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Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

BREAKING: Apple removed an app for preserving TikToks, Instagram reels, news reports, and videos documenting abuses by ICE

🔗 www.404media.co/apple-banned...

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

New: Apple banned an app that simply archived videos of ICE abuses. Rather than other apps that record ICE official's real-time location, Eyes Up is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." Videos from TikTok etc. Every submission manually reviewed

www.404media.co/apple-banned...

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’ Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

New from 404 Media: Apple just removed ICEBlock, the app for reporting sightings of ICE, from its App Store after DOJ pressure. ICEBlock's developer tells me "we are determined to fight this."

"Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never the right move."

www.404media.co/iceblock-own...

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’ Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

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Brickstorm malware powering ‘next-level’ Chinese cyberespionage campaign Mandiant and Google have identified “Brickstorm,” a sophisticated, suspected China-linked hacking campaign targeting U.S. tech firms, legal organizations, and BPOs. The operation often goes undetected...

🚨🚨🚨 Google released a report on "Brickstorm" this morning — a next-level, suspected China-linked campaign targeting U.S. firms. Ultra-stealthy, 400+ day dwell times, focus on stealing IP, finding zero-days, and focused on long-term cyberespionage. cyberscoop.com/chinese-cybe...

Holy shit

if you’re canceling your Disney and worried about what your kids will watch…might i suggest supporting your local PBS station, which gets you streaming access to all their content via PBS passport

We’re Suing ICE for Its $2 Million Spyware Contract 404 Media has filed a lawsuit against ICE for access to its contract with Paragon, a company that sells powerful spyware for breaking into phones and accessing encrypted messaging apps.

New: 404 Media is suing ICE. We have filed a lawsuit demanding ICE release its $2 million contract with Paragon, a company that makes powerful spyware to break into phones and read encrypted messages. This is expensive for a small outlet but this info is important
www.404media.co/were-suing-i...

Excited to speak at FTSCon next month!

#FTSCon Speaker Spotlight: Joseph Edwards (@eflags.bsky.social) is presenting “The Forensics of Zoom's Remote Control” in the HUNTER track.

See the full list of speakers + event info, including how to register, here: volatilityfoundation.org/from-the-sou...

For those unfamiliar, Ellen Nakashima is also one of the best natsec/intelligence/cyber reporters in the world, and has been for decades, in no small part because of course she cultivates high level sources instead of relying on official agency press offices.

I'm a huge fan of @iceblock.app and their commitment to privacy. The differences in how iOS and Android handle push notifications doesn't usually matter.

For this threat model, it ABSOLUTELY DOES and ICEBlock is taking the right stance here.
www.iceblock.app/android

New evidence suggests Russian forces caused Azerbaijan Airlines crash An Azerbaijani news outlet released evidence Tuesday suggesting the Russian military ordered the 2024 missile strike on Flight 8243, causing a crash in which 38 passengers died and another 29 were inj...

New evidence suggests Russian forces shot down Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 www.euronews.com/2025/07/01/n...

I imagined the Chatsubo in 1984. 41 years later I opened its door. Neuromancer is in production.

ICEblock, which allows users to alert others to the geographical location of ICE officers, is the top social networking app in the App Store right now after Karoline Leavitt condemned it from the podium yesterday.

Last Week in Censorship: June 22-28, 2025 Maryland federal judiciary hit with unprecedented lawsuit, tourist denied entry over political meme, and university president resigns under federal pressure.

Check out our weekly @americansunlight.org Last Week in Censorship roundup.

Last week: unprecedented lawsuit against the MD federal judiciary, the tourist denied entry over political meme, and the resignation of UVA president Jim Ryan.

(Also: merch!)

americansunlight.substack.com/p/last-week-...

I’ve spent a majority of my career focusing on ransomware thanks to everything I learned while working under Kurtis Minder. He taught me so much from numerous ransomware negotiations.

I highly recommend adding his new book to your summer reading list. a.co/d/gZynHMp

ICE rolls facial recognition tools out to officers’ phones, Scattered Spider targets airlines, and hackers open a valve at a Norwegian dam, in this week’s security news roundup.
@evystadium.bsky.social has more:

RUN FOR SOMETHING is an organization whose main gig is recruiting, training, and supporting diverse YOUNG progressive candidates like Zohran Mamdani.

We have a ton more work to do to transform the Democratic Party so ...

GIVE THEM MONEY !!!

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'They're Not Breathing': Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowdin...

NEW: Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowding.

Unpaywalled from @dell.bsky.social and @dmehro.bsky.social:

There's a new ClickFix variation called FileFix

This one works by tricking users into copying a file path in Windows Explorer.

Attackers modify the clipboard, so you're actually pasting and running PowerShell ahead of the file path

mrd0x.com/filefix-clic...

And she's writing from Kyiv as they go through nightly Russian attacks. Really amazing that @darynant.bsky.social does what she does.

Some people get into journalism because they’re skeptical of power, and others do so because they’re impressed by it. Moments like this are clarifying with respect to who’s who.

Top Pentagon spy pick rejected by White House Army Lt. Gen. Richard Angle's name was put forward to lead the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command.

The White House has rejected the Pentagon's pick for the next head of the NSA and Cyber Command

The DOD proposed Army Lt. Gen. Richard Angle to replace Gen. Timothy Haugh, who was dismissed by President Trump in April

www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this

Cover of George Takei’s They Called Us Enemy” showing a young Japanese American boy in a line of people being sent to an internment camp guarded by a uniformed American soldier

Meant to mention this last week, but if you have a young person in your life who’s into history or graphic novels or just good books, buy them George Takei’s “They Called Us Enemy.” My oldest couldn’t put it down.

Chelsea fan here but this was fair enough, great match

But it will solve 99% of your problems

Literally begging you to post about Just Some Stuff. We will see the news I absolutely promise. Twenty people will repost the same exact thing about the news. Only you can post about a turtle you saw