How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To
Law enforcement requests for user data from Apple, Google, and Meta mean that these companies can decide whether government authorities have access […]
Tag: Security / Privacy
End-to-End Encrypted Texts Between Android and iPhone Are Coming
Knifings, firebombings, shootings, and murder-for-hire plots—all linked to a splinter group of the 764 crime network called “No Lives Matter.” According to […]
A New Era of Attacks on Encryption Is Starting to Heat Up
Over the past decade, encrypted communication has become the norm for billions of people. Every day, Signal, iMessage, and WhatsApp keep billions […]
Trump’s Spy Chief Urged to Declassify Details of Secret Surveillance Program
Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, a renowned privacy hawk who has served on the Senate intelligence committee since just after 9/11, has […]
Elon Musk’s Starlink Is Keeping Modern Slavery Compounds Online
Within the compounds, which often have close links to Chinese organized crime groups and online gambling syndicates, victims are typically forced to […]
Inside the Telegram Groups Doxing Women for Their Facebook Posts
Once a woman was mentioned, her privacy was permanently compromised. Users frequently shared social media handles, which led other members to contact […]
$1.4 Billion Stolen From ByBit in Biggest Crypto Theft Ever
As the so-called Department of Government Efficiency continues to rampage through the United States government by making sweeping cuts to the federal […]
Google Ad-Tech Users Can Target National Security ‘Decision Makers’ and People With Chronic Diseases
A WIRED investigation into the inner workings of Google’s advertising ecosystem reveals that a wealth of sensitive information on Americans is being […]
A Signal Update Fends Off a Phishing Technique Used in Russian Espionage
For more than a decade now, Russian cyberwarfare has used Ukraine as a test lab for its latest hacking techniques, methods that […]
Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Being Sued Under the Privacy Act: What to Know
After months of congressional wrangling that saw the elimination of Ervin’s proposed independent privacy oversight board, President Gerald Ford signed the Privacy […]