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Jeff Larson is the Data Editor at ProPublica. He is a winner of the Livingston Award for the 2011 series Redistricting: How Powerful Interests are Drawing You Out of a Vote. Jeff's public key.
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Verizon’s Zombie Cookie Gets New Life
Oct. 6, 1:15 p.m.
Verizon is merging its cellphone tracking supercookie with AOL’s ad tracking network to match users’ online habits with their offline details.The Tiger Mom Tax: Asians Are Nearly Twice as Likely to Get a Higher Price from Princeton Review
Sep. 1, 10 a.m.
One unexpected effect of the company’s geographic approach to pricing is that Asians are almost twice as likely to be offered a higher price than non-Asians, an analysis by ProPublica shows.Here’s Why the Close Collaboration Between the NSA and AT&T Matters
Aug. 17, 10:54 a.m.
New disclosures about the National Security Agency's partnership with AT&T could reignite constitutional challenges to the spy agency's efforts to wiretap the Internet.A Trail of Evidence Leading to AT&T’s Partnership with the NSA
Aug. 15, 1 p.m.
Documents provided by Edward Snowden mention a special relationship between the National Security Agency and an unnamed telecommunications company. Here’s how we figured out that’s AT&T.NSA Spying Relies on AT&T’s ‘Extreme Willingness to Help’
Aug. 15, 12:59 p.m.
The National Security Agency’s ability to capture Internet traffic on United States soil has been based on an extraordinary, decadeslong partnership with a single company: AT&T.New Snowden Documents Reveal Secret Memos Expanding Spying
June 4, 11 a.m.
The Obama administration has stepped up the NSA’s warrantless surveillance program on U.S. soil to search for signs of hacking.Killing the Colorado: Explore the River
May 27, 9 a.m.
How the Colorado was turned into a giant plumbing system.Money as a Weapons System
May 15, 9 a.m.
How U.S. commanders spent $2 billion of petty cash in AfghanistanSomebody’s Already Using Verizon’s ID to Track Users
Oct. 30, 2014, 11:59 a.m.
Twitter is using a newly discovered hidden code that the telecom carriers are adding to every page you visit – and it's very hard to opt out.NSA Documents Suggest a Close Working Relationship Between NSA, U.S. Companies
Oct. 15, 2014, 10:59 a.m.
Documents describe "contractual relationships" between NSA and U.S. companies, as well as undercover operatives at some U.S. companies.Leaked Docs Show Spyware Used to Snoop on U.S. Computers
Aug. 8, 2014, 11:43 a.m.
Software created by the controversial U.K. based Gamma Group International was used to spy on computers that appear to be located in the United States.Announcing Raster Support for Simple Tiles
July 24, 2014, 2 p.m.
To support the work we're doing for a project launching this year that relies on satellite imagery, we've added raster-data support to the newest version of Simple Tiles.The NSA Revelations All in One Chart
June 30, 2014, 11:56 a.m.
We plotted the NSA programs, showing which ones fall squarely into the agency’s stated mission of foreign surveillance, and which ones are more controversial.School Segregation After Brown
May 1, 2014, 1:11 p.m.
Hundreds of school districts were placed under court order to desegregate following the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling. Many communities do not know the status of these orders. Use this tool to find out whether your district is or ever was under a desegregation order, and alFAQ About NSA’s Interest in Angry Birds and Other ‘Leaky Apps’
Jan. 28, 2014, 2:30 p.m.
We lay out more from our story about how the NSA and its British counterpart have been scouring smartphone apps.Spy Agencies Probe Angry Birds and Other Apps for Personal Data
Jan. 27, 2014, 1:30 p.m.
New documents show the NSA and its British counterpart have access to advertiser data on smartphone apps, which can include your gender, income, and even whether you're a "swinger."How We Made the 3-D New York City Flood Map
Dec. 31, 2013, 10:34 a.m.
We used features only available in the most modern web browsers to create the interactive map of the city's flood zones.How We Calculated Injury Rates for Temp and Non-Temp Workers
Dec. 18, 2013, 2:29 p.m.
Worker’s comp data collected from five states shows temps are far more likely to be injured on the job.Temporary Work, Lasting Harm
Dec. 18, 2013, 2:27 p.m.
Temp workers are thrown into dangerous work with little training and suffer injuries far more often than permanent employees.NIST to Review Standards After Cryptographers Cry Foul Over NSA Meddling
Nov. 4, 2013, 4:05 p.m.
The federal institute that sets national standards for data encryption has announced it is reviewing all of its previous recommendations.Safeguard the public interest.
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