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Edward Snowden thinks we should look outside politics for hope

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FORT MEADE, MD - MARCH 13: The seals of the U.S. Cyber Command, the National Secrity Agency and the Central Security Service greet employees and visitors at the campus the three organizations share March 13, 2015 in Fort Meade, Maryland. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter visited the campus and emphasized the importance of military cyber operations by making this his first visit with soliders, sailors, airmen and Marines inside the United States since becoming defense secretary in February 2015. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Trump won, now protect yourself from the surveillance state

November 09, 2016

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How tracking phone location let police identify 7,500 potential witnesses to a murder

November 01, 2016

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Insecurity State

Why it's so easy to create huge botnets like the one that took down the Internet on Friday

October 27, 2016

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Insecurity State

Why people are freaking out about 'AT&T spying on Americans for profit'

October 25, 2016

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The webcams involved in Friday's internet attack are being recalled

October 24, 2016

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Tech

The Russian face recognition company that could end public anonymity is going global

October 19, 2016

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Tech

Top Verizon lawyer says it's too easy to give your location information to cops

October 13, 2016

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Tech

The plight of the modern child: 1,000 (potentially embarrassing) photos online before you turn 5

October 07, 2016

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Internet

Yahoo scanned all users' incoming emails for the government, reports Reuters

October 04, 2016

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Insecurity State

Cops are raiding the homes of innocent people based only on IP addresses

September 22, 2016

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Better By Design

Can this Texas county fix America’s electronic voting problem?

September 16, 2016

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Tech

When an app tells companies you're pregnant but not that you miscarried

September 12, 2016

A gift from one of the house's many random visitors

Insecurity State

IP address mapping company says it's not legally responsible for 'digital hell' in Kansas

September 01, 2016

Princeton University computer scientist Dr. Andrew Appel was able to hack into an electronic voting machine in under 7 minutes.

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We should be worried about the hacking of electronic voting machines

August 31, 2016

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Insecurity State

How to see the contacts you may have unknowingly handed over to Facebook

August 30, 2016

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Insecurity State

Facebook recommended that this psychiatrist's patients friend each other

August 29, 2016

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Tech

How to keep Facebook from mining your WhatsApp data

August 26, 2016

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Civil Rights

Kuwait's new DNA collection law is scarier than we ever imagined

August 24, 2016

In this June 22, 2016 photo Paul Manafort appears on stage ahead of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, Wednesday, June 22, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

The Naked Truth

Trump aide Manafort implicated in pro-Russian protests against US troops

August 18, 2016

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Insecurity State

Paranoid iPhone owners used a privacy tool that made them hackable

August 18, 2016

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Tech

This sex toy tells the manufacturer every time you use it

August 09, 2016

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Here’s how the FBI justified spying on Black Lives Matter

August 08, 2016

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Insecurity State

Recent hacks should make Democrats favor encryption

August 03, 2016

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Insecurity State

Police unlock dead man's phone with his recreated fingertips

NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 22: Campaign chairman Paul Manafort checks the podium before Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during an event at Trump SoHo Hotel, June 22, 2016 in New York City. Trump's remarks focused on criticisms of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

The Naked Truth

Trump campaign manager's Ukrainian clients have Panama Papers connections

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Tech

How car insurance companies spy on your mileage

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Insecurity State

Police asked this 3D printing lab to recreate a dead man's fingers to unlock his phone

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Um, bad news: Pixelating or blurring doesn't actually work to hide text

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The Naked Truth

How to volunteer to fight ISIS in Syria, in eight steps

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Internet

The real world hacks behind Mr. Robot's season two premiere

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Tech

Security robot accidentally attacks child

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Tech

Ashley Madison comes clean about all those fembots on the site

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Insecurity State

Uber hired a robot to patrol its parking lot and it's way cheaper than a security guard

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Tech

Testing whether the web is discriminating against you shouldn’t be a crime

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Social Media

Here's a fun new place Snapchat is advertising: TSA lines!

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Tech

Facebook says it did 'a test' last year using people's locations to make friend suggestions

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Tech

This hacker got Facebook to give him someone else's account by sending them a fake passport

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Facebook changes story, now says phone location not used to recommend friends

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Insecurity State

Facebook is using your phone's location to suggest new friends—which could be a privacy disaster

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