Julian Assange Won’t Be Extradited to the US Yet
Manning, a former US Army intelligence analyst, confessed during a court martial in 2013 to leaking more than 725,000 documents to WikiLeaks, though her conviction…
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Chinese Hackers Charged in Decade-Long Global Spying Rampage
For years, China’s state-backed hackers have stolen huge troves of company secrets, political intelligence, and the personal information of millions of people. On Monday, officials…
Apple Chip Flaw Leaks Secret Encryption Keys
The next time you stay in a hotel, you may want to use the door’s deadbolt. A group of security researchers this week revealed a…
Apple’s iMessage Encryption Puts Its Security Practices in the DOJ’s Crosshairs
The argument is one that some Apple critics have made for years, as spelled out in an essay in January by Cory Doctorow, the science…
Hackers Found a Way to Open Any of 3 Million Hotel Keycard Locks in Seconds
When thousands of security researchers descend on Las Vegas every August for what’s come to be known as “hacker summer camp,” the back-to-back Black Hat…
Some of the Most Popular Websites Share Your Data With Over 1,500 Companies
Everywhere you go online, you’re being tracked. Almost every time you visit a website, trackers gather data about your browsing and funnel it back into…
Glassdoor Wants to Know Your Real Name
Glassdoor has a history of working to keep its users’ identities private, but there are concerns about these identity changes. “Glassdoor has been second to…
Automakers Are Telling Your Insurance Company How You Really Drive
How do you know the internet has a deepfake porn problem? Just look at copyright takedown requests. WIRED found this week that Google is receiving…
Sinking Section 702 Wiretap Program Offered One Last Lifeboat
A bill introduced by senators Dick Durbin and Mike Lee to reauthorize the Section 702 surveillance program is the fifth introduced in the US Congress…
The ‘Emergency Powers’ Risk of a Second Trump Presidency
Donald Trump appears to dream of being an American authoritarian should he return to office. The former US president, who on Tuesday secured enough delegates…
There Are Dark Corners of the Internet. Then There’s 764
WIRED collaborated with Der Spiegel, Recorder, and The Washington Post on this reporting. Each wrote separate stories that the news organizations agreed to publish in…
Porn Sites Need Age-Verification Systems in Texas, Court Rules
Texas can enforce a law requiring age-verification systems on porn websites, the US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled Thursday. The appeals court…