Government Surveillance Reform Act of 2023 Seeks to End Warrantless Police and FBI Spying
In 1763, the radical journalist and colonial sympathizer John Wilkes published issue no. 45 of North Briton, a periodical of...
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Internet Blackouts in Gaza Are a New Weapon in the Israel-Hamas War
“No company can repair or do anything right now,” Mekdad says. Many firms, he says, are waiting until the war...
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YouTube’s Ad Blocker Detection Believed to Break EU Privacy Law
All versions of YouTube’s ad blocker detection apparently use a JavaScript program that runs in the client browser, although YouTube...
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What a Bloody San Francisco Street Brawl Tells Us About the Age of Citizen Surveillance
But when Hathaway took on Doty’s case, she quickly learned some other things about Carmignani. A decade ago, he had...
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Intensified Israeli Surveillance Has Put the West Bank on Lockdown
On Sunday, October 29, Ahmed Azza was given permission to leave his neighborhood for the first time in three days....
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This Cheap Hacking Device Can Crash Your iPhone With Pop-Ups
As the Israel-Hamas war continues, with Israeli troops moving into the Gaza Strip and encircling Gaza City, one piece of...
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Microsoft Does Damage Control With Its New ‘Secure Future Initiative’
Today, in a blog post and email to employees, Microsoft is announcing a broad vision for tackling the cybersecurity challenges...
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The UN Hired an AI Company to Untangle the Israeli-Palestinian Crisis
CulturePulse’s AI model promises to create a realistic virtual simulation of every Israeli and Palestinian citizen. But don’t roll your...
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The New Era of Social Media Looks as Bad for Privacy as the Last One
When Elon Musk took over Twitter in October 2022, experts warned that his proposed changes—including less content moderation and a...
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How Telegram Became a Terrifying Weapon in the Israel-Hamas War
Five hours after the attacks started, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that his country was at war. With little...
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Apple, Google, and Microsoft Just Patched Some Spooky Security Flaws
Another scary flaw in the System tracked as CVE-2023-40129 is rated as critical. “The [vulnerability] could lead to remote code...
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This Cryptomining Tool Is Stealing Secrets
As the Israel-Hamas war raged on this week and Israel expanded its ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, the territory’s...
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