IdentityTheft.gov turns a US theft report into a recovery plan
The Federal Trade Commission's site turns your answers into an official report and a recovery plan. Put a fraud alert on your credit report before you file.
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Flock cameras in the US: what they record and who can search
Flock plate cameras feed a shared police network. A Kentucky officer used it to track his ex-girlfriend, and a Texas detective to hunt a woman over abortion.
A researcher unlocked an encrypted laptop in about five minutes
A 2020 demonstration called Thunderspy unlocked encrypted Windows and Linux laptops in minutes. A separate flaw breaks the security chip in Macs.
The EU's GDPR replaced a law from when 1% of Europe was online
The EU's GDPR replaced the 1995 Data Protection Directive. It kept most of the old principles, added accountability, and set fines of up to 4% of revenue.
How a VPN works, and who still gets to watch you
A VPN encrypts your traffic and routes it through a company's server, so the question is which watcher you trust more, not whether one exists.
Instagram's Restrict cuts someone off without telling them
On Instagram, Restrict hides a person's comments from others and moves their messages to requests. They stop seeing when you are online and are never told.
Your IP address gives away your provider, not your street
An IP address identifies your device to every site you visit, and reveals your provider and a rough location, never an exact one.
Encryption hides what you say, not who you said it to
End-to-end encryption stops a provider reading your words, but it still knows who messaged whom, when, and how the chat moved.
Apple v the FBI: the US fight that one iPhone started
In 2016 a US judge told Apple to help the FBI into a gunman's iPhone. Apple refused, calling it a backdoor, and the case ended when a hired firm broke in.