Cyber Security, Without the Jargon

A pending Ninth Circuit appeal shows how a place and a time can turn nearby phones into investigative leads, and why the important privacy decision happens before arrival.

Some police have been told to hide or blur their use of license plate readers in reports. Here is how the missing name breaks oversight, and which records can restore the trail.

Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, Oregon, and Virginia now restrict the sale of precise location data. Here is what those laws close, what they leave open, and what you can do about the trail your phone creates.