The privacy-focused tech company’s latest update promises to block invasive data collection across your whole phone.
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RE:WIRED 2021: Jen Easterly Wants Hackers to Help US Cyber Defense
The retired Army officer played offense at the NSA and the Pentagon. Now she’s learning to play defense.
1.8 TB of Police Helicopter Surveillance Footage Leaks Online
DDoSecrets published the trove Friday afternoon. Privacy advocates say it shows how pervasive law enforcement’s eye has become, and how lax its data protection can be.
An Apparent Ransomware Hack Puts the NRA in a Bind
The group behind the reported attack is under sanctions from the US Treasury, which means a payout could come with penalties for the victim.
New Sex Toy Standards Let Some Sensitive Details Slide
The industry now has official guidance on design, materials, and more, but not security and privacy best practices.
How to use the newish XLOOKUP() dynamic array function in Excel
Microsoft Excel’s dynamic array function XLOOKUP() might completely replace VLOOKUP() and HLOOKUP().
How to Change Your Web Browser in Windows 11 (It’s Not Easy)
Want to switch to Chrome or Firefox? Not so fast, my friend.
The Senate Is Mad as Hell at Facebook—Again
The latest hearing on Instagram and teen mental health was the depressing work of a legislature that can’t legislate.
How sparklines deal with non-numeric values in Excel
Sparklines are small charts that fit into a single Microsoft Excel cell. But if you’re tracking non-numeric data, they can exhibit weird behavior. Learn how to avoid problems when using sparklines.
New Microsoft analytics tools help identify and understand trends without compromising privacy
Developed to help policy-makers research human trafficking, these techniques for synthetic privacy, casual inference and visualizing complex graph statistics could be useful for many other problems.