Brave Now Lets You Customize Search Results—for Better or Worse
The privacy-focused company's new Goggles tool allows users to weed out the noise—whatever that might mean. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jun 24, 2022•8 min
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The January 6 Hearing Was a Warning
The House committee's televised hearings interrogate the Capitol attack with damning new evidence. Whether it's enough to prevent another attack is uncertain. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jun 23, 2022•8 min
Shanghai’s Censors Can’t Hide Stories of the Dead
Many people reportedly died after struggling to access medical care during a brutal lockdown. The families want to make sure these deaths are counted. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jun 22, 2022•8 min
Russia Is Taking Over Ukraine’s Internet
In occupied Ukraine, people’s internet is being routed to Russia—and subjected to its powerful censorship and surveillance machine. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jun 21, 2022•11 min
Police Linked to Hacking Campaign to Frame Indian Activists
New details connect police in India to a plot to plant evidence on victims' computers that led to their arrest. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jun 20, 2022•10 min
How a Saxophonist Tricked the KBG by Encrypting Secrets in Music
Using a custom encryption scheme based on musical notation, US musicians smuggled information into and out of the USSR. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jun 17, 2022•8 min
Conti's Attack Against Costa Rica Sparks a New Ransomware Era
A pair of ransomware attacks crippled parts of the country—and rewrote the rules of cybercrime. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jun 16, 2022•11 min
A Long-Awaited Defense Against Data Leaks May Have Just Arrived
MongoDB claims its new “Queryable Encryption” lets users search their databases while sensitive data stays encrypted. Oh, and its cryptography is open source. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jun 15, 2022•7 min
Fertility and Period Apps Can Be Weaponized in a Post-Roe World
Apps collect sensitive data that could be subpoenaed by law enforcement or sold by data brokers, putting women seeking abortions at risk. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jun 14, 2022•6 min
Disinfo and Hate Speech Flood TikTok Ahead of Kenya’s Elections
Dozens of accounts shared videos that racked up millions of views before the platform took action. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jun 13, 2022•7 min
AlphaBay Is Taking Over the Dark Web—Again
Five years after it was torn offline, the resurrected dark web marketplace is clawing its way back to the top of the online underworld. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jun 10, 2022•10 min
Actively Exploited Microsoft Zero-Day Flaw Still Doesn't Have a Patch
The company continues to downplay the severity of the Follina vulnerability, which remains present in all supported versions of Windows. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jun 09, 2022•5 min
The Fight Against Robocall Spam and Scams Heats Up in India
A new proposal by India's telecom regulator aims to make accurate caller ID mandatory, but critics say it may be fundamentally flawed. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jun 08, 2022•5 min
The Hacker Gold Rush That’s Poised to Eclipse Ransomware
As governments crack down on ransomware, cybercriminals may soon shift to business email compromise—already the world’s most profitable type of scam. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jun 07, 2022•6 min
The Race to Hide Your Voice
Voice recognition—and data collection—have boomed in recent years. Researchers are figuring out how to protect your privacy. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jun 03, 2022•8 min
Good Luck Not Accidentally Hiring a North Korean Scammer
DPRK hackers are tricking their way into jobs with Western firms. A US government alert reminds employers they're on the front lines—and potentially on the hook. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jun 02, 2022•6 min
Open Source Intelligence May Be Changing Old-School War
Intelligence collected from public information online could be impacting traditional warfare and altering the calculus between large and small powers. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
May 31, 2022•9 min
Proton Is Trying to Become Google—Without Your Data
The encrypted-email company, popular with security-conscious users, has a plan to go mainstream. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
May 27, 2022•11 min
The Surveillance State Is Primed for Criminalized Abortion
A new report lays out existing US policing capabilities that can easily be repurposed to monitor pregnant people. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
May 26, 2022•5 min
US Courts Are Coming After Crypto Exchanges That Skirt Sanctions
A newly unsealed opinion is likely the first decision from a US federal court to find that cryptocurrencies can't be used to evade sanctions. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
May 19, 2022•7 min
The Hidden Race to Protect the US Bioeconomy From Hacker Threats
A biotech threat intelligence group is gaining supporters as urgency mounts around an overlooked vulnerable sector. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
May 18, 2022•5 min
The EU Wants Big Tech to Scan Your Private Chats for Child Abuse
Europe’s proposed child protection laws could undermine end-to-end encryption for billions of people. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
May 17, 2022•8 min
The Case for War Crimes Charges Against Russia’s Sandworm Hackers
A group of human rights lawyers and investigators has called on the Hague to bring the first-ever “cyber war crimes” charges against Russia’s most dangerous hackers. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
May 16, 2022•11 min
AMD Gave Google Cloud Rare Access to Its Tech to Hunt Chip Flaws
By working together, the companies say they're better able to find security flaws in Google Cloud's Confidential Computing infrastructure. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
May 12, 2022•5 min
Apple Mail Now Blocks Email Tracking. Here’s What It Means for You
If you don’t like marketers (or anyone else) knowing when and where you read your email, Apple’s feature will help you reclaim some privacy. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
May 11, 2022•5 min
India’s New Super App Has a Privacy Problem
Tata Neu is the country’s latest do-everything app. When users signed up, their personal information was already there. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
May 09, 2022•7 min
How to Remove Your Personal Info From Google's Search Results
Maybe you don't want your phone number, email, home address, and other details out there for all the web to see. Here's how to make them vanish. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
May 06, 2022•4 min
Ukraine’s Digital Battle With Russia Isn’t Going as Expected
Even the head of the country's online offensive is surprised by the successes—although they’re not without controversy. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
May 05, 2022•11 min
Hollywood’s Fight Against VPNs Turns Ugly
Beyond accusations of encouraging copyright infringement, film companies have begun accusing VPNs of enabling a slew of illegal activity. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
May 04, 2022•8 min
North Koreans Are Jailbreaking Phones to Access Forbidden Media
A new report suggests that a small but vibrant group of smartphone hackers may be challenging the world's most digitally restrictive regime. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
May 03, 2022•8 min
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