Surveillance by Default: The Week the Machinery Won Without Winning the Argument
This week's ledger isn't about a breach — it's about architecture. Europe's message-scanning regime survived a vote a majority cast against it. Americ...
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How Chat Control Survived a Vote It Lost: The EU's Message-Scanning Regime Lives On Until 2028
On July 9, a majority of the European Parliament voted to end the EU's mass message-scanning regime — 314 against, 276 for. It survived anyway. Becaus...
Two Minutes, No Suspicion Required: Fourth Circuit Says Border Agents Can Manually Search Your Phone at Will
In United States v. Belmonte Cardozo, the Fourth Circuit held that a manual search of your cellphone at the border is 'routine' — meaning a CBP office...
When the Escape Hatch Becomes the Target: Europe Declares War on the VPN
Age-verification laws drove millions of Europeans to download VPNs. Now Brussels has noticed — and the European Parliament's research arm is calling t...
Congress Punted on FISA 702 — Your Emails and Texts Are Still Being Swept Up Without a Warrant
Congress failed to pass a 5-year or 18-month renewal of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act — the warrantless surveillance progra...
New York Wants to Put a Surveillance Agent Inside Every 3D Printer
New York's 2026-2027 budget bill would require all 3D printers sold in the state to include mandatory censorware that scans every print job for forbid...
Hong Kong Just Made It a Crime to Refuse to Unlock Your Phone
> U.S. State Department Security Alert — March 26, 2026...