Credit to Author: Andrew Couts, Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2023 17:08:45 +0000
Governments can access records related to push notifications from mobile apps by requesting that data from Apple and Google, according to details in court records and a US senator.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2023 14:52:39 +0000
Legislation set to be introduced in Congress this week would extend Section 702 surveillance of people applying for green cards, asylum, and some visas—subjecting loved ones to similar intrusions.
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Credit to Author: Todd Feathers, Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2023 11:00:00 +0000
A WIRED investigation into internet censorship in US schools found widespread use of filters to censor health, identity, and other crucial information. Students say it makes the web entirely unusable.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman, Andy Greenberg| Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2023 14:00:00 +0000
Plus: A major ransomware crackdown, the arrest of Ukraine’s cybersecurity chief, and a hack-for-hire entrepreneur charged with attempted murder.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 12:00:00 +0000
Released earlier this month, OpenAI’s GPTs let anyone create custom chatbots. But some of the data they’re built on is easily exposed.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2023 20:03:17 +0000
Dozens of advocacy groups are pressuring the US Congress to abandon plans to ram through the renewal of a controversial surveillance program that they say poses an “alarming threat to civil rights.”
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2023 20:27:09 +0000
Congressional leaders are discussing ways to reauthorize Section 702 surveillance, including by attaching it to the National Defense Authorization Act, Capitol Hill sources tell WIRED.
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Credit to Author: Boone Ashworth, David Nield, Matt Burgess| Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2023 14:00:00 +0000
What you look for online is up to you—just make sure no one else is taking a peek.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron, Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2023 18:25:08 +0000
A WIRED analysis of leaked police documents verifies that a secretive government program is allowing federal, state, and local law enforcement to access phone records of Americans who are not suspected of a crime.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg, Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2023 14:00:00 +0000
Plus: The FBI’s baffling inaction on a ransomware group, a massive breach of Danish electric utilities, and more.
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