How to Protect Yourself From Phone Searches at the US Border

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess| Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2025 10:30:00 +0000

Customs and Border Protection has broad authority to search travelers’ devices when they cross into the United States. Here’s what you can do to protect your digital life while at the US border.

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ICE Is Paying Palantir $30 Million to Build ‘ImmigrationOS’ Surveillance Platform

Credit to Author: Caroline Haskins| Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2025 15:13:45 +0000

In a document published Thursday, ICE explained the functions that it expects Palantir to include in a prototype of a new program to give the agency “near real-time” data about people self-deporting.

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‘Stupid and Dangerous’: CISA Funding Chaos Threatens Essential Cybersecurity Program

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 20:10:04 +0000

The CVE Program is the primary way software vulnerabilities are tracked. Its long-term future remains in limbo even after a last-minute renewal of the US government contract that funds it.

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