Credit to Author: Paresh Dave| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2025 21:02:36 +0000
Texas has become a leading enforcer of internet rules. Its latest probe includes some platforms that privacy experts describe as unusual suspects.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess, Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2025 18:38:15 +0000
Misconfigured license-plate-recognition systems reveal the livestreams of individual cameras and the wealth of data they collect about every vehicle that passes by them.
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Credit to Author: Andrew Couts, Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2025 11:30:00 +0000
Plus: The FBI discovers a historic trove of homemade explosives, new details emerge in China’s hack of the US Treasury Department, and more.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Your messages going back years are likely still lurking online, potentially exposing sensitive information you forgot existed. But there’s no time like the present to do some digital decluttering.
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Credit to Author: WIRED Staff| Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2024 11:30:00 +0000
From Elon Musk and Donald Trump to state-sponsored hackers and crypto scammers, this was the year the online agents of chaos gained ground.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:30:00 +0000
Smartphones and face recognition are being combined to create new digital travel documents. The paper passport’s days are numbered—despite new privacy risks.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2024 10:30:00 +0000
AI voice cloning and deepfakes are supercharging scams. One method to protect your loved ones and yourself is to create secret code words to verify someone’s identity in real time.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman, Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2024 11:30:00 +0000
Plus: Google’s U-turn on creepy “fingerprint” tracking, the LockBit ransomware gang’s teased comeback, and a potential US ban on the most popular routers in America.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 20:31:00 +0000
The National Defense Authorization Act passed today, but lawmakers stripped language that would keep the Trump administration from wielding unprecedented authority to surveil Americans.
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Credit to Author: Arvind Narayanan, Sayash Kapoor| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 14:00:00 +0000
AI risks arise not from AI acting on its own, but because of what people do with it.
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