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The Android Administration: Google’s Remarkably Close Relationship With the Obama White House, in Two Charts
Illustration by The Intercept. Photo: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images THE ANDROID ADMINISTRATION Google’s Remarkably Close Relationship With the Obama White House, in Two Charts WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA announced his support last week for a Federal Communications Commission plan to open the market for cable set-top boxes — a big win for consumers, but also for Google — the cable […]
The CIA is Investing in Firms That Mine Your Tweets and Instagram Photos
THE CIA IS INVESTING IN FIRMS THAT MINE YOUR TWEETS AND INSTAGRAM PHOTOS SOFT ROBOTS THAT can grasp delicate objects, computer algorithms designed to spot an “insider threat,” and artificial intelligence that will sift through large data sets — these are just a few of the technologies being pursued by companies with investment from In-Q-Tel, the […]
Pro-TPP Op-Eds Remarkably Similar to Drafts By Foreign Government Lobbyists
Pro-TPP Op-Eds Remarkably Similar to Drafts By Foreign Government Lobbyists OPINION COLUMNS PUBLISHED in California newspapers over the last year in support of the Trans-Pacific Partnership use language nearly identical to drafts written and distributed by public relations professionals who were retained by the Japanese government to build U.S. support for the controversial trade agreement. Take this […]
Beauty Secrets of the Spies
BEAUTY SECRETS OF THE SPIES CIA’s Venture Capital Arm Is Funding Skin Care Products That Collect DNA SKINCENTIAL SCIENCES, a company with an innovative line of cosmetic products marketed as a way to erase blemishes and soften skin, has caught the attention of beauty bloggers on YouTube, Oprah’s lifestyle magazine, and celebrity skin care professionals. Documents obtained by The Interceptreveal that the firm has also attracted […]
A Key Similarity Between Snowden Leak and Panama Papers: Scandal Is What’s Been Legalized
A Key Similarity Between Snowden Leak and Panama Papers: Scandal Is What’s Been Legalized FROM THE START of the reporting based on Edward Snowden’s leaked document archive, government defenders insisted that no illegal behavior was revealed. That was always false: Multiple courts have now found the domestic metadata spying program in violation of the Constitution and relevant statutes and have […]
Intelligence Community Olive Branch on Data Sharing Greeted With Skepticism
Intelligence Community Olive Branch on Data Sharing Greeted With Skepticism TOP INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY lawyer Robert Litt has offfered a rare olive branch to privacy advocates on Wednesday, in the form of information. In a post on one of their favorite blogs on Wednesday, Litt, general counsel for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, outlined new intelligence data-sharing guidelines that he said […]
Turkey Wants Ban on Mocking Its Leader Enforced Abroad Too
Turkey Wants Ban on Mocking Its Leader Enforced Abroad Too NOW THAT that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has nearly completed a crackdown on dissent at home — closing down opposition newspapers, prosecuting students for joking on Twitter about officials, and putting journalists on trial — he seems intent on silencing critics in other countries as well. After the president arrived […]
Growing International Movement Seeks to Place Arms Embargo on Saudi Arabia
GROWING INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT SEEKS TO PLACE ARMS EMBARGO ON SAUDI ARABIA A LAWSUIT FILED last week in Canada is seeking to halt a major $15 billion sale of light-armored vehicles to the government of Saudi Arabia, part of a growing international movement to stop arms sales to the Saudi government over its alleged war crimes in Yemen. The suit, […]
Brazil Is Engulfed by Ruling Class Corruption — and a Dangerous Subversion of Democracy
Brazil Is Engulfed by Ruling Class Corruption — and a Dangerous Subversion of Democracy THE MULTIPLE, REMARKABLE crises consuming Brazil are now garnering substantial Western media attention. That’s understandable given that Brazil is the world’s fifth most populous country and eighth-largest economy; its second-largest city, Rio de Janeiro, is the host of this year’s Summer Olympics. But much of this Western media coverage mimics […]
The FBI vs. Apple Debate Just Got Less White
The FBI vs. Apple Debate Just Got Less White The court fight between Apple and the FBI prompted a slew of letters and legal briefs last week from outside parties, including many tech companies and privacy groups. But a particularly powerful letter came from a collection of racial justice activists, including Black Lives Matter. The letter focused on potential […]
FBI vs. Apple Establishes a New Phase of the Crypto Wars
FBI vs. Apple Establishes a New Phase of the Crypto Wars For over two decades, the battle between privacy-minded technologists and the U.S. government has primarily been over encryption. In the 1990s, in what became known as the Crypto Wars, the U.S. tried to limit powerful encryption — calling it as dangerous to export as […]
Egypt Bars Journalist From Leaving Country as Crackdown on Dissent Widens
Egypt Bars Journalist From Leaving Country as Crackdown on Dissent Widens One of Egypt’s leading investigative journalists, Hossam Bahgat, was prevented from boarding a flight to Jordan today when officials at Cairo International Airport informed him that his name had been added to a list of citizens barred from traveling abroad. Bahgat, who was detained […]
Upgrade Your iPhone Passcode to Defeat the FBI’s Backdoor Strategy
UPGRADE YOUR IPHONE PASSCODE TO DEFEAT THE FBI’S BACKDOOR STRATEGY YESTERDAY, APPLE CEO TIM COOK published an open letter opposing a court order to build the FBI a “backdoor” for the iPhone. Cook wrote that the backdoor, which removes limitations on how often an attacker can incorrectly guess an iPhone passcode, would set a dangerous precedent and “would have the potential […]
‘I Feel Like a Despised Insect’: Coming of Age Under Surveillance In New York
“I FEEL LIKE A DESPISED INSECT”: COMING OF AGE UNDER SURVEILLANCE IN NEW YORK IN THE SPRING of last year, two New York women were arrested on charges of supporting ISIS, following a joint investigation by the New York Police Department along with federal agencies. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Queens residents Noelle Velentzas and […]
