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6 stories from theintercept.com have been shared on Kiwi News since 13 January 2024, with 11 upvotes and 3 comments in total. The latest was shared on 7 March 2026. They are listed below, most upvoted first.
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- Washington Post Raid Is Frightening Reminder: Turn Off Your Phone Biometrics Now
The article presents the federal raid on Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's home as a warning to smartphone users, because the warrant authorized agents to use her fingers or face to unlock her phone. Natanson has not been charged with a crime; the search relates to alleged communication with contractor Aurelio Luis Perez-Lugones, who was initially charged with unlawfully retaining national defense information. Andrew Crocker of the Electronic Frontier Foundation noted a D.C. Circuit ruling that biometric unlocking can be protected testimony under the Fifth Amendment, while Martin Shelton of Freedom of the Press Foundation advised journalists to disable biometrics when they expect a possible search.
- “Gay Furry Hackers” Claim Credit for Hacking Heritage Foundation Project 2025
SiegedSec, a hacking collective calling itself "gay furry hackers," claimed credit for breaching Heritage Foundation databases and releasing material as part of its #OpTransRights campaign against organizations opposing transgender rights. SiegedSec called Project 2025 "an authoritarian Christian nationalist plan to reform the United States government," and said it obtained passwords and user information for "every user" of a Heritage database. Heritage said SiegedSec obtained only incomplete password information, and a spokesperson, Noah Weinrich, said no Heritage systems were breached and the files were a two-year-old Daily Signal archive on a contractor's public site.
- Honduras Ratchets Up Battle With Crypto-Libertarian Investors
Honduran President Xiomara Castro has moved to withdraw Honduras from the World Bank's International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), a step a group of international economists praised in an open letter organized by Progressive International. The dispute mechanism is being used by crypto-linked investors, led by U.S. company Próspera Inc., which seeks more than $10 billion in compensation, roughly a third of Honduras's GDP. Garcia, a presidential commissioner appointed by Castro, said the arbitration court has legally accepted the withdrawal, effective August.
- OpenAI Quietly Deletes Ban on Using ChatGPT for “Military and Warfare”
OpenAI quietly removed its ban on military and warfare uses from its usage policy, which previously listed "military and warfare" alongside "weapons development" as high-risk activities prohibited on its platform. The rewritten policy retains a general instruction not to "use our service to harm yourself or others" and gives "develop or use weapons" as an example. OpenAI spokesperson Niko Felix said the company wanted "clearer" and "more readable" principles, and mentioned a planned cybersecurity tool project with DARPA. Heidy Khlaaf of Trail of Bits said the new policy seems to emphasize legality over safety, and Lucy Suchman said the shift to "weapons" leaves room for military contracting.
- Coinbase Providing “Geo Tracking Data” to ICE
Coinbase is selling Immigration and Customs Enforcement access to Coinbase Tracer, a blockchain intelligence tool used to trace cryptocurrency transactions, according to contract documents shared with The Intercept. The contract, released through a Freedom of Information Act request obtained by Jack Poulson of Tech Inquiry, gives ICE analytics features across nearly a dozen digital currencies, including bitcoin, ether, and tether, and lists "Historical geo tracking data" without explaining its source. Coinbase spokesperson Natasha LaBranche pointed to a website disclaimer saying Tracer uses public sources and not Coinbase user data, but did not answer questions about how ICE uses the tool. An ICE spokesperson said the tool supports investigations of opioid traffickers and cyber criminals and is not used in civil immigration enforcement.
- Congress Is Considering Abolishing Your Right to Be Anonymous Online
Taylor Lorenz argues that proposed child online safety laws, including the Kids Online Safety Act, would effectively end anonymity on the internet for everyone. She writes that no platform can reliably verify a user's age without collecting identifying information, so the laws would link users' offline identities to their online behavior. Citing Electronic Frontier Foundation senior counsel David Greene and Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression lead counsel Ari Cohn, the article warns that such systems could expose whistleblowers, protesters, and LGBTQ+ users to government surveillance and punishment.