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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Spyware Maker NSO Group Is Paving a Path Back Into Trump’s America

Credit to Author: Vas Panagiotopoulos| Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2025 18:19:55 +0000

The Israeli spyware maker, still on the US Commerce Department’s “blacklist,” has hired a new lobbying firm with direct ties to the Trump administration, a WIRED investigation has found.

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‘People Are Scared’: Inside CISA as It Reels From Trump’s Purge

Credit to Author: Eric Geller| Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2025 09:30:00 +0000

Employees at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency tell WIRED they’re struggling to protect the US while the administration dismisses their colleagues and poisons their partnerships.

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