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Don’t be surprised that the FBI is buying your location data
it is once again buying data which can be used to track the locations of US citizens. That may have surprised the people who thought the precedent...
The FBI is buying location data on Americans, here’s what it means
The FBI is once again buying location data on Americans, confirming a surveillance method that had largely faded from public view. During a Senate hearing this week, Director...
The FBI confirms it’s buying Americans’ location data
During a Senate hearing, FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed that his agency has bought information that could be used to track individuals' movement and location. "We do purchase...
The FBI is hunting down malware-loaded games on Steam
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating a series of malware-infected video games that appeared on the popular PC gaming platform Steam. The agency is now asking...
WIRED Roundup: The 5 Tech and Politics Trends That Shaped 2025
Brian Barrett: I just this week was looking back at some of our earliest DOGE reporting and reminded of what a crazy couple of months that was. So...
El Chapo drug cartel reportedly tracked and killed informants by hacking an FBI phone
The Mexican Sinaloa cartel hired a hacker to track and surveil the FBI, then used that information to intimidate and even kill witnesses against drug lord Joaquín "El...
