Dhruv Mehrotra

4/9/21

We're Archiving Yahoo Answers So You'll Always Know How Babby Is Formed

When the internet was mourning the impending shutdown of Yahoo Answers, announced earlier this week, there was a…

Shoshana Wodinsky

and Dhruv Mehrotra

PublishedApril 9, 2021

3/11/21

The Pandemic Fueled a Boom in Empty Ghost Shipping Containers Traveling the High Seas

In our latest proof that global capitalism is extremely logical and efficient, hundreds of thousands of completely…

Dharna Noor

and Dhruv Mehrotra

PublishedMarch 11, 2021

1/15/21

Leaked Parler Data Points to Users at Police Stations, U.S. Military Bases

Location data gleaned from thousands of videos posted on the social network Parler and archived days before Amazon…

Dell Cameron

and Dhruv Mehrotra

PublishedJanuary 15, 2021

1/12/21

Parler Users Breached Deep Inside U.S. Capitol Building, GPS Data Shows

At least several users of the far-right social network Parler appear to be among the horde of rioters that managed…

Dell Cameron

and Dhruv Mehrotra

PublishedJanuary 12, 2021

1/8/21

The Big Oil Money Behind the Members of Congress Who Fueled the Capitol Attack

On Wednesday, Chevron decried the assault on the Capitol by a mob of violent extremists hellbent on halting a…

Brian Kahn

and Dhruv Mehrotra

PublishedJanuary 8, 2021

12/11/20

U.S. Schools Are Buying Phone-Hacking Tech That the FBI Uses to Investigate Terrorists

In May 2016, a student enrolled in a high-school in Shelbyville, Texas, consented to having his phone searched by…

Tom McKay

and Dhruv Mehrotra

PublishedDecember 11, 2020

11/25/20

A New 'Buy Black' Campaign Aims to Avert an Amazon Surveillance State

After a summer of nationwide protests against unchecked state violence brutalizing Black people in America,…

Dell Cameron

and Dhruv Mehrotra

PublishedNovember 25, 2020

10/23/20

Cops Turn to Canadian Phone-Tracking Firm After Infamous 'Stingrays' Become 'Obsolete'

Law enforcement agencies across the United States are scrambling to secure funding for new cellphone-tracking…

Dell Cameron

and Dhruv Mehrotra

PublishedOctober 23, 2020

9/24/20

Louisville Police Take Down Inmate Lookup Site Amid Mass Arrest of Protesters

An estimated 127 people have been arrested since protesters took to the streets of Louisville, Kentucky, on …

Dhruv Mehrotra

PublishedSeptember 24, 2020

9/22/20

The Nvidia RTX 3080 eBay Debacle Exposed a Scalper Bot Civil War

Last week, RTX 3080 scalpers pissed off a lot of Nvidia GPU fans by buying up all the graphics cards and attempting…

Joanna Nelius

and Dhruv Mehrotra

PublishedSeptember 22, 2020

9/18/20

CBP Drones Conducted Flyovers Near Homes of Indigenous Pipeline Activists, Flight Records Show

Tom Goldtooth awoke on Feb. 21 expecting a pretty regular day ahead. And by all accounts, his day was normal. He was…

Yessenia Funes

and Dhruv Mehrotra

PublishedSeptember 18, 2020

9/4/20

Prison Phone App Exposes Millions of Inmate Messages and Personal Data

As many incarcerated individuals are having their visiting privileges restricted due to the global pandemic,…

Dhruv Mehrotra

PublishedSeptember 4, 2020

7/28/20

This Bumbling New Start-Up Helps Conservative Websites Store User Names, Postal Addresses of Anonymous Readers

Recently, Jezebel received a curious email from someone who identified themselves as a co-founder of GetEmails.com,…

Molly Osberg

and Dhruv Mehrotra

PublishedJuly 28, 2020

7/21/20

DHS Is Spying on Social Media to Track Threats to Statues

The Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence & Analysis has been authorized to conduct social media…

Dhruv Mehrotra

PublishedJuly 21, 2020

6/9/20

We Mapped Where Customs and Border Protection Drones Are Flying in the U.S. and Beyond

In 2011, Rodney Brossart, a cattle rancher from Lakota, North Dakota was accused of stealing six cows. The cows, he…

Tom McKay

and Dhruv Mehrotra

PublishedJune 9, 2020

5/29/20

Customs and Border Protection Flew a Predator Surveillance Drone Over Minneapolis Protests Today

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has flown a Predator drone above ongoing protests against police brutality in…

Tom McKay

and Dhruv Mehrotra

PublishedMay 29, 2020

5/20/20

The Mystery of 'Hacked' Houseparty Users May Have Been Solved

By the end of March, things were looking good for the group video chat app Houseparty as quarantined young people,…

Dhruv Mehrotra

PublishedMay 20, 2020

5/18/20

Samsung, Rolls-Royce Information Exposed by Leaky Database, Security Firm Says

Hypothetically, if you, a criminal, wanted to steal millions of dollars from a corporation, one place to start might…

Dhruv Mehrotra

PublishedMay 18, 2020

5/14/20

Beware Sending a Fax Online—It Might Not Be as Private as You Think

On top of being laid off or furloughed, hordes of people have had to figure out how to send a fax while on lockdown.…

Dhruv Mehrotra

PublishedMay 14, 2020

5/11/20

The Real Bailout is Happening on GoFundMe

Susan Arnold, a 58-year-old Uber driver in Chicago, first became acquainted with GoFundMe last year, when she helped…

Molly Osberg

and Dhruv Mehrotra

PublishedMay 11, 2020

Dhruv Mehrotra's posts

We're Archiving Yahoo Answers So You'll Always Know How Babby Is Formed

The Pandemic Fueled a Boom in Empty Ghost Shipping Containers Traveling the High Seas

Leaked Parler Data Points to Users at Police Stations, U.S. Military Bases

Parler Users Breached Deep Inside U.S. Capitol Building, GPS Data Shows

The Big Oil Money Behind the Members of Congress Who Fueled the Capitol Attack

U.S. Schools Are Buying Phone-Hacking Tech That the FBI Uses to Investigate Terrorists

A New 'Buy Black' Campaign Aims to Avert an Amazon Surveillance State

Cops Turn to Canadian Phone-Tracking Firm After Infamous 'Stingrays' Become 'Obsolete'

Louisville Police Take Down Inmate Lookup Site Amid Mass Arrest of Protesters

The Nvidia RTX 3080 eBay Debacle Exposed a Scalper Bot Civil War

CBP Drones Conducted Flyovers Near Homes of Indigenous Pipeline Activists, Flight Records Show

Prison Phone App Exposes Millions of Inmate Messages and Personal Data

This Bumbling New Start-Up Helps Conservative Websites Store User Names, Postal Addresses of Anonymous Readers

DHS Is Spying on Social Media to Track Threats to Statues

We Mapped Where Customs and Border Protection Drones Are Flying in the U.S. and Beyond

Customs and Border Protection Flew a Predator Surveillance Drone Over Minneapolis Protests Today

The Mystery of 'Hacked' Houseparty Users May Have Been Solved

Samsung, Rolls-Royce Information Exposed by Leaky Database, Security Firm Says

Beware Sending a Fax Online—It Might Not Be as Private as You Think

The Real Bailout is Happening on GoFundMe