Apps Marketed to US Troops Are Shipping Chinese and Russian Code
…But an SDK can be updated remotely at any time. Code that is dormant today can still be spyware tomorrow. In at least one case, noted by the study, the Huawei code…
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Apple’s New Siri AI Is Ready to Get Personal
…many cases, they don't want these AI features,” says Serge Egelman, an online privacy and security expert at UC Berkeley. “At the same time, all of these companies are invested in…
Discord Sleuths Gained Unauthorized Access to Anthropic’s Mythos
…And if you’re looking for a deep dive, WIRED investigated the yearslong feud behind the prominent privacy and security conscious mobile operating system GrapheneOS. Plus we looked at the strange tale…
The Danger Behind Meta Killing End-to-End Encryption for Instagram DMs
…It's deeply cynical,” says Davi Ottenheimer, a longtime security executive and creator of the post-quantum cryptography assessment tool pqprobe. Johns Hopkins' Green adds, too, that Meta originally rolled out opt…
Can AI Coexist With Privacy? Proton’s Andy Yen Says It Will Have To
…But when Proton does it in a way that actually ensures privacy, security, and ownership of their data and their conversations, then actually they’re OK with it. Well, it’s an…
Android Is Fighting Phone Scams With a New Feature to Prove Who’s Calling
…With these types of invasive and potentially devastating scams on the rise, Dave Kleidermacher, Android's vice president of security and privacy, and Eugene Liderman, director of Android security and privacy product…
Crypto-Funded Chinese Peptide Labs Are Booming
…Each week, we round up the security and privacy news we didn’t cover in-depth ourselves. Click the headlines to read the full stories, and stay safe out there. Chinese Crypto…
MyMove Is the US Government’s Shittiest Website
…And why not just do it now through the USPS?” But when Rybak, who runs a user behavior research consultancy, clicked a button to continue updating her voter registration, she didn’t…
Your Phone Notifications Reveal More Than You Realize. Here’s How to Lock Them Down
…The recent iOS security update also takes steps to more effectively clear the logs of notifications that have been marked for deletion. An easier fix is to stop message content from appearing…
Google Now Lets You Change Your Gmail Address. Here’s How
…Proton is the company behind our pick for the best VPN, so you know the company puts an emphasis on privacy and security. Proton Mail even lets new users import their data…