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Why Signal is the messaging app everyone is talking about
Even Elon Musk wants you to use it.
Elon Musk's endorsement of Signal is causing the good kind of problems
The end-to-end encrypted messaging app is having a moment.
By Jack Morse
YouTube reportedly let Trump supporter profit as he tweeted from Capitol
He called the rioters "revolutionaries."
By Rachel Kraus
WikiLeaks' Julian Assange will not be extradited to the U.S., British judge rules
Assange faced up to 175 years in prison in America.
By Sam Haysom
A Queen Elizabeth II deepfake dances and shares a warning for Christmas
Not everything is as it appears.
By Kellen Beck
The privacy wins worth celebrating in an otherwise dreary 2020
There are some things to be happy about in 2020.
By Jack Morse
Apple ships hacker-friendly iPhones to security researchers
You can't buy this iOS device, but it should help make all iPhones more secure.
By Matthew Humphries
Zoom employee secretly censored users on behalf of China, alleges DOJ
The plot allegedly involved falsely accusing users of distributing child sexual abuse material and terrorism to kick them off Zoom.
By Jack Morse
All the privacy apps you should have downloaded in 2020
From secure messaging to anonymous browsing, here are the essentials for both iOS and Android.
By Jack Morse
Latest iOS update shows all the ways Facebook tracks you. There are a lot.
Like, a lot a lot.
By Jack Morse
Signal adds encrypted group video calls that friends can pop in and out of
Signal just launched end-to-end encrypted group video calls, putting Facebook's Messenger Rooms to shame.
By Jack Morse
Russian government-backed hackers breached the U.S. Treasury, Commerce departments
They've reportedly been monitoring the agency's emails for months after fooling Microsoft Office 365's authentication controls.
Hackers are targeting kindergartens for profit, warns government
Cybercriminals have exactly zero chill, and absolutely will not just cut you a freaking break.
By Jack Morse
Activists demand Google open up about user data shared with police
Fifty-nine civil rights, labor, and civil society organizations sent an open letter to Google demanding more transparency when it comes to sharing user data with law enforcement.
By Jack Morse
Online testing is a biased mess, and senators are demanding answers
Six U.S. senators penned an open letter to the CEO of a remote proctoring company with questions about student privacy and alleged bias.
By Jack Morse
Google Authenticator for iOS gets its most important update yet
Transferring your accounts to a new iPhone is now *much* easier.
Twitter just made securing your account way more convenient
Have a lot of followers? You should probably take advantage of this.
By Jack Morse
Amazon announces new employee tracking tech, and customers are lining up
This does not bode well for workers, or for retail customers.
By Jack Morse
Microsoft waters down 'productivity score' surveillance tool after backlash
The tool, announced in late October, gave bosses a detailed look at individual workers' actions.
By Jack Morse
UK bans new Huawei 5G network gear from September
And there's a new law to back it up.
21 VPNs on sale for Black Friday: NordVPN, SlickVPN, and more
If you've been thinking about a VPN, now's the time.
By StackCommerce
This WiFi router is a Black Friday steal. Experts say it's a security risk.
It turns out that cheap isn't always better.
By Jack Morse
GoDaddy employees accidentally helped hackers mess with cryptocurrency sites
Phishing isn't exclusive to shady emails.
By Alex Perry
DHS cybersecurity director subtweets Trump after being fired via tweet
Trump sacked Christopher Krebs for countering the president's lies about the security of the 2020 presidential election.
By Jack Morse