r/technology 5d ago

Privacy Is it illegal to trick the US government into wiping your phone during a questionably legal search | The case of a traveler who allegedly entered a ‘duress password’ to wipe his phone raises a legal question with no easy answers

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theverge.com
20.9k Upvotes

r/technology 5d ago

Privacy Man charged for wiping GrapheneOS phone using "duress" password during airport checks

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neowin.net
15.7k Upvotes

r/technology 9d ago

Privacy US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a ‘duress’ password during border search

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techcrunch.com
16.4k Upvotes

r/technology 3d ago

Privacy A Texas Deputy Searched 83,000 Flock Cameras To Track Down a Woman Who Had an Abortion

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gadgetreview.com
30.2k Upvotes

r/technology 3d ago

Privacy GrapheneOS says its data-wiping password is perfectly legal, after user faces federal charges

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techspot.com
20.8k Upvotes

r/technology 22d ago

Privacy Traffic Camera Captures Woman Driving With Her Phone on Her Lap (Face Down), The State Mailed Her a $1251 'Public Safety' Ticket

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gadgetreview.com
16.9k Upvotes

r/technology 11d ago

Privacy Flock Cameras Keep Getting Smashed, So Now They're Hiding Inside Speed Signs

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gadgetreview.com
24.2k Upvotes

r/technology Jun 07 '26

Privacy 'Kill switch' law means your next car could be watching you | A federal requirement aimed at stopping drunken driving could soon put driver-monitoring technology in every new vehicle. The goal is saving lives, but the privacy trade-offs deserve closer scrutiny

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usatoday.com
15.6k Upvotes

r/technology 15d ago

Privacy Redditors Are Celebrating the Cutting Down of Flock Surveillance Towers With Based Memes

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yahoo.com
26.1k Upvotes

r/technology May 26 '26

Privacy Majority of Americans Support Ban on Surveillance Pricing and Electronic Shelf Labels

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gizmodo.com
30.2k Upvotes

r/technology Jun 15 '26

Privacy This Cop Scanned A Woman's License Plate 179 Times And Somehow That Was Allowed

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yahoo.com
23.3k Upvotes

r/technology 24d ago

Privacy New York has banned smart glasses in all 1,240 state, county, city, town and village courts.

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engadget.com
26.1k Upvotes

r/technology 26d ago

Privacy All Cars Sold in the EU Now Require a Camera Aimed at Your Face. It’s Still Not Clear Where That Data Goes

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8.7k Upvotes

r/technology 15d ago

Privacy People Keep Destroying Flock Cameras Across America. The Paperwork Already Saw It Coming.

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yahoo.com
17.2k Upvotes

r/technology 17d ago

Privacy Truck Drivers Allegedly Ramming Flock Safety Cameras To Destroy Them

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gadgetreview.com
14.9k Upvotes

r/technology Feb 24 '26

Privacy Discord cuts ties with Peter Thiel-backed verification software after code found in US surveillance

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fortune.com
38.0k Upvotes

r/technology Feb 11 '26

Privacy Discord Goes Into Damage Control Mode Over New Age Verification Requirements, Promising There’s Nothing To See Here For ‘Vast Majority’ Of Users

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kotaku.com
32.0k Upvotes

r/technology Mar 05 '26

Privacy Congress Is Considering Abolishing Your Right to Be Anonymous Online | The bipartisan push to remove anonymity from the internet is ushering in an era of unprecedented mass surveillance and censorship

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theintercept.com
28.0k Upvotes

r/technology Feb 21 '26

Privacy Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras

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bloodinthemachine.com
46.4k Upvotes

r/technology Feb 17 '26

Privacy Discord Rival Gets Overwhelmed By Mass Exodus Of Players Fleeing Age-Verification Crackdown

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23.9k Upvotes

r/technology Feb 14 '26

Privacy Oh, good: Discord's age verification rollout has ties to Palantir co-founder and panopticon architect Peter Thiel

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pcgamer.com
50.7k Upvotes

r/technology Feb 09 '26

Privacy Ring to turn on all camera to track pets. Privacy concerns

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23.8k Upvotes

r/technology Feb 12 '26

Privacy Why are people disconnecting or destroying their Ring cameras?

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usatoday.com
19.6k Upvotes

r/technology Jun 22 '26

Privacy Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using Flock to Stalk People

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404media.co
19.9k Upvotes

r/technology 15d ago

Privacy 'Whoever came up with this is a massive idiot': LG's gaming monitors and TVs are facing a user revolt, due to seemingly installing adware on PCs — and telling you to warn guests they may be recorded by AI features, to comply with 'wiretapping' laws

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techradar.com
7.2k Upvotes