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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

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

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

ICE Started Ramping Up Its Surveillance Arsenal Immediately After Donald Trump Won

Follower Count

ICE Started Ramping Up Its Surveillance Arsenal Immediately After Donald Trump Won

Caroline Haskins

The Real Problem With Banning Masks at Protests

Cover Ups

The Real Problem With Banning Masks at Protests

Ilica Mahajan

Flaw in Right-Wing ‘Election Integrity’ App Exposes Voter-Suppression Plan and User Data

Own Goals

Flaw in Right-Wing ‘Election Integrity’ App Exposes Voter-Suppression Plan and User Data

Dhruv Mehrotra

Florida Man Accused of Hacking Disney World Menus, Changing Font to Wingdings

Security Roundup

Florida Man Accused of Hacking Disney World Menus, Changing Font to Wingdings

Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman

Exposed United Nations Database Left Sensitive Information Accessible Online

World of Hurt

Exposed United Nations Database Left Sensitive Information Accessible Online

Lily Hay Newman

ICE's $2 Million Contract With a Spyware Vendor Is Under White House Review

Made You Look

ICE's $2 Million Contract With a Spyware Vendor Is Under White House Review

Vas Panagiotopoulos

Google Chrome’s uBlock Origin Purge Has Begun

Security Roundup

Google Chrome’s uBlock Origin Purge Has Begun

Lily Hay Newman and Andrew Couts

This Prompt Can Make an AI Chatbot Identify and Extract Personal Details From Your Chats

Secret Message

This Prompt Can Make an AI Chatbot Identify and Extract Personal Details From Your Chats

Matt Burgess

This AI Tool Helped Convict People of Murder. Then Someone Took a Closer Look

Stress Test

This AI Tool Helped Convict People of Murder. Then Someone Took a Closer Look

Todd Feathers

Millions of People Are Using Abusive AI ‘Nudify’ Bots on Telegram

Slime Hustle

Millions of People Are Using Abusive AI ‘Nudify’ Bots on Telegram

Matt Burgess

The War on Passwords Is One Step Closer to Being Over

Making Moves

The War on Passwords Is One Step Closer to Being Over

Lily Hay Newman

The FBI Made a Crypto Coin Just to Catch Fraudsters

Security Roundup

The FBI Made a Crypto Coin Just to Catch Fraudsters

Andrew Couts

What Google’s U-Turn on Third-Party Cookies Means for Chrome Privacy

Keeping Track

What Google’s U-Turn on Third-Party Cookies Means for Chrome Privacy

Kate O'Flaherty

The FBI Still Hasn’t Cracked NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ Phone

Security Roundup

The FBI Still Hasn’t Cracked NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ Phone

Andy Greenberg