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Georgia’s Meltdown Shows How Not to Run an Election

Election 2020

Georgia’s Meltdown Shows How Not to Run an Election

Gilad Edelman

IoT Security Is a Mess. Privacy 'Nutrition' Labels Could Help

healthy choice

IoT Security Is a Mess. Privacy 'Nutrition' Labels Could Help

Lily Hay Newman

Google got rich from your data. DuckDuckGo is fighting back

Long Reads

Google got rich from your data. DuckDuckGo is fighting back

Matt Burgess

Plans for coronavirus immunity passports should worry us all

Digital Society with Vontobel

Plans for coronavirus immunity passports should worry us all

Nicole Kobie

How Covid-19 Contact Tracing Works on Your Phone

Stay Healthy

How Covid-19 Contact Tracing Works on Your Phone

David Nield

China and Iran Tried to Hack the Biden and Trump Campaigns

security roundup

China and Iran Tried to Hack the Biden and Trump Campaigns

Andy Greenberg and Lily Hay Newman

The Police's Military Tactics Turn Peaceful Protests Violent

Policing

The Police's Military Tactics Turn Peaceful Protests Violent

Nicole Kobie

Weed Sales on the Dark Web Surged Early in the Pandemic

pot shots

Weed Sales on the Dark Web Surged Early in the Pandemic

Andy Greenberg

Games Don't Do Enough to Combat Toxicity at Launch

valorant

Games Don't Do Enough to Combat Toxicity at Launch

Cecilia D'Anastasio

Zoom's End-to-End Encryption Will Be for Paid Customers Only

privacy

Zoom's End-to-End Encryption Will Be for Paid Customers Only

Lily Hay Newman

How the Pentagon’s Hand-Me-Downs Helped Militarize Police

1033 program

How the Pentagon’s Hand-Me-Downs Helped Militarize Police

Brian Barrett

‘Nonlethal’ Crowd-Control Weapons Can Cause Serious Harm

rubber bullets

‘Nonlethal’ Crowd-Control Weapons Can Cause Serious Harm

Louise Matsakis

Facebook's New Privacy Controls Are Long Overdue

manage activity

Facebook's New Privacy Controls Are Long Overdue

Lily Hay Newman

How to avoid scammers posing as NHS contact tracers

Hacking

How to avoid scammers posing as NHS contact tracers

Chris Stokel-Walker

This Bot Hunts Software Bugs for the Pentagon

Automated Fuzz

This Bot Hunts Software Bugs for the Pentagon

Tom Simonite

This $350 "Anti-5G" Device Is Apparently Just a USB Stick

security roundup

This $350 "Anti-5G" Device Is Apparently Just a USB Stick

Lily Hay Newman

Germany and Korea expose flaws in the NHS track and trace plan

Privacy

Germany and Korea expose flaws in the NHS track and trace plan

Matt Burgess

NSA: Russia's Sandworm Hackers Have Hijacked Mail Servers

return to sender

NSA: Russia's Sandworm Hackers Have Hijacked Mail Servers

Andy Greenberg

We need to fix GDPR’s biggest failure: broken cookie notices

Privacy

We need to fix GDPR’s biggest failure: broken cookie notices

Matt Burgess

Google Chrome Is Getting a Bunch of New Privacy Features

Incognito

Google Chrome Is Getting a Bunch of New Privacy Features

Matt Burgess