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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

Start with the latest. Scroll back through time, or zoom in for more.

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2026981 stories
US cities are axing Flock Safety surveillance technology↗ cnet.com · HN · 436 comments · 765 points · Apr 08, 2026
Amazon's Ring and Google's Nest reveal the severity of U.S. surveillance state↗ greenwald.substack.com · HN · 667 comments · 937 points · Feb 15, 2026
FBI is investigating Minnesota Signal chats tracking ICE↗ nbcnews.com · HN · 1635 comments · 955 points · Jan 27, 2026
Man shot and killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning↗ startribune.com · HN · 742 comments · 711 points · Jan 24, 2026
FBI raids Washington Post reporter's home↗ theguardian.com · HN · 582 comments · 946 points · Jan 14, 2026
2025771 stories
Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves↗ 404media.co · HN · 471 comments · 827 points · Dec 22, 2025
You can't refuse to be scanned by ICE's facial recognition app, DHS document say↗ 404media.co · HN · 509 comments · 601 points · Nov 01, 2025
Armed police swarm student after AI mistakes bag of Doritos for a weapon↗ dexerto.com · HN · 436 comments · 693 points · Oct 23, 2025
AI surveillance should be banned while there is still time↗ gabrielweinberg.com · HN · 222 comments · 602 points · Sep 06, 2025
I asked police to send me their public surveillance footage of my car↗ cardinalnews.org · HN · 521 comments · 658 points · Mar 28, 2025
2024751 stories
Another police raid in Germany↗ forum.torproject.org · HN · 334 comments · 530 points · Sep 10, 2024
Police cannot seize property indefinitely after an arrest, federal court rules↗ reason.com · HN · 464 comments · 840 points · Aug 18, 2024
Federal appeals court finds geofence warrants “categorically” unconstitutional↗ eff.org · HN · 177 comments · 564 points · Aug 12, 2024
The NYPD sent a warrantless subpoena for a copwatcher's Twitter account↗ hellgatenyc.com · HN · 301 comments · 509 points · Mar 12, 2024
ShotSpotter: listening in on the neighborhood↗ computer.rip · HN · 399 comments · 523 points · Mar 02, 2024
2023905 stories
Police get medical records without a warrant↗ arstechnica.com · HN · 258 comments · 249 points · Dec 21, 2023
Cops Are Suing a Teen for Invasion of Privacy After False Arrest Vid Goes Viral↗ vice.com · HN · 33 comments · 88 points · Oct 20, 2023
France passes bill to allow police remotely activate phone camera, microphone↗ gazettengr.com · HN · 39 comments · 88 points · Jul 06, 2023
Arrest made in Bob Lee case. Alleged killer also worked in tech↗ missionlocal.org · HN · 32 comments · 102 points · Apr 13, 2023
NYPD is refusing to comply with NYC’s new surveillance tech laws↗ dailydot.com · HN · 26 comments · 83 points · Mar 31, 2023
2022880 stories
Private Prisons Are Behind the Push for Homeless Criminalization↗ invisiblepeople.tv · HN · 601 comments · 696 points · Oct 11, 2022
LAPD Officer Killed During Training Exercise Was Investigating Cops About Rape↗ reason.com · HN · 359 comments · 712 points · Oct 04, 2022
I accidentally started a movement – Policing the Police by scraping court data↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 183 comments · 650 points · Sep 19, 2022
New documents reveal scale of US Government’s cell phone location data tracking↗ aclu.org · HN · 295 comments · 638 points · Jul 18, 2022
Moscow police officers stop people, request their phones to read their messages↗ twitter.com · HN · 362 comments · 686 points · Mar 06, 2022
2021997 stories
Pixel prevented me from calling 911↗ old.reddit.com · HN · 654 comments · 1384 points · Dec 09, 2021
The new warrant: how US police mine Google for your location and search history↗ theguardian.com · HN · 310 comments · 650 points · Sep 16, 2021
Hong Kong: Police Raid Tiananmen Square Museum↗ bbc.co.uk · HN · 500 comments · 860 points · Sep 09, 2021
Whistleblowers: Software keeping inmates in Arizona prisons beyond release dates↗ kjzz.org · HN · 417 comments · 987 points · Feb 22, 2021
Zero arrests in 6 months of health care professionals replacing police officers↗ denverite.com · HN · 501 comments · 679 points · Feb 05, 2021
20201,397 stories
Agents raid home of fired Florida data scientist who built Covid-19 dashboard↗ tallahassee.com · HN · 635 comments · 969 points · Dec 07, 2020
My family saw a police car hit a kid, then I learned how NYPD impunity works↗ propublica.org · HN · 603 comments · 792 points · Jun 23, 2020
ACLU sues Minnesota for police violence against the press↗ aclu.org · HN · 247 comments · 758 points · Jun 03, 2020
Police attacks against journalists across the U.S. since May 28↗ niemanlab.org · HN · 768 comments · 1125 points · Jun 02, 2020
De-Escalation Keeps Protesters and Police Safer↗ fivethirtyeight.com · HN · 721 comments · 668 points · Jun 02, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera↗ wired.com · HN · 272 comments · 586 points · Sep 16, 2026
How we learned to stop worrying and love campus surveillance↗ fnl.mit.edu · HN · 139 comments · 265 points · Sep 25, 2026
One Piece of Flock Camera Data Put This Innocent Woman in Jail for 13 Days↗ jezebel.com · HN · 141 comments · 256 points · Sep 26, 2026
Woman Arrested, Dragged Away After Speaking About Flock at City Council Meeting↗ 404media.co · HN · 261 comments · 219 points · Sep 23, 2026
Flock worker calls police on reporter filming public camera installation↗ investigatetv.com · HN · 265 comments · 357 points · Sep 13, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera↗ wired.com · HN · 272 comments · 586 points · Sep 16, 2026
FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses↗ krebsonsecurity.com · HN · 299 comments · 485 points · Sep 01, 2026
DHS is using obscure law to snoop on journalists, non-profits, unions↗ theguardian.com · HN · 105 comments · 465 points · Aug 29, 2026
Flock used >100 times to track veteran who recorded traffic stop↗ reason.com · HN · 210 comments · 380 points · Sep 05, 2026
DHS 'Predictive Policing' Unit Is Analyzing Americans' Financial Habits↗ 404media.co · HN · 334 comments · 366 points · Sep 08, 2026
Flock worker calls police on reporter filming public camera installation↗ investigatetv.com · HN · 265 comments · 357 points · Sep 13, 2026
Anthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists↗ prospect.org · HN · 186 comments · 316 points · Sep 09, 2026
How we learned to stop worrying and love campus surveillance↗ fnl.mit.edu · HN · 139 comments · 265 points · Sep 25, 2026
One Piece of Flock Camera Data Put This Innocent Woman in Jail for 13 Days↗ jezebel.com · HN · 141 comments · 256 points · Sep 26, 2026
Border agents can search cellphones without a warrant or reasonable suspicion↗ lawandcrime.com · HN · 198 comments · 235 points · Sep 18, 2026

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