Security, Spoken
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Some of the Most Popular Websites Share Your Data With Over 1,500 Companies
Cookie pop-ups now show the number of “partners” that websites may share data with. Here's how many of these third-party companies may get your data from some of the most popular sites online.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Glassdoor Wants to Know Your Real Name
Anonymous, candid reviews made Glassdoor a powerful place to research potential employers. A policy shift requiring users to privately verify their real names is raising privacy concerns.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Reddit’s Sale of User Data for AI Training Draws FTC Investigation
The platform says it stands to make more than $200 million in coming years from Google and other companies that want user comments to feed AI projects. Regulators have questions.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Sinking US Wiretap Program Offered One Last Lifeboat
For months, US lawmakers have examined every side of a historic surveillance debate. With the introduction of the SAFE Act, all that's left to do now is vote.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The 4 Big Questions the Pentagon's New UFO Report Fails to Answer
The Pentagon says it’s not hiding aliens, but it stops notably short of saying what it is hiding. Here are the key questions that remain unanswered—some answers could be weirder than UFOs.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The ‘Emergency Powers’ Risk of a Second Trump Presidency
Every US president has the ability to invoke “emergency powers” that could give an authoritarian leader the ability to censor the internet, restrict travel, and more.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
How to Turn Off Facebook’s Two-Factor Authentication Change
With Meta’s updated 2FA process, the company now automatically trusts devices you often use.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Binance’s Top Crypto Crime Investigator Is Being Detained in Nigeria
Tigran Gambaryan, a former crypto-focused US federal agent, and a second Binance executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla, have been held in Abuja without passports for two weeks.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Google Is Getting Thousands of Deepfake Porn Complaints
Content creators are using copyright laws to get nonconsensual deepfakes removed from the web. With the complaints covering nearly 30,000 URLs, experts say Google should do more to help.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Hackers Behind the Change Healthcare Ransomware Attack Just Received a $22 Million Payment
The transaction, visible on Bitcoin's blockchain, suggests the victim of one of the worst ransomware attacks in years may have paid a very large ransom.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Meta Abandons Hacking Victims, Draining Law Enforcement Resources, Officials Say
A coalition of 41 state attorneys general says Meta is failing to assist Facebook and Instagram users whose accounts have been hacked—and they want the company to take “immediate action.”Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Dictators Used Sandvine Tech to Censor the Internet. The US Finally Did Something About It
Canada-based Sandvine has long sold its web-monitoring tech to authoritarian regimes. This week, the US sanctioned the company, severely limiting its ability to do business with American firms. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The UK’s GPS Tagging of Migrants Has Been Ruled Illegal
The UK’s privacy regulator says the government did not take into account the intrusiveness of ankle tags that continuously monitor a person’s location.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Biden Bans Rival Nations From Buying Sensitive US Data—Good Luck
The White House issued an executive order on Wednesday that aims to prevent the sale of Americans' data to “countries of concern,” including China and Russia. Its effectiveness may vary.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Russia Attacked Ukraine's Power Grid at Least 66 Times to ‘Freeze It Into Submission’
Several of the strikes occurred far from the front lines of the conflict, indicating possible war crimes. Researchers say the attacks likely had devastating impacts on civilians.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The White House Warns Cars Made in China Could Unleash Chaos on US Highways
As Chinese automakers prepare to launch in the US, the White House is investigating whether cars made in China could pose a national security threat.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Ransomware Groups Are Bouncing Back Faster From Law Enforcement Busts
Two months ago, the FBI “disrupted” the BlackCat ransomware group. They're already back—and their latest attack is causing delays at pharmacies across the US.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
How a Small Iowa Newspaper’s Website Became an AI-Generated Clickbait Factory
When two former Meta employees dug into why the website of Iowa’s Clayton County Register was spewing dubious posts about stocks, they uncovered a network of sites slinging seemingly AI-made content.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Apple’s iMessage Is Getting Post-Quantum Encryption
Useful quantum computers aren’t a reality—yet. But in one of the biggest deployments of post-quantum encryption so far, Apple is bringing the technology to iMessage.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Leak Shows Alarm in Congress Over a Russian ‘Threat’ Is a Real Anomaly
The US Congress was preparing to vote on a key foreign surveillance program. Then a wild Russian threat appeared.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
