The Worst Hacks and Breaches of 2022 So Far
Whether the first six months of 2022 have felt interminable or fleeting—or both—massive hacks, data breaches, digital scams, and ransomware attacks continued […]
Tag: Security / Privacy
Is Your New Car a Threat to National Security?
“I was able to see a large amount of data. Including where the Tesla has been, where it charged, current location, where […]
‘Supercookies’ Have Privacy Experts Sounding the Alarm
Customers of some phone companies in Germany, including Vodafone and Deutsche Telekom, have had a slightly different browsing experience from those on […]
The Post-Roe Privacy Nightmare Has Arrived
The United States Supreme Court yesterday struck down Roe v. Wade, the monumental 1973 decision that guaranteed the right to abortion in […]
How to Move Your WhatsApp Chats Across Devices and Apps
Since early 2016, WhatsApp has protected messages and conversations sent in its app with end-to-end encryption. This means that nobody other than […]
Parents Need to Know What’s Going On Inside Their Day Care Apps
Last year, like many new parents, I was walking the extreme tightrope of keeping my young child healthy and happy. When my […]
Brave Now Lets You Customize Search Results—for Better or Worse
Anyone can create or alter a Goggle. However, at the beta launch, Brave created eight different Goggles as examples. (It says these […]
Cops Will Be Able to Scan Your Fingerprints With a Phone
For more than 100 years, recording people’s fingerprints has involved them pressing their fingertips against a surface. Originally this involved ink but […]
Shanghai’s Censors Can’t Hide Stories of the Dead
ZHOU SHENGNI NEEDED a doctor, and fast. The 49-year-old, who was having an asthma attack, was being driven by her family to […]
The Tricky Business of Elon Musk Getting Twitter Fire-Hose Access
Elon Musk’s never-ending attempt to take over Twitter has taken yet another weird turn as the social media platform appears to have […]