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Here’s Why You’re Still Stuck in Robocall Hell Jun 27, 2022

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Despite major progress fighting spam and scams, the roots of the problem go far deeper than your phone company’s defenses.

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Brave Now Lets You Customize Search Results—for Better or Worse Jun 24, 2022

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The privacy-focused company's new Goggles tool allows users to weed out the noise—whatever that might mean.

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The January 6 Hearing Was a Warning Jun 23, 2022

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The House committee's televised hearings interrogate the Capitol attack with damning new evidence. Whether it's enough to prevent another attack is uncertain.

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Shanghai’s Censors Can’t Hide Stories of the Dead Jun 22, 2022

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Many people reportedly died after struggling to access medical care during a brutal lockdown. The families want to make sure these deaths are counted.

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Russia Is Taking Over Ukraine’s Internet Jun 21, 2022

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In occupied Ukraine, people’s internet is being routed to Russia—and subjected to its powerful censorship and surveillance machine.

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Police Linked to Hacking Campaign to Frame Indian Activists Jun 20, 2022

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New details connect police in India to a plot to plant evidence on victims' computers that led to their arrest.

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How a Saxophonist Tricked the KBG by Encrypting Secrets in Music Jun 17, 2022

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Using a custom encryption scheme based on musical notation, US musicians smuggled information into and out of the USSR.

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Conti's Attack Against Costa Rica Sparks a New Ransomware Era Jun 16, 2022

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A pair of ransomware attacks crippled parts of the country—and rewrote the rules of cybercrime.

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A Long-Awaited Defense Against Data Leaks May Have Just Arrived Jun 15, 2022

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MongoDB claims its new “Queryable Encryption” lets users search their databases while sensitive data stays encrypted. Oh, and its cryptography is open source.

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Fertility and Period Apps Can Be Weaponized in a Post-Roe World Jun 14, 2022

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Apps collect sensitive data that could be subpoenaed by law enforcement or sold by data brokers, putting women seeking abortions at risk.

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