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A Bluetooth Flaw Leaves Billions of Devices Vulnerable

Security Roundup

A Bluetooth Flaw Leaves Billions of Devices Vulnerable

Brian Barrett

A Patient Dies After a Ransomware Attack Hits a Hospital

Infection

A Patient Dies After a Ransomware Attack Hits a Hospital

Dan Goodin, Ars Technica

Gen Z Has a Plan to Save the Election—Starting With the Polls

Election 2020

Gen Z Has a Plan to Save the Election—Starting With the Polls

Gilad Edelman

Companies Can Track Your Phone’s Movements to Target Ads

Gyroscopes

Companies Can Track Your Phone’s Movements to Target Ads

Sidney Fussell

The Wayback Machine and Cloudflare Want to Backstop the Web

internet

The Wayback Machine and Cloudflare Want to Backstop the Web

Lily Hay Newman

Feds Charge Chinese Hackers With Ripping Off Video Game Loot

barium

Feds Charge Chinese Hackers With Ripping Off Video Game Loot

Andy Greenberg

How We’ll Know the Election Wasn’t Rigged

Checks in the Mail

How We’ll Know the Election Wasn’t Rigged

Lily Hay Newman

A Texas County Clerk’s Bold Crusade to Transform How We Vote

Lone Star

A Texas County Clerk’s Bold Crusade to Transform How We Vote

Benjamin Wofford

The International Playbook for Foiling Russian Interference

American Hustle

The International Playbook for Foiling Russian Interference

Andy Greenberg

Stacey Abrams on How We’ll Beat Back Voter Suppression

American Hustle

Stacey Abrams on How We’ll Beat Back Voter Suppression

Gilad Edelman

The Facebook Defectors Turning Trump’s Strategy Against Him

The Master's Tools

The Facebook Defectors Turning Trump’s Strategy Against Him

Arielle Pardes

One Data Scientist’s Quest to Quash Misinformation

American Hustle

One Data Scientist’s Quest to Quash Misinformation

Sonner Kehrt

CBP Seized OnePlus Buds as ‘Counterfeit’ AirPods. Now It's Doubling Down

borderline

CBP Seized OnePlus Buds as ‘Counterfeit’ AirPods. Now It's Doubling Down

Brian Barrett

The Safest Ways to Log In to Your Computer

open sesame

The Safest Ways to Log In to Your Computer

David Nield

Free VPNs are a privacy nightmare. You shouldn’t download them

Privacy

Free VPNs are a privacy nightmare. You shouldn’t download them

K.G. Orphanides

Hackers Target Porn Site Visitors Using Flash and IE

security roundup

Hackers Target Porn Site Visitors Using Flash and IE

Lily Hay Newman

The Premier League is back and it’s an illegal live stream disaster

Piracy

The Premier League is back and it’s an illegal live stream disaster

Matt Burgess

The Best Privacy-Friendly Alternatives to Google Maps

Off the Grid

The Best Privacy-Friendly Alternatives to Google Maps

Matt Burgess

Russia’s Fancy Bear Hackers Are Hitting US Campaign Targets

meddling

Russia’s Fancy Bear Hackers Are Hitting US Campaign Targets

Andy Greenberg

Kids' Smartwatches Are Still a Security Nightmare

bad times

Kids' Smartwatches Are Still a Security Nightmare

Andy Greenberg