How to Make Sure You’re Not Accidentally Sharing Your Location
Your devices and apps really, really want to know where you are—whether it’s to tell you the weather, recommend some restaurants you might like, or…
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North Korean Hackers Are Attacking US Hospitals
With a major United States intelligence authority set to expire at the end of the year, and a congressional showdown brewing over whether or not…
The FBI’s Most Controversial Surveillance Tool Is Under Threat
Prominent political figures, including US Senators Ron Wyden and Rand Paul, have put forward bills in the past seeking to limit the FBI’s access to unminimized…
Meet the Creator of North Korea’s Favorite Crypto Privacy Service
In the cryptocurrency economy, there’s often a fine line between financial privacy and money laundering. Now one Bitcoin “mixer” service called Sinbad.io is walking that…
Russia’s Ransomware Gangs Are Being Named and Shamed
For years, Russia-based ransomware gangs have launched crippling attacks against businesses, hospitals, and public sector bodies, extorting hundreds of millions of dollars from victims and…
Want to Delete Your Twitter DMs? Good Luck With That
Twitter’s direct messages have always been a security liability. The DMs you send to friends and internet strangers aren’t end-to-end encrypted, making your conversations potentially accessible…
The Political Theater Behind the State of the Union Data Privacy Push
When it comes to antitrust and tech, there’s a trust deficit on Capitol Hill, even as pressure to act continues to mount. And Senate Democrats…
How the US Can Stop Data Brokers’ Worst Practices—Right Now
The letter also points to databases maintained by the British multinational RELX and the Canadian conglomerate Thomson Reuters, which, according to CUNY law professor Sarah…
Biden’s SOTU: Data Privacy Is Now a Must-Hit US State of the Union Topic
The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, enacted in 2018, provides far from perfect data privacy protection, but it stands in stark contrast to the…
Inside Safe City, Moscow’s AI Surveillance Dystopia
“From [an] engineering point of view, it’s very interesting to work with: It’s very difficult,” he says. After the release of FindFace, NTechLab began selling…
Googling for Software Downloads Is Extra Risky Right Now
If you heard rumblings this week that Netflix is finally cracking down on password sharing in the United States and other markets, you heard wrong—but…
The Chinese Spy Balloon Shows the Downsides of Spy Balloons
On Friday, United States secretary of state Antony Blinken said he was canceling a high-profile diplomatic visit to Beijing following the discovery of a large,…