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Why the iPhone 11 Tracks Your Location No Matter What

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Why the iPhone 11 Tracks Your Location No Matter What

By Brian Barrett

Meet the Activists Risking Prison to Film VR in Factory Farms

To Be an Animal

Meet the Activists Risking Prison to Film VR in Factory Farms

By Andy Greenberg

Ewoks Are the Most Tactically Advanced Fighters in Star Wars

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Ewoks Are the Most Tactically Advanced Fighters in Star Wars

By Angry Staff Officer

Blockchain Developer Gets Busted After Talk in North Korea

Sanctions

Blockchain Developer Gets Busted After Talk in North Korea

By Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica

The 25 Most Dangerous Software Vulnerabilities

security roundup

The 25 Most Dangerous Software Vulnerabilities

By Brian Barrett

What Is a Dead Drop?

hacker lexicon

What Is a Dead Drop?

By Andy Greenberg

Twitter Now Has Better Two-Factor Authentication, So Use It

security roundup

Twitter Now Has Better Two-Factor Authentication, So Use It

By Brian Barrett

The Debate Over How to Encrypt the Internet of Things

lightweights

The Debate Over How to Encrypt the Internet of Things

By Lily Hay Newman

The GOP Is Mired in Conspiracies—and It's About to Get Worse

WIRED opinion

The GOP Is Mired in Conspiracies—and It's About to Get Worse

By Garrett M. Graff

1.2 Billion Records Found Exposed Online in a Single Server

data leaks

1.2 Billion Records Found Exposed Online in a Single Server

By Lily Hay Newman

Iranian Americans Struggle to Reach Family Amid Blackout

AIRPLANE MODE

Iranian Americans Struggle to Reach Family Amid Blackout

By Elham Khatami

What Happens When You Remove a Police-Installed GPS Tracker

Tracking

What Happens When You Remove a Police-Installed GPS Tracker

By Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica

DuckDuckGo Will Automatically Encrypt More Sites You Visit

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DuckDuckGo Will Automatically Encrypt More Sites You Visit

By Lily Hay Newman

How the Iranian Government Shut Off the Internet

censorship

How the Iranian Government Shut Off the Internet

By Lily Hay Newman

Hackers Discovered After Maxing Out Victim's Cloud Storage

Hackers Discovered After Maxing Out Victim's Cloud Storage

By Lily Hay Newman

146 New Bugs All Come Preinstalled on Android Phones

hack in the box

146 New Bugs All Come Preinstalled on Android Phones

By Brian Barrett

As 5G Rolls Out, Troubling New Security Flaws Emerge

protocols

As 5G Rolls Out, Troubling New Security Flaws Emerge

By Lily Hay Newman

The cyber attack on Labour was neither big nor sophisticated

Crime

The cyber attack on Labour was neither big nor sophisticated

By Matt Burgess

Huge Data Leak Doxes Members of Notorious Neo-Nazi Forum

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Huge Data Leak Doxes Members of Notorious Neo-Nazi Forum

By Brian Barrett

How Do We Bring Equality to Data Ownership and Usage?

WIRED25

How Do We Bring Equality to Data Ownership and Usage?

By Zak Jason