Category: Wired

Protecting Your Phone—and Your Privacy—at the US Border
25
Apr
2025

Protecting Your Phone—and Your Privacy—at the US Border

Lauren Goode: I think Katie should go first. She’s the boss. Katie Drummond: So as you all know, because I…

Gmail’s New Encrypted Messages Feature Opens a Door for Scams
24
Apr
2025

Gmail’s New Encrypted Messages Feature Opens a Door for Scams

Google announced at the beginning of April that it is launching a streamlined tool that will allow business users to…

The Tech That Safeguards the Conclave’s Secrecy
23
Apr
2025

The Tech That Safeguards the Conclave’s Secrecy

In 2005, cell phones were banned for the first time during the conclave, the process by which the Catholic Church…

How to Protect Yourself From Phone Searches at the US Border
21
Apr
2025

How to Protect Yourself From Phone Searches at the US Border

Privacy and digital rights advocates largely prefer the approach of building a travel device from scratch, but they caution that…

Florida Man Enters the Encryption Wars
19
Apr
2025

Florida Man Enters the Encryption Wars

Just three months into the Trump administration’s promised crackdown on immigration to the United States, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement now…

ICE Is Paying Palantir $30 Million to Build ‘ImmigrationOS’ Surveillance Platform
18
Apr
2025

ICE Is Paying Palantir $30 Million to Build ‘ImmigrationOS’ Surveillance Platform

“No other vendor could meet these timeframes of having the infrastructure in place to meet this urgent requirement and deliver…

New Jersey Sues Discord for Allegedly Failing to Protect Children
17
Apr
2025

New Jersey Sues Discord for Allegedly Failing to Protect Children

Discord is facing a new lawsuit from the state of New Jersey, which claims that the chat app is engaged…

This ‘College Protester’ Isn’t Real. It’s an AI-Powered Undercover Bot for Cops
17
Apr
2025

This ‘College Protester’ Isn’t Real. It’s an AI-Powered Undercover Bot for Cops

On June 5, a Pinal County Board of Supervisors meeting was asked to approve a $500,000 contract between the county…

‘Stupid and Dangerous’: CISA Funding Chaos Threatens Essential Cybersecurity Program
16
Apr
2025

‘Stupid and Dangerous’: CISA Funding Chaos Threatens Essential Cybersecurity Program

In an eleventh-hour scramble before a key contract was set to expire on Tuesday night, the United States Cybersecurity and…

Here’s What Happened to Those SignalGate Messages
16
Apr
2025

Here’s What Happened to Those SignalGate Messages

The US Treasury Department was initially alone in providing the court a timeline of the messages that it was able…

Suspected 4chan Hack Could Expose Longtime, Anonymous Admins
15
Apr
2025

Suspected 4chan Hack Could Expose Longtime, Anonymous Admins

The anonymous image board 4chan has survived years of controversy. It weathered user and advertiser boycotts as well as damning…

Microsoft’s Recall AI Tool Is Making an Unwelcome Return
14
Apr
2025

Microsoft’s Recall AI Tool Is Making an Unwelcome Return

Security and privacy advocates are girding themselves for another uphill battle against Recall, the AI tool rolling out in Windows…