigative journalist and two activists alleged to have been targeted by Paragon Solutions spyware
Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington and Angela Giuffrida in Rome
06, Feb, 2025 @4:31 PM
Google owner drops promise not to use AI for weapons
Alphabet guidelines no longer refer to not pursuing technologies that could ‘cause or are likely to cause overall harm’
Julia Kollewe
05, Feb, 2025 @10:00 AM
Critic of Italy-Libya migration pact told he was target of Israeli spyware
Husam El Gomati, who reports on links between Italian government and Libya’s coastguard, fears for his sources
Stephanie Kirchgaessner and Angela Giuffrida
03, Feb, 2025 @2:46 PM
The EU wants to scan every message sent in Europe. Will that really make us safer? | Apostolis Fotiadis
Lawmakers argue that mass surveillance will help to protect children. But the implications for our privacy and security are staggering, says journalist Apostolis Fotiadis
Apostolis Fotiadis
24, Jan, 2025 @7:00 AM
‘This place instilled constant fear in us’: the man who lived next door to the brutal Homs security unit for 50 years
For 50 years Taha Tadmori had a window to the surveillance complex of the Assad regime. As Syria starts a new chapter, he recalls the horrors he witnessed and the family he lost
Ruth Michaelson, and Obaida Hamad in Homs
11, Jan, 2025 @2:00 PM
Serbian authorities using spyware to illegally surveil activists, report finds
Advanced mobile forensics products being used to illegally extract data from mobile devices, Amnesty finds
Jon Henley Europe correspondent
16, Dec, 2024 @8:46 AM
‘Trump has been explicit about revenge’: Asif Kapadia on his new film about the threat to democracy
The man behind Amy and Senna has turned his attention to ‘techno-authoritarianism’ in the genre-defying 2073. He talks to our journalist – one of the movie’s unlikely stars – about the events that fed his dystopian vision
Carole Cadwalladr
15, Dec, 2024 @8:00 AM
Déjà Vu: Denzel Washington and Tony Scott’s massively underrated techno-thriller
A wonderfully crackly Washington leads Scott’s frenetic, macho action flick, as part of an experimental FBI unit that hopes to use time travel to stop a terrorist attack
Kevin Bui
03, Dec, 2024 @2:00 PM
Jeff Jarvis: ‘Elon Musk’s investment in Twitter seemed insane, but it gave him this power’
The US media pundit on the dangers of overregulation online, why he’s more frightened of the tech bros than AI itself, and how to reclaim the web by getting rid of the geeks
Killian Fox
23, Nov, 2024 @1:00 PM
Ronan Farrow on surveillance spyware: ‘It threatens democracy and freedom’
The investigative journalist takes on the shadowy world of invasive surveillance technology in frightening new documentary Surveilled
Adrian Horton
23, Nov, 2024 @9:09 AM
New law introduced to block legal challenge to An0m organised crime bust
People charged after AFP sting against encypted app claim information was not obtained lawfully
Nino Bucci Justice and courts reporter
21, Nov, 2024 @10:56 AM
Opt out: how to stop tech companies spying on your phone as Trump promises mass deportations
There are no federal privacy regulations to protect your information – here’s how you can do it yourself
Johana Bhuiyan
20, Nov, 2024 @5:55 PM
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