Category: Wired

Top Trump Officials’ Passwords and Personal Phone Numbers Discovered Online
29
Mar
2025

Top Trump Officials’ Passwords and Personal Phone Numbers Discovered Online

While millions of people have been caught up in online data breaches and use inadequate privacy settings on their online…

Even More Venmo Accounts Tied to Trump Officials in Signal Group Chat Left Data Public
28
Mar
2025

Even More Venmo Accounts Tied to Trump Officials in Signal Group Chat Left Data Public

Venmo did not immediately respond to WIRED’s request for comment. In a statement given to WIRED in response to questions…

SignalGate Is Driving the Most US Downloads of Signal Ever
27
Mar
2025

SignalGate Is Driving the Most US Downloads of Signal Ever

SignalGate, as it’s come to be called, may be the biggest scandal to hit the Trump administration in its first…

Using Starlink Wi-Fi in the White House Is a Slippery Slope for US Federal IT
27
Mar
2025

Using Starlink Wi-Fi in the White House Is a Slippery Slope for US Federal IT

As the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) continues to rampage through the United States federal government, essentially guided…

How to Enter the US With Your Digital Privacy Intact
27
Mar
2025

How to Enter the US With Your Digital Privacy Intact

Finally, Wessler recommends that travelers be sure to update their operating systems on both laptops and phones before crossing the…

How to Delete Your Data From 23andMe
27
Mar
2025

How to Delete Your Data From 23andMe

Genetic testing company 23andMe, once a Silicon Valley darling valued at $6 billion, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection late…

SignalGate Isn’t About Signal | WIRED
27
Mar
2025

SignalGate Isn’t About Signal | WIRED

“Putting aside for a moment that classified information should never be discussed over an unclassified system, it’s also just mind-boggling…

Mike Waltz Left His Venmo Friends List Public
27
Mar
2025

Mike Waltz Left His Venmo Friends List Public

Many of the accounts appear to belong to local and national politicians and political operatives ranging from US representative Dan…

Trump’s Aggression Sours Europe on US Cloud Giants
24
Mar
2025

Trump’s Aggression Sours Europe on US Cloud Giants

Dave Cottlehuber, the founder of SkunkWerks, a small tech infrastructure firm in Austria, says he has been moving the company’s…

How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To
21
Mar
2025

How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To

Law enforcement requests for user data from Apple, Google, and Meta mean that these companies can decide whether government authorities…

Low-Cost Drone Add-Ons From China Let Anyone With a Credit Card Turn Toys Into Weapons of War
20
Mar
2025

Low-Cost Drone Add-Ons From China Let Anyone With a Credit Card Turn Toys Into Weapons of War

In December the Kyiv Post reported of the Ukrainian military’s own long-range, tethered drones, that, “currently about 40 percent of…

End-to-End Encrypted Texts Between Android and iPhone Are Coming
15
Mar
2025

End-to-End Encrypted Texts Between Android and iPhone Are Coming

Knifings, firebombings, shootings, and murder-for-hire plots—all linked to a splinter group of the 764 crime network called “No Lives Matter.”…