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How to Protect Yourself From Twitter’s 2FA Crackdown
By
Matt Burgess
— February 20
th
2023 at 15:04
Twitter is disabling SMS-based two-factor authentication. Switch to these alternatives to keep your account safe.
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The Small but Mighty Danger of Echo Chamber Extremism
By
Thor Benson
— January 20
th
2023 at 15:00
Research shows that relatively few people exist in perfectly sealed-off media bubbles—but they’re still having an outsize impact on US politics.
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Android Phone Makers’ Encryption Keys Stolen and Used in Malware
By
Lily Hay Newman
— December 2
nd
2022 at 19:19
Device manufacturers use “platform certificates” to verify an app’s authenticity, making them particularly dangerous in the wrong hands.
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A Peek Inside the FBI's Unprecedented January 6 Geofence Dragnet
By
Mark Harris
— November 28
th
2022 at 12:00
Google provided investigators with location data for more than 5,000 devices as part of the federal investigation into the attack on the US Capitol.
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Twitter’s SMS Two-Factor Authentication Is Melting Down
By
Lily Hay Newman
— November 15
th
2022 at 01:08
Problems with the important security feature may be some of the first signs that Elon Musk’s social network is fraying at the edges.
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How to Protect Yourself If Your School Uses Surveillance Tech
By
Pia Ceres
— October 10
th
2022 at 11:00
Colleges and K-12 campuses increasingly monitor student emails, social media, and more. Here’s how to secure your (or your child’s) privacy.
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This Chatbot Aims to Steer People Away From Child Abuse Material
By
Matt Burgess
— September 28
th
2022 at 06:00
Pornhub is trialing a new automated tool that pushes CSAM-searchers to seek help for their online behavior. Will it work?
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Careless Errors in Hundreds of Apps Could Expose Troves of Data
By
Lily Hay Newman
— September 1
st
2022 at 10:00
Researchers found that mobile applications contain keys that could provide access to both user information and private files from unconnected apps.
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The Low Threshold for Face Recognition in New Delhi
By
Varsha Bansal
— August 21
st
2022 at 11:00
Police in India's capital say they only require an 80 percent accuracy rate for matches, raising new alarm bells for civil liberty advocates.
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Sloppy Software Patches Are a ‘Disturbing Trend’
By
Lily Hay Newman
— August 11
th
2022 at 17:28
The Zero Day Initiative has found a concerning uptick in security updates that fail to fix vulnerabilities.
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Meta Just Happens to Expand Messenger’s End-to-End Encryption
By
Lily Hay Newman
— August 11
th
2022 at 11:00
The company says an expansion of privacy features in Messenger is unrelated to a high-profile Nebraska abortion case.
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A Long-Awaited IoT Reverse Engineering Tool Is Finally Here
By
Lily Hay Newman
— August 10
th
2022 at 18:01
Ten years after it was first unveiled, the powerful firmware analysis platform Ofrak is now available to anyone.
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A Phone Carrier That Doesn’t Track Your Browsing or Location
By
Lily Hay Newman
— August 8
th
2022 at 17:17
The new Pretty Good Phone Privacy service for Android hides the data linking you to your mobile device.
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An ISP Settled Piracy Lawsuits. Could Users Take the Hit?
By
Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica
— August 6
th
2022 at 13:00
Now that Charter has reached settlements with major record labels, it’s unclear whether the cable provider will pull the plug on users who pirate music.
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How Tor Is Fighting—and Beating—Russian Censorship
By
Matt Burgess
— July 28
th
2022 at 14:34
Russia has been trying to block the anonymous browser since December—with mixed results.
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