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"The link sharing social site disclosed the denials in its latest transparency report, which details the number and nature of legal demands that it received between January and June this year. This was during a time when there were widespread protests against ICE across the United States following the killings of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis. Reddit said its pushback on the subpoenas led to prosecutors withdrawing the demands altogether or not pursuing disclosure."

"A former spyware maker, who was previously banned from the surveillance industry after a data breach at his company exposed people's sensitive data, now faces a second U.S. federal enforcement action after allegedly running a government impersonation scheme that purported to offer passports and visas to consumers."

"Given that much of the global technology industry and most payments flow through the United States, the effects of sanctions are designed to be deliberately devastating. The consequence of being cut off from the U.S. is that you're also cut off from much of the rest of the world.

Now, the Trump administration's sanctions are starting to spread further afield following the recent targeting of an Italian internet provider, which knocked it offline and forced it to shut down."

"Homeowners associations are also facing the heat, from vandalism to lawsuits, as the existence of Flock cameras in private communities has been met with similar resistance. The existence of Flock cameras have allegedly killed house sales, and sparked fears of voyeurism when one Flock camera was pointed close to a swimming pool."

"A short time after TechCrunch contacted Zuckerman for comment, SpyTrac’s website went offline with a message saying the “product is temporarily not available.” The websites for SpyTrac’s clone stalkerware apps, StealthX Pro and its Spanish-language clone Espía Móvil, also went offline. Aztec Labs’ website also stopped loading.

After TechCrunch published this piece, Support King’s website also went offline."

"Because each message recorded in the data contained every phone number in the same chat, it was possible to follow entire conversations, including from children who were using the JusTalk Kids app to chat with their parents."

The author of the paper, cited in the report, said, "Any person with a little knowledge of cellular paging protocols can carry out this attack... such as phone call interception, location tracking, or targeted phishing attacks."

"Until now, nobody has been able to look inside at how one of these scams work -- especially one that's been so prolific, generating millions of dollars in royalties by cashing in on unwitting buyers who are tricked into thinking these ebooks have some substance.

Shershnyov was able to stay in Amazon's shadows for two years by using his scam server conservatively so as to not raise any red flags.

What eventually gave him away weren't customer complaints or even getting caught by the bookseller. It was good old-fashioned carelessness. He forgot to put a password on his server."