Category: Wired

How Threads' Privacy Policy Compares to Twitter's (and Its Rivals')
07
Jul
2023

How Threads’ Privacy Policy Compares to Twitter’s (and Its Rivals’)

Meta’s long-awaited Twitter alternative is here, and it’s called Threads. The new social media app launches at a time when…

Don't Join Threads—Make Meta's Instagram-Linked Twitter Alternative Join You
06
Jul
2023

Don’t Join Threads—Make Meta’s Instagram-Linked Twitter Alternative Join You

As Meta’s Twitter competitor, Threads, started generating buzz ahead of yesterday’s launch, curious netizens spotted a placeholder listing for the…

US Spies Are Buying Americans' Private Data. Congress Has a Chance to Stop It
05
Jul
2023

US Spies Are Buying Americans’ Private Data. Congress Has a Chance to Stop It

The National Defense Authorization Act now includes language that would forbid government entities from buying Americans’ search histories, location data,…

EV Charger Hacking Poses a ‘Catastrophic’ Risk
05
Jul
2023

EV Charger Hacking Poses a ‘Catastrophic’ Risk

Such cracks could conceivably permit hackers to access vehicle data or consumers’ credit card information, says Ken Munro, a co-founder…

Security News This Week: Cyberstalkers Win First Amendment Victory in the US Supreme Court
01
Jul
2023

Security News This Week: Cyberstalkers Win First Amendment Victory in the US Supreme Court

Amid exploding AI usage, the United States Senate is mulling legislation to regulate the development of artificial intelligence, but lawmakers’…

Apple, Google, and MOVEit Just Patched Serious Security Flaws
30
Jun
2023

Apple, Google, and MOVEit Just Patched Serious Security Flaws

Summer software updates are coming thick and fast, with Apple, Google, and Microsoft issuing multiple patches for serious security flaws…

Pornhub Accused of Illegal Data Collection
29
Jun
2023

Pornhub Accused of Illegal Data Collection

The final element of the complaints claims that Pornhub uses people’s data and “unilaterally assigns sexual preferences to each individual…

How Your Real Flight Reservation Can Be Used to Scam You
28
Jun
2023

How Your Real Flight Reservation Can Be Used to Scam You

How do you tell that your plane ticket is real? If it checks out on the airline’s website, you’re good…

The Night 17 Million Precious Military Records Went Up in Smoke
27
Jun
2023

The Night 17 Million Precious Military Records Went Up in Smoke

Owens, who has spent more than two decades working at the records center, is a burly guy in his early…

The US Senate Wants to Reign In AI. Good Luck With That
26
Jun
2023

The US Senate Wants to Reign In AI. Good Luck With That

While negotiations started with Young and Schumer, they didn’t end there. Rather, the pair heard input from other congressional committees…

5 Ways to Make Your Instant Messaging More Secure
25
Jun
2023

5 Ways to Make Your Instant Messaging More Secure

The actual number of chat messages sent each day is hard to come by, but with WhatsApp alone accounting for…

Update Your iPhone Right Now to Fix 2 Apple Zero Days
24
Jun
2023

Update Your iPhone Right Now to Fix 2 Apple Zero Days

Apple says the patches fix a memory corruption that allowed an app to execute arbitrary code and a WebKit vulnerability…