Kaveh Waddell
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Who Is Selling Hacking Subscriptions to Governments?
The same powerful surveillance tools have cropped up in at least two countries—and researchers are looking for the missing link. → Read More
Can Cops Force You to Unlock Your Phone With Your Face?
Apple’s new Face ID technology raises questions about constitutional protections for personal devices. → Read More
How New Technology Is Changing Eid Celebrations
The robust Islamic app economy includes a program for ordering up sacrificial livestock. → Read More
The Internet of Things Needs a Code of Ethics
Technology is evolving faster than the legal and moral frameworks needed to manage it. → Read More
Symantec Report: Hackers Get Back to the Basics
As the costs of complex cyberattacks increase, old-school email tricks are coming back in style. → Read More
A Trick That Hides Censored Websites Inside Cat Videos
The technique uses popular sites as camouflage for banned ones. → Read More
Chatbots Have Entered the Uncanny Valley
When virtual assistants almost pass as human, they only seem more robotic. → Read More
The Dark Side of Slack’s New Emoji Statuses
The cutesy feature could pressure employees into sharing their every move—both on and off the clock. → Read More
Why Airlines Can Get Away With Bad Customer Service
As much as other types of companies might want to ignore their lowest-margin patrons, most don’t have that luxury. → Read More
The Steady Rise of Digital Border Searches
At the current rate, customs agents are on track to increase inspections of travelers’ electronic devices by a third this year. → Read More
An Algorithm That Hides Your Online Tracks With Random Footsteps
Can “polluting” browsing history with fake traffic make it harder for ISPs to spy on you? → Read More
When Apps Secretly Team Up to Steal Your Data
An analysis of the top 100,000 Android apps found tens of thousands of pairings that leak sensitive data. → Read More
How Garadget Avenged a One-Star Review With Digital Sabotage
A dispute over a garage-door opener shows just how much control manufacturers have over your internet-connected things. → Read More
Why Do Walmart and Target Have Their Own Digital Forensics Labs?
Some of the best digital-forensics labs don't belong to the police—they're run by banks, tech companies, and retailers. → Read More
Is Trump Still Tweeting From His Unsecured Android Phone?
If so, he’s extremely vulnerable to being hacked. → Read More
Encryption Won’t Stop Your Internet Provider From Spying on You
Data patterns alone can be enough to give away what video you’re watching on YouTube. → Read More
Is Trump Still Tweeting From His Unsecured Android Phone?
Is Trump Still Tweeting From His Unsecured Android Phone? By Kaveh Waddell March 29, 2017 There are two personalities on display in Donald Trump’s Twitter feed. One Trump generally spells things correctly, tweets flattering news stories and politely thanks visitors for meeting with him. The other Trump is easily provoked, capitalizes random words and lashes out in real time at things that annoy… → Read More
When Fingerprints Are as Easy to Steal as Passwords: The Case for New Biometrics
As hackers learn to imitate the body's unique features, scientists might turn to brainwaves and genomics to verify people's identities. → Read More
How the Rise of Electronics Has Made Smuggling Bombs Easier
New restrictions on flights from the Middle East reflect how just about anything with power can be turned into an explosive. → Read More
U.S. Bans Carried-On Laptops and Tablets on Some Flights from the Middle East
DHS has banned carry-on devices larger than a smartphone on flights from 10 airports across the Middle East. → Read More