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MembersBitchat: The Right App for a Situation Nobody Wants to Be In
What a government can and cannot switch off, and what that leaves for anyone standing in the dead zone.
MembersCan You Escape the Device Identifiers?
Every platform remembers you in its own language.
MembersGoogle Messages Took Over Your Galaxy. You Have Options.
The encryption settings, the alternatives, and the trade-offs.
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.
MembersThe Right Way to Hide Your Email Address
A recent privacy issue with Apple has exposed the dangers and loopholes to be aware of. Here’s how to get email aliases right.
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.
MembersThe Memory Hole Above Beijing
The tools that erased a Beijing skyscraper crash are already moving through the West’s safety laws under warmer names.
MembersHow a Ticket Check at MSG Became a Biometric Dragnet and Four Lawsuits
The turnstile that used to check your ticket now measures your face, scores you, and files you away.
MembersThe Secret Life of the Signals Around You
The gadgets you never think about are the ones broadcasting your identity to anyone with the right sensor.
MembersHow to Fly Without Feeding the Surveillance Machine
The gap between “mandatory for travel” and “harvested because nobody stopped it” is bigger than any airline wants you to know.
MembersYour Town for $300M: Surveillance State, On Sale
Buried beneath the law-and-order slogans is a procurement list that doubles as the blueprint for permanent surveillance.