Signal’s Creator Is Helping Encrypt Meta AI
…But as chatbots and AI agents have become more capable, some technologists and companies are pushing to create more constrained and privacy-focused systems. “As LLMs continue to be able to do…
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The Danger Behind Meta Killing End-to-End Encryption for Instagram DMs
…They know what they promised.” WIRED gave Meta multiple opportunities to comment for this story, but the company ultimately declined. Years later, in a December 2023 background call with WIRED ahead of…
Meta Pauses Employee-Tracking Program Following Internal Data Leak
“We have carefully designed this program with privacy safeguards and while we have no indication at this time that any data was improperly accessed by Meta employees, we're pausing it while…
Grok Is Still Hosting Sexualized Deepfakes of Famous Women
…Neither xAI nor X immediately responded to WIRED’s request for comment on the raft of sexualized images hosted on Grok.com. After WIRED contacted the companies, the explicit images and videos…
The National Design Studio Became a DOGE Landing Pad. Now ‘Big Balls’ Is Recruiting
…As it continues hiring, WIRED spoke to an engineer who interviewed for a position with the agency. “I don't want to come off as a prude and say it was deeply…
A Leak of San Francisco Police Drone Footage Exposes the New Reality of Urban Surveillance
…transmitting images of places where people have a reasonable expectation of privacy. But the exposed Skydio feeds reviewed by WIRED showed full missions from takeoff to landing, capturing not only detentions and…
Iranian Hackers Breached Kash Patel’s Email—but Not the FBI’s
…Experts WIRED spoke to say such a plan would be extremely risky, likely putting the lives of troops in peril with a low chance of success. Since the war with Iran started…
There Aren’t a Lot of Reasons to Get Excited About a New Amazon Smartphone
…researches security and privacy in consumer devices. “I think when it comes to products, unfortunately, consumers value utility and price over privacy,” Fawaz wrote in an email to WIRED. The accelerant here…
The FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones
…As Europe looks to separate and insulate itself from US Big Tech, WIRED created a timeline that tracks all the ways EU governments, companies, and other organizations are moving away from US…
Your Expired Visa Card Could Be ‘Zombified’ to Make Contactless Payments
…Apple removed the app from the App Store after WIRED’s inquiry. And WIRED spoke with Andy Yen, CEO of the privacy-focused digital services company Proton, about the privacy implications of…