Category: Wired

Want to Delete Your Twitter DMs? Good Luck With That
09
Feb
2023

Want to Delete Your Twitter DMs? Good Luck With That

Twitter’s direct messages have always been a security liability. The DMs you send to friends and internet strangers aren’t end-to-end encrypted,…

The Political Theater Behind the State of the Union Data Privacy Push
08
Feb
2023

The Political Theater Behind the State of the Union Data Privacy Push

When it comes to antitrust and tech, there’s a trust deficit on Capitol Hill, even as pressure to act continues…

How the US Can Stop Data Brokers' Worst Practices—Right Now
08
Feb
2023

How the US Can Stop Data Brokers’ Worst Practices—Right Now

The letter also points to databases maintained by the British multinational RELX and the Canadian conglomerate Thomson Reuters, which, according…

Biden's SOTU: Data Privacy Is Now a Must-Hit US State of the Union Topic
08
Feb
2023

Biden’s SOTU: Data Privacy Is Now a Must-Hit US State of the Union Topic

The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, enacted in 2018, provides far from perfect data privacy protection, but it stands…

Inside Safe City, Moscow’s AI Surveillance Dystopia
06
Feb
2023

Inside Safe City, Moscow’s AI Surveillance Dystopia

“From [an] engineering point of view, it’s very interesting to work with: It’s very difficult,” he says.  After the release…

Googling for Software Downloads Is Extra Risky Right Now
04
Feb
2023

Googling for Software Downloads Is Extra Risky Right Now

If you heard rumblings this week that Netflix is finally cracking down on password sharing in the United States and…

The Chinese Spy Balloon Shows the Downsides of Spy Balloons
04
Feb
2023

The Chinese Spy Balloon Shows the Downsides of Spy Balloons

On Friday, United States secretary of state Antony Blinken said he was canceling a high-profile diplomatic visit to Beijing following…

Congress Has a Lo-Fi Plan to Fix the Classified Documents Mess
03
Feb
2023

Congress Has a Lo-Fi Plan to Fix the Classified Documents Mess

The fear and trepidation over accidentally letting a secret slip is also hammered into lawmakers’ intelligence staffers, who handle the…

Netflix’s US Password-Sharing Crackdown Isn’t Happening—Yet
03
Feb
2023

Netflix’s US Password-Sharing Crackdown Isn’t Happening—Yet

After Netflix Spent years piloting different ways to crack down on password sharing, changes to its United States Help Center…

Enter the Hunter Satellites Preparing for Space War
01
Feb
2023

Enter the Hunter Satellites Preparing for Space War

Rogers’s last job for the government was leading teams within US Space Command that planned how and when to deploy…

You Really Need to Update Firefox and Android Right Now
31
Jan
2023

You Really Need to Update Firefox and Android Right Now

The Android security patch is available to Google’s Pixel devices, which have their own specific updates, and Samsung’s Galaxy range, including…

The Untold Story of a Crippling Ransomware Attack
30
Jan
2023

The Untold Story of a Crippling Ransomware Attack

It was a Sunday morning in mid-October 2020 when Rob Miller first heard there was a problem. The databases and…