Rumble Among 15 Targets of Texas Attorney General’s Child Privacy Probe
The privacy experts who spoke with WIRED described Rumble, Quora, and WeChat as unusual suspects but declined to speculate on the rationale behind their inclusion…
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Candy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the Thousands of Apps Hijacked to Spy on Your Location
Some of the world’s most popular apps are likely being co-opted by rogue members of the advertising industry to harvest sensitive location data on a…
How the US TikTok Ban Would Actually Work
The law says it will be “unlawful” for entities to “distribute, maintain or update” the app including its source code, or by “providing services” that…
The School Shootings Were Fake. The Terror Was Real
Then, between Christmas Eve and New Year’s, came a new deluge of swattings. They hit close to a hundred politicians and law enforcement officials in…
The School Shootings Were Fake. The Terror Was Real
Then, between Christmas Eve and New Year’s, came a new deluge of swattings. They hit close to a hundred politicians and law enforcement officials in…
License Plate Readers Are Leaking Real-Time Video Feeds and Vehicle Data
In just 20 minutes this morning, an automated license-plate-recognition (ALPR) system in Nashville, Tennessee, captured photographs and detailed information from nearly 1,000 vehicles as they…
Apple May Owe You $20 in a Siri Privacy Lawsuit Settlement
It may be a new year, but the hacks, scams, and dangerous people lurking online haven’t gone anywhere. Just a day before the ball dropped,…
Californians Say X Blocked Them From Viewing Amber Alert About Missing 14-Year-Old
People in Missouri reported encountering a similar issue in July 2023, when the Missouri Highway Patrol sent out another Amber Alert push notification with a…
Facebook and Instagram Ads Push Gun Silencers Disguised as Car Parts
Experts believe the operation is based in China and relies on a drop-shipping scheme. “It’s likely just a reshipper selling controversial or illegal products,” says…
Hey, Maybe It’s Time to Delete Some Old Chat Histories
If you’re worried about possible expansions of government surveillance and access to your information, or simply want to do some digital purging so you’re not…
US Treasury Department Admits It Got Hacked by China
“I cannot believe that we’re seeing command injection vulnerabilities in 2024 in any products, let alone a secure remote access product that’s supposed to have…
The Most Dangerous People on the Internet in 2024
For its entire existence as a global medium, the internet’s evolution has been caught in a tug of war, pulled by opposing forces: on one…