The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has canceled plans to introduce new rules designed to limit the ability of US data brokers to sell sensitive information about Americans, including financial data, credit history, and Social Security numbers. The CFPB proposed… Read More "CFPB Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers"
As the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration policy ramps up, people have started to seriously consider their privacy and security when crossing into the United States. That’s especially true when it comes to searches of travelers’ phones and other devices, which… Read More "Pete Hegseth’s Signal Scandal Spirals Out of Control"
Lauren Goode: I think Katie should go first. She’s the boss. Katie Drummond: So as you all know, because I can’t stop talking about it, I recently returned from France, and one thing in particular that I am now pathologically… Read More "Protecting Your Phone—and Your Privacy—at the US Border"
A United States Customs and Border Protection request for information this week revealed the agency’s plans to find vendors that can supply face recognition technology for capturing data on everyone entering the US in a vehicle like a car or… Read More "ICE’s Deportation Airline Hack Reveals Man ‘Disappeared’ to El Salvador"
United States Customs and Border Protection plans to log every person leaving the country by vehicle by taking photos at border crossings of every passenger and matching their faces to their passports, visas, or travel documents, WIRED has learned. The… Read More "US Customs and Border Protection Plans to Photograph Everyone Exiting the US by Car"
