Security
MembersMicrosoft Stamped a Secret Number in Your Windows PC. A VPN Can’t Hide It.
The tool that caught a genuine hacker ships identically on the machine of every innocent user.
Predator Spyware Victims File €8 Million Damages Suit in Athens
There is no undo button for a hacked phone, so the victims are asking for the next best thing, a number with six zeros.
MembersThe End of the Password, and the Traps on the Way Out
Big Tech would love to hold your keys. Here is how to take the security without accepting the leash.
MembersWhatsApp’s New Update Can Shield You or Sell You Out
Used with care it hides what you give away, and used carelessly it swaps one exposure for another.
France’s Own Hack Is the Best Argument Against Its War on Encryption
The encryption on Tchap did exactly its job, which is more than can be said for the government running it.
Caught Again: Meta Says NSO Still Stalking WhatsApp
The company never had to break WhatsApp’s encryption, only to get someone to tap a link.
France Moves to Break Encrypted Messaging
France’s parliament just endorsed the one idea every cryptographer on earth has already debunked and they’re calling it a compromise.
Cybersecurity Experts Demand Canada Scrap Bill C-22 Backdoor
The bill that promises not to surveil Canadians requires a year of every Canadian’s location data sitting on private servers.
EU Pushes Age Verification App for All States
Brussels wants every member state shipping its age verification app by year’s end, three months after a security researcher cracked it in under two minutes.
Brussels’ New Age Verification App: Hacked in Two Minutes
Governments are racing to mandate digital ID systems that turn every citizen’s passport into another entry on the next breach notification.
MembersCongress Mandated the Backdoors That Got Hacked and Is Trying to Demand More
A backdoor doesn’t check credentials. Once it exists, it’s a target for anyone with the skill to find it.
MembersThe Fourth Amendment Has a VPN Problem
It’s the kind of question that should have been settled years ago, and the silence tells you why it wasn’t.