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The 2022 US Midterm Elections' Top Security Issue: Death Threats

By Lily Hay Newman — July 21st 2022 at 14:52
While cybersecurity and foreign meddling remain priorities, domestic threats against election workers have risen to the top of the list.
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Congress Might Pass an Actually Good Privacy Bill

By Gilad Edelman — July 21st 2022 at 12:00
A bill with bipartisan support might finally give the US a strong federal data protection law.
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The DHS Bought a ‘Shocking Amount’ of Phone-Tracking Data

By Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica — July 20th 2022 at 20:00
The ACLU released a trove of documents showing how Homeland Security contracted with surveillance companies to scour location information.
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The Most Popular Period-Tracking Apps, Ranked by Data Privacy

By Kristen Poli — July 20th 2022 at 11:00
Under increased scrutiny, certain period-tracking apps are seeing a surge of new users. Which are as safe as they claim to be?
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Instagram Slow to Tackle Bots Targeting Iranian Women’s Groups

By Lily Hay Newman — July 19th 2022 at 19:40
Despite alerting Meta months ago, feminist groups say tens of thousands of fake accounts continue to bombard them on the platform.
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Amazon Handed Ring Videos to Cops Without Warrants

By Matt Burgess — July 16th 2022 at 13:00
Plus: A wild Indian cricket scam, an elite CIA hacker is found guilty of passing secrets to WikiLeaks, and more of the week's top security news.
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A New Attack Can Unmask Anonymous Users on Any Major Browser

By Lily Hay Newman — July 14th 2022 at 11:00
Researchers have found a way to use the web's basic functions to identify who visits a site—without the user detecting the hack.
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New ‘Retbleed’ Attack Can Swipe Key Data From Intel and AMD CPUs

By Dan Goodin, Ars Technica — July 13th 2022 at 16:00
The exploit can leak password information and other sensitive material, but the chipmakers are rolling out mitigations.
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A Privacy Panic Flares Up in India After Police Pull Payment Data

By Varsha Bansal — July 12th 2022 at 17:01
Nonprofit donors had their information given to law enforcement without consent, highlighting limited data protections in the world’s largest democracy.
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The January 6 Insurrection Hearings Are Just Heating Up

By Garrett M. Graff — July 11th 2022 at 18:27
The US House committee has already uncovered a more organized and sinister plot than many imagined. But history suggests the worst may be yet to come.
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Russian ‘Hacktivists’ Are Causing Trouble Far Beyond Ukraine

By Matt Burgess — July 11th 2022 at 11:00
The pro-Russian group Killnet is targeting countries supporting Ukraine. It has declared "war" against 10 nations.
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Chinese Police Exposed 1B People's Data in Unprecedented Leak

By Lily Hay Newman — July 9th 2022 at 13:00
Plus: A duplicitous bug bounty scheme, the iPhone's new “lockdown mode,” and more of the week's top security news.
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Will These Algorithms Save You From Quantum Threats?

By Amit Katwala — July 8th 2022 at 15:10
Quantum-proof encryption is here—decades before it can be put to the test.
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An ISP Scam Targeted Low-Income People Seeking Government Aid

By Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica — July 8th 2022 at 13:00
The US Federal Communications Commission says a man posing as a fake broadband service promised victims discounts on internet services and devices.
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The Danger of License Plate Readers in Post-Roe America

By Thor Benson — July 7th 2022 at 11:00
Known as ALPRs, this surveillance tech is pervasive across the US—and could soon be used by police and anti-abortion groups alike.
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