Credit to Author: Micah Lee| Date: Sun, 18 May 2025 11:00:00 +0000
The company behind the Signal clone used by at least one Trump administration official was breached earlier this month. The hacker says they got in thanks to a basic misconfiguration.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron, Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Wed, 14 May 2025 16:53:00 +0000
Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Tue, 13 May 2025 14:00:00 +0000
Before a crackdown by Telegram, Xinbi Guarantee grew into one of the internet’s biggest markets for Chinese-speaking crypto scammers and money laundering. And all registered to a US address.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 10 May 2025 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: A DOGE operative’s laptop reportedly gets infected with malware, Grok AI is used to “undress” women on X, a school software company’s ransomware nightmare returns, and more.
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Credit to Author: Caroline Haskins| Date: Fri, 09 May 2025 17:12:18 +0000
A CBP spokesperson tells WIRED that the agency plans to expand its program for real-time face recognition at the border, potentially aiding Trump administration efforts to track people who self-deport.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 06 May 2025 20:24:44 +0000
A new analysis of TM Signal’s source code appears to show that the app sends users’ message logs in plaintext. At least one top Trump administration official used the app.
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Credit to Author: Caroline Haskins| Date: Tue, 06 May 2025 09:00:00 +0000
Customs and Border Protection has called for tech companies to pitch real-time face recognition technology that can capture everyone in a vehicle—not just those in the front seats.
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Credit to Author: Kate O’Flaherty| Date: Thu, 01 May 2025 13:56:35 +0000
People are using ChatGPT’s new image generator to take part in viral social media trends. But using it also puts your privacy at risk—unless you take a few simple steps to protect yourself.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 17:15:00 +0000
WhatsApp’s AI tools will use a new “Private Processing” system designed to allow cloud access without letting Meta or anyone else see end-to-end encrypted chats. But experts still see risks.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:30:00 +0000
Records reviewed by WIRED show law enforcement agencies are eager to take advantage of the data trails generated by a flood of new internet-connected vehicle features.
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