Android May Soon Warn You About Fake Cell Towers

In recent years, North Korea has deployed thousands of so-called IT workers to infiltrate Western businesses, get paid salaries, and ...
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How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance

If you insist on using biometric unlocking methods to have faster access to your devices, keep in mind that some ...
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Airlines Don’t Want You to Know They Sold Your Flight Data to DHS

A data broker owned by the country’s major airlines, including Delta, American Airlines, and United, collected US travelers’ domestic flight ...
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How the Farm Industry Spied on Animal Rights Activists and Pushed the FBI to Treat Them as Bioterrorists

Hundreds of emails and internal documents reviewed by WIRED reveal top lobbyists and representatives of America’s agricultural industry led a ...
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How Americans Are Surveilled During Protests

There have been a number of protests in the past few months pushing back against President Trump’s most recent policy ...
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Using Starlink Wi-Fi in the White House Is a Slippery Slope for US Federal IT

As the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) continues to rampage through the United States federal government, essentially guided ...
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License Plate Readers Are Leaking Real-Time Video Feeds and Vehicle Data

In just 20 minutes this morning, an automated license-plate-recognition (ALPR) system in Nashville, Tennessee, captured photographs and detailed information from ...
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Hey, Maybe It’s Time to Delete Some Old Chat Histories

If you’re worried about possible expansions of government surveillance and access to your information, or simply want to do some ...
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The Paper Passport Is Dying

In a matter of years, no matter where you live or travel, your face will likely be your new passport. ...
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Top US Consumer Watchdog Has a Plan to Fight Predatory Data Brokers

The CFPB’s idea of using existing US law to regulate data brokers is not novel. In February 2023, a group ...
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