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Russia Is Cracking Down on End-to-End Encrypted Calls

Plus: ICE agents accidentally add a random person to a sensitive group chat, Norwegian intelligence blames the Kremlin for hacking a dam, and new facial recognition vans roam the UK.

ICE agents inadvertently added a random person to a group chat named “Mass Text,” exposing sensitive discussions including details about a manhunt for a convicted attempted murderer who apparently had been flagged for deportation. The breach is reminiscent of so-called SignalGate, another recent situation in which senior Trump administration cabinet members accidentally included the editor in chief of The Atlantic in a Signal group chat created to plan US air strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen. Ministers announced this week that law enforcement will deploy 10 live facial recognition vans around the country that will be used by seven police forces to aid in investigations related to “sex offenders or people wanted for the most serious crimes,” according to Home Secretary Yvette Cooper.

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