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U.S. courts will now share how often spyware is authorized.

The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts confirmed to TechCrunch that it will begin publishing how often judges authorize spyware for wiretapping suspected criminals. That is a meaningful step toward transparency, and it arrives as broader questions about digital surveillance and data privacy dominate the conversation. We have covered related concerns before, including how AI agents shared user images in OpenAI's research environment, a reminder that oversight often lags behind technological reach.