This Map Tracks Where Governments Hack Activists and Reporters
A new collaborative software project maps cases of state-sponsored malware campaigns targeting civil society victims. The post This Map Tracks…
How You Drive a Car Can Identify You Within Minutes
Researchers find cars’ internal networks collect enough data to quickly “fingerprint” drivers, with plenty of privacy-invasive or anti-theft applications. The…
Grindr Promises Privacy, But It Still Leaks Your Exact Location
Researchers in Kyoto demonstrate for WIRED how they can precisely track the locations of people using gay dating apps despite…
With Allo and Duo, Google Finally Encrypts Conversations End-to-End
In Whatsapp’s footsteps, Google’s new apps finally adopt end-to-end encryption. The post With Allo and Duo, Google Finally Encrypts Conversations…
How Craig Wright Privately ‘Proved’ He’s Bitcoin’s Creator
One of Bitcoin’s first coders describes Craig Wright’s private “proof” that he created the cryptocurrency, in contrast with his flimsy…
Flaws in Samsung’s ‘Smart’ Home Let Hackers Unlock Doors and Set Off Fire Alarms
The nightmare scenario of the internet-connected smart home is real. The post Flaws in Samsung’s ‘Smart’ Home Let Hackers Unlock…
Hacker Lexicon: What Is HTTPS?
This decades-old form of web encryption is in the midst of an accelerating renaissance. The post Hacker Lexicon: What Is…
Two Tips to Keep Your Phone’s Encrypted Messages Encrypted
WhatsApp and Viber may have turned on “default” end-to-end encryption, but truly securing your messages requires a couple steps of…
The Ingenious Way Iranians Are Using Satellite TV to Beam in Banned Data
A new system called Toosheh lets Iranians download a daily bundle of censored files to a USB plugged into their…
Google’s New YouTube Analysis App Crowdsources War Reporting
Montage, a new tool from Google’s Jigsaw tech incubator, is designed to help excavate, map, tag and sort YouTube evidence…