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dell, 1 year ago to random

My latest for WIRED: A congressman's claim that he was the subject of an FBI “backdoor” search comes at a dicey moment for the bureau, already under intense scrutiny and facing the loss of a key surveillance privilege.

https://www.wired.com/story/darin-lahood-fbi-backdoor-search/

dell, 1 year ago to random

My latest at WIRED: Today the FBI admitted to buying cellphone location data that US companies claimed was gathered to personalize online ads -- data the bureau would've otherwise required a warrant to obtain

Dir. Wray says it was purchased for a classified pilot program "some time" ago

https://www.wired.com/story/fbi-purchase-location-data-wray-senate/

dell, 1 year ago to random

For WIRED I wrote about the ways the FBI misuses foreign intelligence to get around needing warrants -- in ways the government acknowledges break the law. https://www.wired.com/story/fbi-section-702/

dell, 1 year ago to random

“Shadowbanning is bad, unless I can market it as a premium feature.”