Category: Wired

DuckDuckGo Is Taking Its Privacy Fight to Data Brokers
11
Apr
2024

DuckDuckGo Is Taking Its Privacy Fight to Data Brokers

Under the hood, things are more complex. Greg Fiorentino, a product director at DuckDuckGo, says when you enter your personal…

Trump Loyalists Kill Vote on US Wiretap Program
10
Apr
2024

Trump Loyalists Kill Vote on US Wiretap Program

For the third time since December, House Speaker Mike Johnson has failed to wrangle support for reauthorizing a critical US…

How to Stop Your Data From Being Used to Train AI
10
Apr
2024

How to Stop Your Data From Being Used to Train AI

On its help pages, OpenAI says ChatGPT web users without accounts should navigate to Settings and then uncheck Improve the…

Section 702: The Future of the Biggest US Spy Program Hangs in the Balance
09
Apr
2024

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…

AI Scam Calls: How to Protect Yourself, How to Detect
08
Apr
2024

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….

A Breakthrough Online Privacy Proposal Hits Congress
08
Apr
2024

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…

Best Privacy Browsers (2024): Brave, Safari, Ghostery, Firefox, DuckDuckGo
06
Apr
2024

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…

Identity Thief Lived as a Different Man for 33 Years
06
Apr
2024

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…

A Vigilante Hacker Took Down North Korea’s Internet. Now He’s Taking Off His Mask
04
Apr
2024

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…

The Mystery of ‘Jia Tan,’ the XZ Backdoor Mastermind
03
Apr
2024

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…

The XZ Backdoor: Everything You Need to Know
02
Apr
2024

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…

The Incognito Mode Myth Has Fully Unraveled
02
Apr
2024

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,…