surveillance

Black blue and gray illustration of people coming out of phones
Hacking
Spyware found on phones in Jordan
Graphic of Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Free speech
China’s tech weapons roll in to quell demonstrations, identify protesters
This address is listed on an official police website back in China as an “Overseas Police Service Center,” but the locale appears abandoned. 
Global Politics
China has a police network that stretches across some 30 countries, NGO says
Law enforcement officials stand in front of an Operation Trojan Shield logo at a news conference
Cybersecurity
Global police sting raises questions on surveillance and privacy
Riot police detain a man during clashes in the northern city of Thessaloniki, Greece, March 11, 2021.
Technology
Greek police roll out new ‘smart’ devices that recognize faces and fingerprints
In this Oct. 31, 2019, file photo, attendees walk past a display for 5G services from Chinese technology firm Huawei at the PT Expo in Beijing.
On China's New Silk Road
China’s new Silk Road runs through cyberspace, worrying rivals and privacy advocates
S3 E5 (The Wrong Apocalypse) – Democracy! (Yawn)
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Workers in hard hats and construction vests walking by a fence.
Conflict & Justice
How China uses malware to track Muslim Uighurs, even if they’ve fled the country
Four people with painted faces stand in front of a street sign with a camera on it.
Technology
London’s Dazzle Club uses makeup to protest police use of facial recognition technology
SenseTime surveillance software identifying details about people and vehicles showing the information layered on top of the screen.
From laboratory in far west, China’s surveillance state spreads quietly
Paul Manafort’s Trial Begins as First in Mueller Investigation
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Medea, FBI, Scanner
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Surveillance
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Arts, Culture & Media
Art Guard
Arts, Culture & Media
Special Guest: Bill Buford
Arts, Culture & Media
Scanner
Arts, Culture & Media
We See Your Every Move
Arts, Culture & Media
She Sees Your Every Move
A woman takes part in a march to mark the anniversary of the disappearance of the 43 students of Ayotzinapa College Raul Isidro Burgos a in the state of Guerrero in Mexico City, Mexico February 26, 2017.
Justice
Mexican officials turned spyware on international investigators
Bag-check kiosk.
Technology
Facial recognition technology will soon make airport check-ins a breeze
Dismantling Dodd Frank, Violence in Ukraine, The Increasing Reach of the FBI
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Deadly truck attack
Conflict
In the wake of deadly truck attack, Germany grapples with security and a ‘culture of openness’
Newspaper clippings in scrapbook about the attack on Pearl Harbor
Global Politics
At Pearl Harbor, Japanese Americans were victims of the attack — and their own government
Apple Vs. The FBI: What You Need to Know
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FBI Standoff: What’s Next for Apple
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Fans at the Download Festival in Donington Park, Leicestershire, England
Justice
UK police scan faces of 90,000 people at a festival without forewarning
Working Moms, David Letterman, and Girls With Toys
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Pregnancy Depression, Films to See and Avoid, The High Cost of Cheap Fashion
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DiNapoli and Nadler
Global Politics
USA Freedom Act co-sponsor calls the bill a good step — but says more must be done
A view of sensor arrays at a former NSA monitoring base in Bad Aibling in Bavaria, Germany.
Justice
The NSA’s bulk collection program may soon end, but they may not care
Municipal police officers watch screens in the video surveillance control room of the municipal police supervision centre in Nice February 9, 2015.
Technology
The French government’s new surveillance law opens the door to NSA-style mass surveillance
Brazilian activists hold Snowden masks
Technology
‘Privacy isn’t dead:’ Snowden’s South American legacy grows as Brazil’s crypto movement marches on
Two London police officers wearing a body-worn video cameras.
Justice
UK police: Body cameras make us behave, show world we’re not brutes
French police officers pay respects at a national tribute in Paris to the three officers who fell during last week's attacks by Islamic militants.
Justice
France is ‘at war’ with Islamists, says prime minister
Police officers secure access to a residential building during investigations in the eastern French city of Reims on January 8, 2015, after the shooting against the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical newspaper.
Conflict
How the Kouachi brothers fell through the cracks
Mohamed was important in Libyan's revolution, helping to defeat and ultimately capture Muammar Gaddafi. His younger brother missed out on Libya's revolution — so he decided to make his own fame by going to Syria to fight in the violent revolution there.
Global Politics
2014 was the year youth protesters found their voice and hacking became an everyday fear
A man assembles police observation cameras near the Bayerischer Hof hotel before the start of the 50th Conference on Security Policy in Munich on January 31, 2014
Technology
The year of surveillance is finally over
A man uses his phone to read updates about former American NSA contractor Edward Snowden answering users' questions on Twitter.
Technology
To see the changes Edward Snowden wrought, just look at your smartphone
Riot police block demonstrators during a protest against the 2014 World Cup, in Sao Paulo June 12, 2014.
Justice
How police violence in the US could help spark racial justice in Brazil
Satellite dishes at GCHQ's outpost at Bude, close to where trans-Atlantic fiber-optic cables come ashore in Cornwall, southwest England.
Justice
Why British intelligence wants your Facebook data
The famous "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas Nevada" sign on the south end of the Strip lit up on June 15, 2014. Casinos in Sin City are using big data to track customers with the goal they will keep coming back.
Books
What happens in Vegas, stays in a Vegas casino’s database
An anti-government protester kicks a surveillance camera during clashes with police in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on February 7, 2014.
Conflict
What keeps you awake at night?
The fictional film TRUE LIES featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis bears an uncanny resemblance to a real case of some British police officers who stand accused of deceiving and having sexual relationiships with women while working undercov
Justice
Here’s what happens when a spy sleeps with his targets
French youth take part in a protest against the government's handling of recent urban unrest in France, at Place Saint Michel in Paris, November 16, 2005.
Justice
In France, Ferguson protests stir memories of suburban riots
Nixon Watergate tapes
Conflict
Nixon thought he’d be the only one to ever hear his secret recordings
Nixon Watergate tapes
Conflict
Nixon thought he’d be the only one to ever hear his secret recordings
A WeChat user shows off the popular app on her phone.
Technology
If you use WeChat, China wants to know your real name
A protester in Russia waves a Facebook flag.
Global Politics
As Snowden looks on, Russia cracks down on Internet freedom
Mysterious keyboard
Business
A new online tracking tool may be shadowing you on the web
Mysterious keyboard
Business
A new online tracking tool may be shadowing you on the web
NSA
Global Politics
Why is the US government spying on this Muslim American lawyer?
Germany
Environment
Why a country that lived under a police state views digital privacy differently
Night Heron
Arts, Culture & Media
Need a summer read? Check out the new spy thriller, ‘Night Heron’
Global Politics
The US is reining in internal eavesdropping, but what about spying on the rest of the world?
Edward Snowden
Global Politics
Orwellian threats caused the New York Times to spike a story on NSA spying way back in 2004
Edward Snowden
Global Politics
Orwellian threats caused the New York Times to spike a story on NSA spying way back in 2004
Visitors in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk walk past TV sets during Russian President Vladimir Putin's live nationwide phone-in.
Global Politics
Host Vladimir Putin will take your questions now
Global Politics
A newly revealed NSA program collects an entire country’s phone calls — and keeps them for 30 days
Global Politics
A newly revealed NSA program collects an entire country’s phone calls — and keeps them for 30 days
Environment
Don’t look now, but our smart machines may be sharing data about you with… anyone