100 Million People Pay Google for Extra Storage. Can It Get Them to Pay More for Smarter AI?
Google is still mostly supported by ads but its new subscription-only chatbot, Gemini Advanced, is a major new addition to the company's burgeoning services business.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Google’s AI Boss Says Scale Only Gets You So Far
In an interview with WIRED, DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says the biggest breakthroughs in AI are yet to come—and will take more than just chips.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A Global Police Operation Just Took Down the Notorious LockBit Ransomware Gang
LockBit’s website, infrastructure, and data have been seized by law enforcement—striking a huge blow against one of the world's most prolific ransomware groups.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Leak of Russian Threat Part of a Bid to Kill US Surveillance Reform, Sources Say
A surprise disclosure of a national security threat by the House Intelligence chair was part of an effort to block legislation that aimed to limit cops and spies from buying Americans' private data.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Hidden Injustice of Cyberattacks
Cyberattacks and criminal scams can impact anyone. But communities of color and other marginalized groups are often disproportionately impacted and lack the support to better protect themselves.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Surveillance Fight Pits the White House Opposite Reproductive Rights
Prominent advocates for the rights of pregnant people are urging members of Congress to support legislation that would ban warrantless access to sensitive data as the White House fights against it.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
‘AI Girlfriends’ Are a Privacy Nightmare
Romantic chatbots collect huge amounts of data, provide vague information about how they use it, use weak password protections, and aren’t transparent, new research from Mozilla says.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A Backroom Deal Looms Over a High-Stakes US Surveillance Fight
Top congressional lawmakers are meeting in private to discuss the future of a widely unpopular surveillance program, worrying members devoted to reforming Section 702.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Satellite Images Point to Indiscriminate Israeli Attacks on Gaza’s Health Care Facilities
New research finds that Israel’s attacks on Gaza damaged hospitals and other medical facilities at the same rate as other buildings, potentially in violation of international law.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
London Underground Is Testing Real-Time AI Surveillance Tools to Spot Crime
In a test at one station, Transport for London used a computer vision system to try and detect crime and weapons, people falling on the tracks, and fare dodgers, documents obtained by WIRED show.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
I Stopped Using Passwords. It’s Great—and a Total Mess
Passkeys are here to replace passwords. When they work, it’s a seamless vision of the future. But don’t ditch your old logins just yet.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Ransomware Payments Hit a Record $1.1 Billion in 2023
After a slowdown in payments to ransomware gangs in 2022, last year saw total ransom payouts jump to their highest level yet, according to a new report from crypto-tracing firm Chainalysis.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
WhatsApp Chats Will Soon Work With Other Encrypted Messaging Apps
New EU rules mean WhatsApp and Messenger must be interoperable with other chat apps. Here’s how that will work.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Trial Over Bitcoin’s True Creator Is in Session
A UK High Court will settle a long-running debate over whether Craig Wright really is Satoshi Nakamoto, inventor of Bitcoin. Monday’s opening arguments laid the groundwork for both sides.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Mystery of the $400 Million FTX Heist May Have Been Solved
An indictment against three Americans suggests that at least some of the culprits behind the theft of an FTX crypto fortune may be in custody.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
YouTube, Discord, and Lord of the Rings Led Police to a Teen Accused of a US Swatting Spree
For nearly two years, police have been tracking down the culprit behind a wave of hoax threats. A digital trail took them to the door of a 17-year-old in California.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Pentagon Tried to Hide That It Bought Americans' Data Without a Warrant
US spy agencies purchased Americans' phone location data and internet metadata without a warrant but only admitted it after a US senator blocked the appointment of a new NSA director.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Robots Are Fighting Robots in Russia's War in Ukraine
Aerial drones have changed the war in Ukraine. Now, both Russia's and Ukraine's militaries are deploying more unmanned ground robots—and the two are colliding.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Police have Arrested a Teen Said to Be Linked to Hundreds of Swatting Attacks
A California teenager who allegedly used the handle Torswats to carry out a nationwide swatting campaign is being extradited to Florida to face felony charges, WIRED has learned.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Notorious Spyware Maker NSO Group Is Quietly Plotting a Comeback
NSO Group, creator of the infamous Pegasus spyware, is spending millions on lobbying in Washington while taking advantage of the Israel-Hamas war to paint itself as essential for global security.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Ring Will Stop Giving Cops a Free Pass on Warrantless Video Requests
The Amazon-owned home surveillance company says it is shuttering a feature in its Neighbors app that allows police to request footage from users. But it’s not shutting out the cops entirely.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Most Top News Sites Block AI Bots. Right-Wing Media Welcomes Them
Nearly 90 percent of top news outlets like The New York Times now block AI data collection bots from OpenAI and others. Leading right-wing outlets like NewsMax and Breitbart mostly permit them.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
You Need to Turn on Apple’s New Stolen iPhone Tool
Apple’s iOS 17.3 introduces Stolen Device Protection to iPhones, which could stop phone thieves from taking over your accounts. Here’s how to enable it right now.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Sad Truth of the FTC’s ‘Historic’ Privacy Win
The FTC forced a data broker to stop selling “sensitive location data.” But most companies can avoid such scrutiny by doing the bare minimum, exposing the lack of protections Americans truly have.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A Flaw in Millions of Apple, AMD, and Qualcomm GPUs Could Expose AI Data
Patching every device affected by the LeftoverLocals vulnerability—which includes some iPhones, iPads, and Macs—may prove difficult.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
‘Stablecoins’ Enabled $40 Billion in Crypto Crime Since 2022
A new report from Chainalysis finds that stablecoins like Tether, tied to the value of the US dollar, were used in the vast majority of crypto-based scam transactions and sanctions evasion in 2023.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
How to Stop Your X Account From Getting Hacked Like the SEC's
The US Securities and Exchange Commission and security firm Mandiant both had their X accounts breached, possibly due to changes to X's two-factor authentication settings. Here's how to fix yours.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Boeing 737 Max Crisis Reignites Arguments Over Infant Safety on Planes
A midair blowout on a Boeing 737 Max 9 showed seatbelts matter, but infants under two still aren’t required to have their own seats. Experts say changing the rules would make flying safer for children—but, counterintuitively, would result in more deaths.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Bitcoin ETFs Have Arrived. Here’s Who Stands to Get Rich
The US approval of spot bitcoin ETFs, a new way to track the price of bitcoin, could trigger a gold rush for investors. But an exclusive cast of middlemen will earn big in the background, too.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Child Abusers Are Getting Better at Using Crypto to Cover Their Tracks
Crypto tracing firm Chainalysis found that sellers of child sexual abuse materials are successfully using “mixers” and “privacy coins” like Monero to launder their profits and evade law enforcement.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices