The Bin Laden Letter Is Being Weaponized by the Far-Right
Still, it is unclear what sparked the sharing of bin Laden’s letter. Based on a review of TikTok conducted by WIRED before the platform began…
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US Congress Report Calls for Privacy Reforms After FBI Surveillance ‘Abuses’
A report compiled by the Republican majority members of the United States House Intelligence Committee says that agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation should…
Running Signal Will Soon Cost $50 Million a Year
The encrypted messaging and calling app Signal has become a one-of-a-kind phenomenon in the tech world: It has grown from the preferred encrypted messenger for…
How to Opt Out of Facebook’s Latest Two-Factor Authentication Change
Meta recently changed how two-factor authentication works for Facebook and Instagram. You might have received a notification about this, but it was easy to miss…
A Spy Agency Leaked People’s Data Online—Then the Data Was Stolen
The list of data is long. Names, professions, blood groups, parents’ names, phone numbers, the length of calls, vehicle registrations, passport details, fingerprint photos. But…
Google’s New Titan Security Key Adds Another Piece to the Password-Killing Puzzle
Passwords are a woefully insecure—and frustrating—authentication technology, but after decades of digital use, they’re ubiquitous. Recently, though, the global tech industry has been working to…
The QAnon Shaman Isn’t Even the Most Extreme Candidate in His Race for Congress
“The race in general is gonna be wild,” one independent researcher who tracks the far-right in Arizona under the moniker Arizona Right Watch tells WIRED.…
Social Media Sleuths, Armed With AI, Are Identifying Dead Bodies
For all of the challenges presented by volunteer online communities, the reality is that they exist in a vacuum left by the authorities. In 2021,…
Asian Americans Raise Alarm Over ‘Chilling Effects’ of Section 702 Surveillance Program
Dozens of prominent Asian American groups are asking United States lawmakers this morning to hold fast in the face of an anticipated campaign by congressional…
CISA Has a New Road Map for Handling Weaponized AI
Last month, a 120-page United States executive order laid out the Biden administration’s plans to oversee companies that develop artificial intelligence technologies and directives for…
Fermi’s Paradox Proves There’s No Government Alien Conspiracy Around Roswell
Across the 75 years since something—something—crashed outside Roswell in early July 1947, the very name itself has taken on a life of its own: Today,…
The Mirai Confessions: Three Young Hackers Who Built a Web-Killing Monster Finally Tell Their Story
Josiah’s father would take him along to their church’s “car ministry,” where they’d repair congregants’ cars for free and refurbish donated vehicles for missionaries. Josiah…