Katherine Long
@klong.bsky.social
"Warmly,"
Journalist at the WSJ, via Business Insider and The Seattle Times. [email protected]. Send tips on Signal: longka.38
Journalist at the WSJ, via Business Insider and The Seattle Times. [email protected]. Send tips on Signal: longka.38
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that was fast and totally unforseeable techcrunch.com/2025/09/25/v...
Exclusive: Neon takes down app after exposing users' phone numbers, call recordings, and transcripts
Call recording app Neon was one of the top-ranked iPhone apps, but was pulled offline after a security bug allowed any logged-in user to access the call recordings and transcripts of any other user.
techcrunch.com
September 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
that was fast and totally unforseeable techcrunch.com/2025/09/25/v...
I hope Alan is doing well! I think of him often!
February 7, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I hope Alan is doing well! I think of him often!
This is a good time to note that I started at the Wall Street Journal last week! If you work with or around DOGE, I'd love to speak with you. My email address is [email protected] and I'm on Signal at longka.38. Use a non-work device to contact me.
February 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
This is a good time to note that I started at the Wall Street Journal last week! If you work with or around DOGE, I'd love to speak with you. My email address is [email protected] and I'm on Signal at longka.38. Use a non-work device to contact me.
I can't see the FTC messing up like this again, but if it does, well, we'll be watching for it.
Major h/t to Jack Poulson, who used this same technique to find an FTC investigation into the location-tracking data broker Venntel. jackpoulson.substack.com/p/ftc-opened...
Major h/t to Jack Poulson, who used this same technique to find an FTC investigation into the location-tracking data broker Venntel. jackpoulson.substack.com/p/ftc-opened...
FTC opened investigation into commercial phone-tracking firm Venntel
The FTC hired Notre Dame technology and ethics professor Kirsten E. Martin as an expert witness for 18 months regarding Venntel and Gravy Analytics.
jackpoulson.substack.com
January 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I can't see the FTC messing up like this again, but if it does, well, we'll be watching for it.
Major h/t to Jack Poulson, who used this same technique to find an FTC investigation into the location-tracking data broker Venntel. jackpoulson.substack.com/p/ftc-opened...
Major h/t to Jack Poulson, who used this same technique to find an FTC investigation into the location-tracking data broker Venntel. jackpoulson.substack.com/p/ftc-opened...
When we asked the FTC about these contracts, it wiped the company names from the public portal.
But when I FOIA'd for the scope of work statement for the Publishing.com contract, it showed clearly that the FTC had opened an investigation into the company.
But when I FOIA'd for the scope of work statement for the Publishing.com contract, it showed clearly that the FTC had opened an investigation into the company.
January 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
When we asked the FTC about these contracts, it wiped the company names from the public portal.
But when I FOIA'd for the scope of work statement for the Publishing.com contract, it showed clearly that the FTC had opened an investigation into the company.
But when I FOIA'd for the scope of work statement for the Publishing.com contract, it showed clearly that the FTC had opened an investigation into the company.
Typically, the public-facing descriptions of those contracts are bland: They just say things like "EXPERT WITNESS."
What we found was that an FTC employee appears to have screwed up and put the name of some companies under investigation in public-facing contract descriptions.
What we found was that an FTC employee appears to have screwed up and put the name of some companies under investigation in public-facing contract descriptions.
January 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Typically, the public-facing descriptions of those contracts are bland: They just say things like "EXPERT WITNESS."
What we found was that an FTC employee appears to have screwed up and put the name of some companies under investigation in public-facing contract descriptions.
What we found was that an FTC employee appears to have screwed up and put the name of some companies under investigation in public-facing contract descriptions.
During the course of an investigation, agencies sometimes hire expert witnesses. Those contracts are recorded in contracting databases like usaspending.gov and the Federal Procurement Data Service.
January 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
During the course of an investigation, agencies sometimes hire expert witnesses. Those contracts are recorded in contracting databases like usaspending.gov and the Federal Procurement Data Service.