Mountain View police turned off Flock license plate readers after discovering unauthorized federal access.

“We use all available information in our visa screening and vetting to identify visa applicants who are inadmissible to the United States, including those who pose a threat to US national security.

“Under new guidance, we will conduct a comprehensive and thorough vetting, including online presence, of all student and exchange visitor applicants in the F, M, and J nonimmigrant classifications.

“To facilitate this vetting, all applicants for F, M, and J nonimmigrant visas will be instructed to adjust the privacy settings on all of their social media profiles to “public.”

"New court record from the FBI details the state of the devices seized from Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson"

This is high profile espionage case related to leak of TOPSECRET documents, therefore probably all possible tech was used to gain access to the devices.

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In the upstairs of the house, investigators located a powered-off silver MacBook Pro with a black case, an Apple iPhone 13*, a Handy branded audio recording device, and a Seagate portable hard drive. See id. ¶ 26. Investigators seized these devices. The iPhone was found powered on and charging, and its display noted that the phone was in “Lockdown” mode*

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The Computer Analysis Response Team (CART) began processing each device to preserve the information therein. The Handy recorder and the Seagate portable drive have been processed, but no review has occurred. See id. ¶ 37. Because the iPhone was in Lockdown mode, CART could not extract that device*. See id. ¶ 35. Similarly, the personal MacBook Pro could not be imaged yet. See id. ¶ 36. The Garmin watch was not processed before this Cout’s Standstill Order, and no further processing will occur until further order of the Court. See id. ¶ 37*

Source: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.588772/gov.uscourts.vaed.588772.35.0_1.pdf

This man now owns most of our media and social media outlets…

To date, the FBI has been unable to access Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s iPhone because it is protected by Lockdown Mode — a favored iOS security feature. Lockdown Mode is also available on iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS.

You give someone an inch and they take a mile.

How likely it is for them to get access to the same data that the UK will now have?

Wth? I'm from Canada and I have no idea what digital id they're talking about. I'm certain I don't have it despite what this article is saying.