Trump’s mass deportations are only possible with racial profiling
Trump's mass deportations are only possible with racial profiling CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – NOVEMBER 6: U.S. Border Patrol arrests search a neighborhood for an individual they were chasing on November 6, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. U.S. Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agents are in Chicago and surrounding suburbs during “Operation Midway Blitz” […]
Cox Media fined after bragging it spied on users through their phones
Cox Media fined after bragging it spied on users through their phones An exceptionally weird controversy has come back to haunt Cox Media and a pair of marketing firms, which claimed they were secretly listening to users via phones and smart devices – despite little evidence they actually could. On Thursday the Federal Trade Commission […]
The border is everywhere
The border is everywhere Verge reporter Gaby Del Valle demonstrates the size of Sherp’s ATV at the Border Security Expo in Phoenix, Arizona, on Tuesday, May 5, 2026. No one paid attention to the gunshots that echoed through the convention center. They were real enough, and so were the screams that accompanied them, in the […]
Venmo finally takes privacy seriously
Venmo finally takes privacy seriously Venmo is starting to test a big redesign of its app, and as part of the changes, it will be implementing a major new privacy measure: the onboarding process for new users will set their posts to only be viewable by their friends by default instead of being public. It’s […]
Meta’s historic loss in court could cost a lot more than $375 million
Meta's historic loss in court could cost a lot more than $375 million Mark Zuckerberg. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez won a historic sum of $375 million in a landmark child safety case against Meta earlier this year. But the next stage of the fight […]
Congress keeps kicking surveillance reform down the road
Congress keeps kicking surveillance reform down the road Congress has reauthorized Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act – but only for another 45 days. The extension is meant to give legislators more time to negotiate reforms to the controversial wiretapping bill. If the past few weeks are any indication of how future debates […]
You can get dragged into a police investigation by proximity alone — for now
You can get dragged into a police investigation by proximity alone — for now A years-old bank heist may soon have major privacy implications for every American who owns a cellphone. On Monday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Chatrie v. United States, a case involving police’s use of controversial “geofence warrants” to find and […]
A new Republican privacy bill could be ‘worse than no standard at all’
A new Republican privacy bill could be 'worse than no standard at all' It would add protections for many states, but also likely strip some from others. | Image: The Verge, Getty Images Congress is once again attempting to pass a national data privacy law. But while it would introduce new protections in some states, […]
The only way to fight deepfakes is by making deepfakes
The only way to fight deepfakes is by making deepfakes I was unsure if my parents would notice that the voice on the other end wasn’t mine – or that it was mine, sort of, but it wasn’t me. The voice said hello, asked my dad how he was doing, and asked again when he […]
Privacy advocates want Google to stop handing consumer data over to ICE
Privacy advocates want Google to stop handing consumer data over to ICE The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is asking the attorneys general of California and New York to investigate Google for deceptive trade practices, saying the tech giant fails to notify users before handing over their data to law enforcement agencies like ICE. “For nearly […]