Privacy & Policy

CBP Was Tracking Your Phone With Ad Data -- And When Their Own Privacy Officers Said Stop, They Were Fired

John Z Black Mar 14, 2026

Privacy & Policy #cbp #dhs #privacy #surveillance #data-broker #foia #government-accountability #location-tracking

CBP bought commercial ad data to track Americans' phones without warrants. When internal privacy officers pushed back on related illegal conduct, they got canned.

The FBI's Warrant-Free Surveillance Just Hit a New High -- Right as Congress Finally Moves to Stop It

John Z Black Mar 14, 2026

Privacy & Policy #section-702 #fisa #fbi #surveillance #privacy #congress #warrantless-search #civil-liberties

The FBI searched Americans' private communications without a warrant 7,413 times last year, up 34%. A bipartisan bill just landed to require warrants going forward.