How citizen surveillance ate San Francisco

PLUS: Intensified Israeli Surveillance Has Put the West Bank on Lockdown, and more

View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions  11.07.23 WOLF PACK | 6-MINUTE READ Intensified Israeli Surveillance Has Put the West Bank on Lockdown BY TOM BENNETT The West Bank was Israel's surveillance laboratory. Since the Israel-Hamas war began, Palestinian residents have been locked in for days at a time. ERROR DETECTED | 6-MINUTE READ YouTube's Ad Blocker Detection Believed to Break EU Privacy Law BY K.G. ORPHANIDES A complaint filed with the EU's independent data regulator accuses YouTube of failing to get explicit user permission for its ad blocker detection system, potentially violating the ePrivacy Directive. FOURTH AMENDMENT | 6-MINUTE READ A New US Privacy Bill Seeks to End Warrantless Police and FBI Spying BY DELL CAMERON The Government Surveillance Reform Act of 2023 pulls from past privacy bills to overhaul how police and the feds access Americans' data and communications. VIDEO DOOM LOOP | 28-MINUTE READ What a Bloody San Francisco Street Brawl Tells Us About the Age of Citizen Surveillance BY LAUREN SMILEY When a homeless man attacked a former city official, footage of the onslaught became a rallying cry. Then came another video, and another—and the story turned inside out. SPONSORED CONTENT The Seven Most Basic Building Blocks of Engineering "Told with an engineer's infectious excitement and enthusiasm for detail" (Gaia Vince), structural engineer Roma Agrawal's Nuts & Bolts reveals the hidden building blocks of our modern world. GET WIRED Our Fall Sale is Officially live! Subscribe to WIRED for only $29.99 $5. That includes subscriber-only content like Steven Levy's Plaintext column, plus FREE WIRED stickers as a special bonus! GOLDEN APPLE | 4-MINUTE READ How the Apple TV 4K Quickly Became My Favorite Streaming Device BY SIMON HILL This premium streaming box is a top-notch smart home hub and should be the heart of any Apple household. OFFICE SPACE | 2-MINUTE READ WeWork Just Filed for Bankruptcy BY AMANDA HOOVER The troubled coworking company has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. WeWork says locations will remain open. STAR BRIGHT | 4-MINUTE READ The Euclid Space Telescope's Spectacular First Photos of Distant and Hidden Galaxies BY RAMIN SKIBBA Images from the European Space Agency's newest telescope show the power of instruments that will create 3D surveys of a third of the sky, covering 10 billion years of cosmic history. CLIMATE CHANGE | 5-MINUTE READ A Major Alarm Is Flashing Under Greenland's Ice BY MATT SIMON Greenland's northern ice shelves have lost more than a third of their volume since 1978, new research finds. Looking for a new job? Check out these featured listings and search for openings all over the world on jobs.wired.com Sr. Marketing Manager, SEO 23andMe Location: Sunnyvale, CA, USA APPLY NOW Help Desk Specialist MIC Group Location: Brenham, TX, USA APPLY NOW Have questions or comments? Reply to this email.   This email was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our email address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or Manage your newsletter subscriptions   Copyright © Condé Nast 2023. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.