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With Threats to Encryption Looming, Signal’s Meredith Whittaker Says ‘We’re Not Changing’

The Big Interview

With Threats to Encryption Looming, Signal’s Meredith Whittaker Says ‘We’re Not Changing’

Lily Hay Newman

FTC Says Data Brokers Unlawfully Tracked Protesters and US Military Personnel

Crossing a Line

FTC Says Data Brokers Unlawfully Tracked Protesters and US Military Personnel

Dell Cameron and Dhruv Mehrotra

He Got Banned From X. Now He Wants to Help You Escape, Too

Log Off

He Got Banned From X. Now He Wants to Help You Escape, Too

Andy Greenberg

Top US Consumer Watchdog Has a Plan to Fight Predatory Data Brokers

Clear Cut

Top US Consumer Watchdog Has a Plan to Fight Predatory Data Brokers

Dell Cameron and Andrew Couts

Are You Being Tracked by an AirTag? Here’s How to Check

Counter Spy

Are You Being Tracked by an AirTag? Here’s How to Check

Reece Rogers

Malicious Ads in Search Results Are Driving New Generations of Scams

Clickbait

Malicious Ads in Search Results Are Driving New Generations of Scams

Lily Hay Newman

The Pressure Is on for Big Tech to Regulate the Broken Digital Advertising Industry

WIRED World

The Pressure Is on for Big Tech to Regulate the Broken Digital Advertising Industry

Claire Atkin

The US Army's Vision of Soldiers in Exoskeletons Lives On

Iron Man

The US Army's Vision of Soldiers in Exoskeletons Lives On

Jared Keller

Emergency Vehicle Lights Can Screw Up a Car’s Automated Driving System

Blinded by the Light

Emergency Vehicle Lights Can Screw Up a Car’s Automated Driving System

Aarian Marshall

Russia’s Ballistic Missile Attack on Ukraine Is an Alarming First

escalation

Russia’s Ballistic Missile Attack on Ukraine Is an Alarming First

Stephen Clark, Ars Technica

Andrew Tate’s ‘Educational Platform’ Was Hacked

security roundup

Andrew Tate’s ‘Educational Platform’ Was Hacked

Dhruv Mehrotra

The US Is Calling Out Foreign Influence Campaigns Faster Than Ever

gotcha

The US Is Calling Out Foreign Influence Campaigns Faster Than Ever

Lily Hay Newman

Russian Spies Jumped From One Network to Another Via Wi-Fi in an Unprecedented Hack

Hop to It

Russian Spies Jumped From One Network to Another Via Wi-Fi in an Unprecedented Hack

Andy Greenberg

Meta Finally Breaks Its Silence on Pig Butchering

Going Public

Meta Finally Breaks Its Silence on Pig Butchering

Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

China’s Surveillance State Is Selling Citizen Data as a Side Hustle

Cashing In

China’s Surveillance State Is Selling Citizen Data as a Side Hustle

Andy Greenberg

Inside the Booming ‘AI Pimping’ Industry

deepfakes

Inside the Booming ‘AI Pimping’ Industry

Jason Koebler and Emanuel Maiberg

Anyone Can Buy Data Tracking US Soldiers and Spies to Nuclear Vaults and Brothels in Germany

FUBAR

Anyone Can Buy Data Tracking US Soldiers and Spies to Nuclear Vaults and Brothels in Germany

Dhruv Mehrotra and Dell Cameron

Immigration Police Can Already Sidestep US Sanctuary City Laws Using Data-Sharing Fusion Centers

Workarounds

Immigration Police Can Already Sidestep US Sanctuary City Laws Using Data-Sharing Fusion Centers

Lily Hay Newman

Bitfinex Hacker Gets 5 Years for $10 Billion Bitcoin Heist

Security Roundup

Bitfinex Hacker Gets 5 Years for $10 Billion Bitcoin Heist

Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess, and Andrew Couts

More Spyware, Fewer Rules: What Trump’s Return Means for US Cybersecurity

Hack Back

More Spyware, Fewer Rules: What Trump’s Return Means for US Cybersecurity

Eric Geller