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What a Bloody San Francisco Street Brawl Tells Us About the Age of Citizen Surveillance

By Lauren Smiley — November 7th 2023 at 11:00
When a homeless man attacked a former city official, footage of the onslaught became a rallying cry. Then came another video, and another—and the story turned inside out.
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The Night 17 Million Precious Military Records Went Up in Smoke

By Megan Greenwell — June 27th 2023 at 10:00
Fifty years ago, a fire ripped through the National Personnel Records Center. It set off a massive project to save crucial pieces of American history—including, I hoped, my grandfather’s.
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The US Senate Wants to Rein In AI. Good Luck With That

By Matt Laslo — June 26th 2023 at 11:00
With a poor track record on tech regulation, do lawmakers stand a chance?
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Leaked EU Document Shows Spain Wants to Ban End-to-End Encryption

By Lily Hay Newman, Morgan Meaker, Matt Burgess — May 22nd 2023 at 19:23
In response to an EU proposal to scan private messages for illegal material, the country's officials said it is “imperative that we have access to the data.”
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SolarWinds: The Untold Story of the Boldest Supply-Chain Hack

By Kim Zetter — May 2nd 2023 at 10:00
The attackers were in thousands of corporate and government networks. They might still be there now. Behind the scenes of the SolarWinds investigation.
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A Tiny Blog Took on Big Surveillance in China—and Won

By Amos Zeeberg — April 4th 2023 at 10:00
Digging through manuals for security cameras, a group of gearheads found sinister details and ignited a new battle in the US-China tech war.
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The Hunt for the Kingpin Behind AlphaBay, Part 6: Endgame

By Andy Greenberg — November 29th 2022 at 11:00
With AlphaBay shuttered, Operation Bayonet enters its final phase: driving the site’s refugees into a giant trap. But one refugee hatched his own plan.
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The Hunt for the Dark Web’s Biggest Kingpin, Part 5: Takedown

By Andy Greenberg — November 22nd 2022 at 11:00
After months of meticulous planning, investigators finally move in to catch AlphaBay’s mastermind red-handed. Then the case takes a tragic turn.
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The Hunt for the Dark Web’s Biggest Kingpin, Part 4: Face to Face

By Andy Greenberg — November 15th 2022 at 11:00
The team uses a secret technique to locate AlphaBay’s server. But just as the operation heats up, the agents have an unexpected run-in with their target.
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The Hunt for the Kingpin Behind AlphaBay, Part 1: The Shadow

By Andy Greenberg — October 25th 2022 at 10:00
AlphaBay was the largest online drug bazaar in history, run by a technological mastermind who seemed untouchable—until his tech was turned against him.
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Inside the Shadow Evacuation of Kabul

By Michael Venutolo-Mantovani — August 30th 2022 at 10:00
In the last two weeks of the war, an ad hoc team armed with group chats, QR codes, and satellite maps launched a mad dash to save imperiled Afghan allies.
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The Family That Mined the Pentagon's Data for Profit

By Mark Harris — August 18th 2022 at 10:00
The Freedom of Information Act helps Americans learn what the government is up to. The Poseys exploited it—and became unlikely defenders of transparency.
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