Section 702: The Future of the Biggest US Spy Program Hangs in the Balance
The United States government, like its rivals in Moscow and Beijing, has poured untold millions of dollars into quietly turning...
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AI Scam Calls: How to Protect Yourself, How to Detect
You answer a random call from a family member, and they breathlessly explain how there’s been a horrible car accident....
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A Breakthrough Online Privacy Proposal Hits Congress
Congress may be closer than ever to passing a comprehensive data privacy framework after key House and Senate committee leaders...
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Best Privacy Browsers (2024): Brave, Safari, Ghostery, Firefox, DuckDuckGo
The browser is part of a bigger project to keep internet browsing anonymous: Use Tor and you use the Tor...
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Identity Thief Lived as a Different Man for 33 Years
It’s been a week since the world avoided a potentially catastrophic cyberattack. On March 29, Microsoft developer Andres Freund disclosed...
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A Vigilante Hacker Took Down North Korea’s Internet. Now He’s Taking Off His Mask
“That’s not nice, and it’s not a good norm,” says Schneider. She says that much of the US government’s slow...
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The Mystery of ‘Jia Tan,’ the XZ Backdoor Mastermind
Ultimately, Scott argues that those three years of code changes and polite emails were likely not spent sabotaging multiple software...
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The XZ Backdoor: Everything You Need to Know
On Friday, a lone Microsoft developer rocked the world when he revealed a backdoor had been intentionally planted in XZ...
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The Incognito Mode Myth Has Fully Unraveled
If you still hold any notion that Google Chrome’s “Incognito mode” is a good way to protect your privacy online,...
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A Ghost Ship’s Doomed Journey Through the Gate of Tears
The ballistic missile hit the Rubymar on the evening of February 18. For months, the cargo ship had been shuttling...
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You Should Update Apple iOS and Google Chrome ASAP
It’s time to check your software updates. March has seen the release of important patches for Apple’s iOS, Google’s Chrome,...
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Yogurt Heist Reveals a Rampant Form of Online Fraud
The Journal’s story reveals that cargo hijacking fraud remains a serious problem—one that cost $500 million in 2023, quadruple the...
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