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Uncanny Valley

The Trump Administration Sure Is Having Trouble Keeping Its Comms Private

By Zoë Schiffer and Lily Hay Newman

High Visibility

The Company Behind the Signal Clone Mike Waltz Used Has Direct Access to User Chats

By Lily Hay Newman

P@55W0RD

Tulsi Gabbard Reused the Same Weak Password on Multiple Accounts for Years

By Tim Marchman

Say Cheese

US Border Agents Are Asking for Help Taking Photos of Everyone Entering the Country by Car

By Caroline Haskins

Phone Wars

Signal Clone Used by Mike Waltz Pauses Service After Reports It Got Hacked

By Lily Hay Newman

Poisoned Well

Security Researchers Warn a Widely Used Open Source Tool Poses a 'Persistent' Risk to the US

By Matt Burgess

Security Roundup

Hacking Spree Hits UK Retail Giants

By Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman, and Dhruv Mehrotra

Bad Inventions

AI Code Hallucinations Increase the Risk of ‘Package Confusion’ Attacks

By Dan Goodin, Ars Technica

AI Inside

WhatsApp Is Walking a Tightrope Between AI Features and Privacy

By Lily Hay Newman

Internet of Flaws

Millions of Apple Airplay-Enabled Devices Can Be Hacked via Wi-Fi

By Lily Hay Newman and Andy Greenberg

Overtake

Car Subscription Features Raise Your Risk of Government Surveillance, Police Records Show

By Dell Cameron

Security Roundup

Pete Hegseth’s Signal Scandal Spirals Out of Control

By Matt Burgess and Andrew Couts

Downsides

Gmail’s New Encrypted Messages Feature Opens a Door for Scams

By Lily Hay Newman

Pope Culture

The Tech That Safeguards the Conclave’s Secrecy

By Jorge Garay

Search Terms

How to Protect Yourself From Phone Searches at the US Border

By Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

Security Roundup

Florida Man Enters the Encryption Wars

By Lily Hay Newman

ICE'd Out

ICE Is Paying Palantir $30 Million to Build ‘ImmigrationOS’ Surveillance Platform

By Caroline Haskins

Stranger Danger

New Jersey Sues Discord for Allegedly Failing to Protect Children

By Justin Ling

Honeypots

This ‘College Protester’ Isn’t Real. It’s an AI-Powered Undercover Bot for Cops

By Emanuel Maiberg and Jason Koebler

Shortsighted

‘Stupid and Dangerous’: CISA Funding Chaos Threatens Essential Cybersecurity Program

By Lily Hay Newman