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Security / Privacy
How to Move Your WhatsApp Chats Across Devices and Apps
It’s never been easier to switch between iPhone and Android—and to get your messages out of the Meta ecosystem entirely.
Parents Need to Know What’s Going On Inside Their Day Care Apps
After months of digging into privacy and security issues around these apps, I have some serious concerns.
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.
Cops Will Be Able to Scan Your Fingerprints With a Phone
Contactless fingerprinting uses a smartphone camera to capture your prints—and opens up a whole new set of privacy concerns.
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.
The Tricky Business of Elon Musk Getting Twitter Fire-Hose Access
Twitter has reportedly given the billionaire access to its full stream of tweets and related user data. Is your privacy in jeopardy?
How a Saxophonist Tricked the KGB by Encrypting Secrets in Music
Using a custom encryption scheme within music notation, Merryl Goldberg and three other US musicians slipped information to Soviet performers and activists known as the Phantom Orchestra.
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.
Period-Tracking and Fertility Apps Can Put Women Seeking Abortions at Risk
Apps collect sensitive data that could be subpoenaed by law enforcement or sold by data brokers.