The U.K. government’s latest attempt to access encrypted cloud backups could allow adversarial actors to gain access to sensitive data.

Efforts to govern commercial spyware will continue yielding marginal progress unless three key problems are addressed.

Foreign Antifa designations risk enabling surveillance of domestic critics by creating a foreign nexus for expanded counterterrorism powers.

The Wassenaar export controls offer insights into the regulation of commercial spyware, making them instructive for current initiatives.

Successful reforms from last year’s reauthorization may sell a clean extension in 2026.

The rejection leaves the DPF politically fragile, legally untested at the Court of Justice, and vulnerable to shifts in Washington.

NCTC should not compile and disseminate Americans’ information in the name of fighting domestic terrorism.

Microsoft’s recent action against Israel’s Unit 8200 demonstrates Big Tech’s growing ability to limit state-operated surveillance practices.

U.S. entities should be aware of new data transfer rules and how they compare to one another.

Data brokerage in Europe is putting U.S. service members and personnel at risk. The U.S. is waiting on Europe to step in.

The department’s accelerated DNA collection program is a civil rights and civil liberties nightmare. Consent is not the cure.

Authoritarian threats, coupled with ongoing corporate surveillance, demand that we rethink how we use digital technologies.