Dhruv Mehrotra

4/9/21

We're Archiving Yahoo Answers So You'll Always Know How Babby Is Formed

When the internet was mourning the impending shutdown of Yahoo Answers, announced earlier this week, there was a…

3/11/21

The Pandemic Fueled a Boom in Empty Ghost Shipping Containers Traveling the High Seas

In our latest proof that global capitalism is extremely logical and efficient, hundreds of thousands of completely…

1/15/21

Leaked Parler Data Points to Users at Police Stations, U.S. Military Bases

Location data gleaned from thousands of videos posted on the social network Parler and archived days before Amazon…

1/12/21

Parler Users Breached Deep Inside U.S. Capitol Building, GPS Data Shows

At least several users of the far-right social network Parler appear to be among the horde of rioters that managed…

1/8/21

The Big Oil Money Behind the Members of Congress Who Fueled the Capitol Attack

On Wednesday, Chevron decried the assault on the Capitol by a mob of violent extremists hellbent on halting a…

12/11/20

U.S. Schools Are Buying Phone-Hacking Tech That the FBI Uses to Investigate Terrorists

In May 2016, a student enrolled in a high-school in Shelbyville, Texas, consented to having his phone searched by…

11/25/20

A New 'Buy Black' Campaign Aims to Avert an Amazon Surveillance State

After a summer of nationwide protests against unchecked state violence brutalizing Black people in America,…

10/23/20

Cops Turn to Canadian Phone-Tracking Firm After Infamous 'Stingrays' Become 'Obsolete'

Law enforcement agencies across the United States are scrambling to secure funding for new cellphone-tracking…

9/24/20

Louisville Police Take Down Inmate Lookup Site Amid Mass Arrest of Protesters

An estimated 127 people have been arrested since protesters took to the streets of Louisville, Kentucky, on …

9/22/20

The Nvidia RTX 3080 eBay Debacle Exposed a Scalper Bot Civil War

Last week, RTX 3080 scalpers pissed off a lot of Nvidia GPU fans by buying up all the graphics cards and attempting…

9/18/20

CBP Drones Conducted Flyovers Near Homes of Indigenous Pipeline Activists, Flight Records Show

Tom Goldtooth awoke on Feb. 21 expecting a pretty regular day ahead. And by all accounts, his day was normal. He was…

9/4/20

Prison Phone App Exposes Millions of Inmate Messages and Personal Data

As many incarcerated individuals are having their visiting privileges restricted due to the global pandemic,…

7/28/20

This Bumbling New Start-Up Helps Conservative Websites Store User Names, Postal Addresses of Anonymous Readers

Recently, Jezebel received a curious email from someone who identified themselves as a co-founder of GetEmails.com,…

7/21/20

DHS Is Spying on Social Media to Track Threats to Statues

The Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence & Analysis has been authorized to conduct social media…

6/9/20

We Mapped Where Customs and Border Protection Drones Are Flying in the U.S. and Beyond

In 2011, Rodney Brossart, a cattle rancher from Lakota, North Dakota was accused of stealing six cows. The cows, he…

5/29/20

Customs and Border Protection Flew a Predator Surveillance Drone Over Minneapolis Protests Today

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has flown a Predator drone above ongoing protests against police brutality in…

5/20/20

The Mystery of 'Hacked' Houseparty Users May Have Been Solved

By the end of March, things were looking good for the group video chat app Houseparty as quarantined young people,…

5/18/20

Samsung, Rolls-Royce Information Exposed by Leaky Database, Security Firm Says

Hypothetically, if you, a criminal, wanted to steal millions of dollars from a corporation, one place to start might…

5/14/20

Beware Sending a Fax Online—It Might Not Be as Private as You Think

On top of being laid off or furloughed, hordes of people have had to figure out how to send a fax while on lockdown.…

5/11/20

The Real Bailout is Happening on GoFundMe

Susan Arnold, a 58-year-old Uber driver in Chicago, first became acquainted with GoFundMe last year, when she helped…

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