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Surveillance capitalism: How every ‘like’ adds to your data for sale

Search for something innocuous like a pair of shoes, protein powder, or vacation ideas, and you know what happens next: Ads about similar products or services follow us around as we navigate the web. ...

How a Tesla employee saved the company from a ransomware attack

This post was originally published on September 15, 2020. The FBI recently announced the arrest of Russian national Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov, charged with a conspiracy to recruit an employee of Tesla ...

Yes, your e-reader tracks you, too. Here’s what to do about it.

This year has given us plenty of reasons to seek out forms of escapism. For bookworms in particular, getting an e-reader would be a savvy way to add to their literary arsenal. Not only are there advan...

A researcher hacked satellite internet connections with $300 equipment

Denmark’s lesson in whistleblowing: Don’t arrest the whistleblowers

Notorious eavesdropper NSA issues guide to hiding your location data

The social contract of the internet is under threat. That’s a problem

The history of the internet, when it was invented, and how it got to where it is today

Instagram stored messages and photos you wanted to delete

Interview: Encryption expert Riana Pfefferkorn on the erosion of online free speech