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Googling for Software Downloads Is Extra Risky Right Now
Lily Hay Newman
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Andrew Couts
Security Roundup
A Link to This Site Can (Technically) Land You in Russian Prison
Andy Greenberg
and
Andrew Couts
Tailspin
The Flight Tracker That Powered @ElonJet Just Took a Left Turn
Justin Ling
Hard Lesson
A Major App Flaw Exposed the Data of Millions of Indian Students
Vittoria Elliott
and
Dhruv Mehrotra
Locked Tight
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David Nield
Security Roundup
The Biggest US Surveillance Program You Didn’t Know About
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and
Andrew Couts
Dirty Business
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Analytics
All the Data Apple Collects About You—and How to Limit It
Matt Burgess
Security Roundup
A Russian Ransomware Gang Attack Destabilizes UK Royal Mail
Lily Hay Newman
Word of Mouth
In the Fight Against Scams, 'Cyber Ambassadors' Enter the Chat
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Sources and Methods
A Police App Exposed Secret Details About Raids and Suspects
Dhruv Mehrotra
Security Roundup
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Matt Burgess
Scraped Up
What Twitter’s 200 Million-User Email Leak Actually Means
Lily Hay Newman
Fair Evasion
WhatsApp Launches a Tool to Fight Internet Censorship
Matt Burgess
Risky Click
The Most Dangerous People on the Internet in 2022
WIRED Staff
Storm Cloud
Everyone Is Using Google Photos Wrong
Matt Burgess
Security Roundup
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WIRED Staff
Fright Path
Elon Musk and the Dangers of Censoring Real-Time Flight Trackers
Justin Ling
Picture This
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Reece Rogers
Privacy
Apple Kills Its Plan to Scan Your Photos for CSAM
Lily Hay Newman
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