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 elects its new pope. Twenty…
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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 a phone that is too…
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 has a $30 million contract…
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 a prototype in less than…
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 in “deceptive and unconscionable business…
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 and Massive Blue in order…
‘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 Infrastructure Security Agency renewed its…
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 to retrieve. Treasury Secretary Scott…
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 accusations that it incubated hate…
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 11 that will screenshot, index,…
The Most Dangerous Hackers You’ve Never Heard Of
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Black Basta: The Fallen Ransomware Gang That Lives On
The pecking order of ransomware gangs is always shifting and evolving, with the most aggressive and reckless groups netting big payouts from vulnerable targets—but often…