News1/15/21Jan 154News1/15/21NewsLeaked Parler Data Points to Users at Police Stations, U.S. Military BasesDell Cameron and Dhruv Mehrotra46Location data gleaned from thousands of videos posted on the social network Parler and extracted in the days before…
Privacy and Security1/12/21Jan 125Privacy and Security1/12/21Privacy and SecurityParler Users Breached Deep Inside U.S. Capitol Building, GPS Data ShowsDell Cameron and Dhruv Mehrotra278At least several users of the far-right social network Parler appear to be among the horde of rioters that managed…
News1/11/21Jan 112News1/11/21NewsTrump Has Left Office, State Department Page Claims, ErroneouslyDell Cameron36The State Department published a bizarre notice on its website Monday saying President Trump’s term was expiring a…
Privacy and Security1/11/21Jan 1111Privacy and Security1/11/21Privacy and SecurityEvery Deleted Parler Post, Many With Users' Location Data, Has Been ArchivedDell Cameron283In the wake of the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by scores of President Trump’s supporters, a lone…
Privacy and Security1/8/21Jan 81Privacy and Security1/8/21Privacy and SecuritySupreme Court Asked to Consider if Fifth Amendment Protects PasswordsDell Cameron20The American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, two of the nation’s largest defenders of…
News1/6/21Jan 61News1/6/21NewsTwitter Lets Trump Spread False Election Conspiracy as Mob Storms U.S. Capitol [Update: Trump's Account Is Locked]Dell Cameron160Update: A half hour after publication of this article, Twitter appeared to delete multiple Trump tweets falsely…
Politics12/29/20Dec 291Politics12/29/20PoliticsMcConnell Doesn't Care About Section 230 or the Election—Just Keeping Your Relief Check SmallDell Cameron63Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell moved to block consideration of a House-approved stimulus package on Tuesday…
Privacy and Security12/29/20Dec 291Privacy and Security12/29/20Privacy and SecurityTreasury Department Warns of Increase in Covid-19 Vaccine-Related Fraud and CybercrimeDell Cameron2In a notice on Wednesday, the U.S. Treasury Department warned of an uptick in cyberattacks and scams linked to…
Buyer's Guide12/24/20Dec 242Buyer's Guide12/24/20Buyer's GuideLast, Last, Last-Minute Tech Gifts That Don't Suck, According to MeDell Cameron9I didn’t pour a ton of money into upgrading my tech this year. Our flailing economy and my general unease about the…
Privacy and Security12/24/20Dec 242Privacy and Security12/24/20Privacy and SecurityVeterans Affairs Officials Inexplicably Blow Off Briefing on SolarWinds HackDell Cameron26Senior officials at the Department of Veterans Affairs abruptly cancelled a scheduled briefing with congressional…
Privacy and Security12/18/20Dec 18SavePrivacy and Security12/18/20Privacy and SecurityWhat We Know So Far About the SolarWinds Hacking ScandalDell Cameron3After infiltrating a Texas-based software company, an elite group of hackers turned its most widely used product…
News12/15/20Dec 15SaveNews12/15/20NewsBill Resurrected to Stop Feds From Reading Your Old Emails Without a WarrantDell Cameron5Decades before cloud computing was invented, the government decided it should have the power, after 180 days, to…
Privacy and Security12/10/20Dec 101Privacy and Security12/10/20Privacy and SecuritySentencing Nears for Gamer Who DDoS'd PlayStation Network as a MinorDell Cameron13A person behind a October 2016 cyberattack that temporarily crippled Sony’s Playstation Network and other online…
Privacy and Security11/25/20Nov 252Privacy and Security11/25/20Privacy and SecurityA New 'Buy Black' Campaign Aims to Avert an Amazon Surveillance StateDell Cameron and Dhruv Mehrotra6After a summer of nationwide protests against unchecked state violence brutalizing Black people in America,…
Privacy and Security11/17/20Nov 172Privacy and Security11/17/20Privacy and SecurityTrump Axes Cyber Chief Who Debunked Claims of Election FraudDell Cameron61President Trump has fired the nation’s top election security official, Christopher Krebs, head of the Department of…
Privacy and Security11/13/20Nov 131Privacy and Security11/13/20Privacy and SecurityElection Security Groups Under DHS Say 2020 Race Was Fully SecureDell Cameron12The Homeland Security Department’s council on election cybersecurity and its industry-led partner association issued…
Politics11/7/20Nov 76Politics11/7/20PoliticsREGIME CHANGETom McKay and Dell Cameron193What’s there to say?
News11/5/20Nov 51News11/5/20NewsSean Hannity Wants PicsDell Cameron68It’s day three... hundred... of the 2020 election. The president is teetering on the edge of irrelevancy, praying…
Privacy and Security10/30/20Oct 301Privacy and Security10/30/20Privacy and SecurityPasswords of Florida County Election Officials Temporarily ExposedDell Cameron6Login credentials belonging to several Martin County, Florida, election officials were inadvertently exposed by what…