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The UK Is GPS-Tagging Thousands of Migrants

The Lives of Others

The UK Is GPS-Tagging Thousands of Migrants

Morgan Meaker

How the Pentagon Learned to Use Targeted Ads to Find Its Targets—and Vladimir Putin

Change Your Settings

How the Pentagon Learned to Use Targeted Ads to Find Its Targets—and Vladimir Putin

Byron Tau

A Vending Machine Error Revealed Secret Face Recognition Tech

snack fight

A Vending Machine Error Revealed Secret Face Recognition Tech

Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica

A Mysterious Leak Exposed Chinese Hacking Secrets

Security Roundup

A Mysterious Leak Exposed Chinese Hacking Secrets

Matt Burgess

Here Are the Secret Locations of ShotSpotter Gunfire Sensors

Pin Drop

Here Are the Secret Locations of ShotSpotter Gunfire Sensors

Dhruv Mehrotra and Joey Scott

Leak Reveals the Unusual Path of ‘Urgent’ Russian Threat Warning

Stranger Things

Leak Reveals the Unusual Path of ‘Urgent’ Russian Threat Warning

Dell Cameron

Apple’s iMessage Is Getting Future-Resistant Encryption

Planning Ahead

Apple’s iMessage Is Getting Future-Resistant Encryption

Matt Burgess

Signal Finally Rolls Out Usernames, So You Can Keep Your Phone Number Private

Code Words

Signal Finally Rolls Out Usernames, So You Can Keep Your Phone Number Private

Andy Greenberg

How to Not Get Scammed Out of $50,000

Security Roundup

How to Not Get Scammed Out of $50,000

Andrew Couts

Leak of Russian ‘Threat’ Part of a Bid to Kill US Surveillance Reform, Sources Say

Unfair Warning

Leak of Russian ‘Threat’ Part of a Bid to Kill US Surveillance Reform, Sources Say

Dell Cameron

Surveillance Fight Pits the White House Opposite Reproductive Rights

Private Matters

Surveillance Fight Pits the White House Opposite Reproductive Rights

Dell Cameron and Andrew Couts

‘AI Girlfriends’ Are a Privacy Nightmare

Circuit Breaker

‘AI Girlfriends’ Are a Privacy Nightmare

Matt Burgess

A Backroom Deal Looms Over a High-Stakes US Surveillance Fight

Cloakroom & Dagger

A Backroom Deal Looms Over a High-Stakes US Surveillance Fight

Dell Cameron

The Hidden Injustice of Cyberattacks

Imbalance of Power

The Hidden Injustice of Cyberattacks

Nicole Tisdale

London Underground Is Testing Real-Time AI Surveillance Tools to Spot Crime

Mind the Gap

London Underground Is Testing Real-Time AI Surveillance Tools to Spot Crime

Matt Burgess

WhatsApp Chats Will Soon Work With Other Encrypted Messaging Apps

Mixed Messages

WhatsApp Chats Will Soon Work With Other Encrypted Messaging Apps

Matt Burgess

US Lawmakers Tell DOJ to Quit Blindly Funding ‘Predictive’ Police Tools

Fortune Telling

US Lawmakers Tell DOJ to Quit Blindly Funding ‘Predictive’ Police Tools

Dell Cameron

23andMe Failed to Detect Account Intrusions for Months

Security Roundup

23andMe Failed to Detect Account Intrusions for Months

Lily Hay Newman

The Pentagon Tried to Hide That It Bought Americans’ Data Without a Warrant

Big Reveal

The Pentagon Tried to Hide That It Bought Americans’ Data Without a Warrant

Dell Cameron

Ring Will Stop Giving Cops a Free Pass on Warrantless Video Requests

Middlemen

Ring Will Stop Giving Cops a Free Pass on Warrantless Video Requests

Andrew Couts