Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2022 21:46:16 +0000
Using a custom encryption scheme within music notation, Merryl Goldberg and three other US musicians slipped information to Soviet performers and activists known as the Phantom Orchestra.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2022 13:00:00 +0000
MongoDB claims its new “Queryable Encryption” lets users search their databases while sensitive data stays encrypted. Oh, and its cryptography is open source.
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Credit to Author: Vittoria Elliott| Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2022 11:00:00 +0000
Apps collect sensitive data that could be subpoenaed by law enforcement or sold by data brokers.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2022 13:46:02 +0000
Five years after it was torn offline, the resurrected dark web marketplace is clawing its way back to the top of the online underworld.
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Credit to Author: Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2022 13:00:00 +0000
Plus: The US admits to cyber operations supporting Ukraine, SCOTUS investigates its own, and a Michael Flynn surveillance mystery is solved.
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Credit to Author: Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica| Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2022 12:00:00 +0000
The Canada-based company illegally collected “vast amounts of location data,” such as every time a person entered or left their home, workplace, or another coffee shop.
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Credit to Author: Varsha Bansal| Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2022 11:00:00 +0000
A new proposal by India’s telecom regulator aims to make accurate caller ID mandatory, but critics say it may be fundamentally flawed.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2022 11:00:00 +0000
Voice recognition—and data collection—have boomed in recent years. Researchers are figuring out how to protect your privacy.
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Credit to Author: Kate O’Flaherty| Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 11:00:00 +0000
Plus: Google patches 36 Android vulnerabilities, Cisco fixes three high-severity issues, and VMWare closes two “serious” flaws.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Sat, 28 May 2022 13:00:00 +0000
Plus: A $150 million Twitter fine, a massive leak from a Chinese prison in Xinjiang, and an ISIS plot to assassinate George W. Bush.
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