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: Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Thu, 08 May 2025 22:00:54 +0000
CBP’s acting commissioner has rescinded four Biden-era policies that aimed to protect vulnerable people in the agency’s custody, including mothers, infants, and the elderly.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 07 May 2025 21:03:10 +0000
CBP says it has “disabled” its use of TeleMessage following reports that the app, which has not cleared the US government’s risk assessment program, was hacked.
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Credit to Author: Zoë Schiffer, Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 07 May 2025 18:08:53 +0000
In the wake of SignalGate, a knockoff version of Signal used by a high-ranking member of the Trump administration was hacked. Today on Uncanny Valley, we discuss the platforms used for government communications.
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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: Tim Marchman| Date: Tue, 06 May 2025 19:27:19 +0000
Now the US director of national intelligence, Gabbard failed to follow basic cybersecurity practices on several of her personal accounts, leaked records reviewed by WIRED reveal.
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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: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Mon, 05 May 2025 21:24:04 +0000
The communications app TeleMessage, which was spotted on former US national security adviser Mike Waltz’s phone, has suspended “all services” as it investigates reports of at least one breach.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Mon, 05 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000
The open source software easyjson is used by the US government and American companies. But its ties to Russia’s VK, whose CEO has been sanctioned, have researchers sounding the alarm.
Read moreCredit to Author: Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman, Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Sat, 03 May 2025 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: France blames Russia for a series of cyberattacks, the US is taking steps to crack down on a gray market allegedly used by scammers, and Microsoft pushes the password one step closer to death.
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