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Oct 17, 2022 • 4min
Google’s Pixel 7 Packs a Beefed-Up Security Chip
The company says it hardened the security of its new flagship phones—and plans to release a built-in Android VPN.
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Oct 14, 2022 • 6min
Meta Says It Has Busted More Than 400 Login-Stealing Apps This Year
The company plans to alert 1 million Facebook users that their account credentials may have been compromised by malicious software.
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Oct 13, 2022 • 6min
Biden’s Privacy Order Slaps a Band-Aid on the EU-US Data Crisis
A new executive order tries to reassure Europeans that their data is safe on US soil, despite government surveillance.
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Oct 12, 2022 • 7min
The Uber Data Breach Conviction Shows Security Execs What Not to Do
Former Uber security chief Joe Sullivan’s conviction is a rare criminal consequence for an executive’s handling of a hack.
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Oct 11, 2022 • 5min
The High Cost of Living Your Life Online
Constantly posting content on social media can erode your privacy—and sense of self.
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Oct 10, 2022 • 7min
The Challenge of Cracking Iran’s Internet Blockade
People around the world are rallying to subvert Iran's internet shutdown, but actually pulling it off is proving difficult and risky.
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Oct 7, 2022 • 5min
Cloudflare Takes a Stab at a Captcha That Doesn’t Suck
The internet infrastructure company has an alternative tool to check whether you’re human—and it doesn’t force you to pick out buses in tiny boxes.
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Oct 6, 2022 • 7min
Mystery Hackers Are ‘Hyperjacking’ Targets for Insidious Spying
For decades, security researchers warned about techniques for hijacking virtualization software. Now one group has put them into practice.
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Oct 5, 2022 • 8min
The Race to Find the Nord Stream Saboteurs
Damage to the pipeline that runs between Russia and Germany is being treated as deliberate. Finding out what happened may not be straightforward.
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Oct 4, 2022 • 6min
How to Advocate for Data Privacy and Users' Rights
Want to speak up against Big Tech, unjust data collection, and surveillance? Here's how to be an activist in your community and beyond.
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