Security / Privacy – Page 36 – PossibleThreat Articles

Credit to Author: Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2022 15:59:44 +0000

True the Vote’s IV3 app is meant to catch election cheaters. But it has a fundamental flaw.

The Secret Ballot Is US Democracy’s Last Line of Defense

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2022 21:55:25 +0000

Voter intimidation has cropped up in places across the nation, but the voting booth remains the one place where nobody can get to you.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman, Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2022 13:00:00 +0000

Plus: Liz Truss’ phone-hacking trouble, Cash App’s sex-trafficking problem, and the rising cost of ransomware.

Credit to Author: Vas Panagiotopoulos| Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2022 11:00:00 +0000

Stadiums around the world, including at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, are subjecting spectators to invasive biometric surveillance tech.

Credit to Author: Thor Benson| Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2022 11:00:00 +0000

Authoritarian societies depend on people ratting each other out for activities that were recently legal—and it’s already happening in the US.

Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2022 13:00:00 +0000

Plus: The New York Post gets hacked, a huge stalkerware network is exposed, and the US claims China interfered with its Huawei probe.

Credit to Author: Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2022 13:00:00 +0000

Plus: Hackers hit the Mormon Church, Signal plans to ditch SMS for Android, and a Fat Bear election erupts in scandal.

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2022 11:00:00 +0000

By releasing half a million users’ transactions in a bankruptcy court filing, the company has opened a vast breach in its users’ financial privacy.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2022 19:26:18 +0000

The company says it hardened the security of its new flagship phones—and plans to release a built-in Android VPN.