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PC World – “How to see if you’re affected. Have I Been Pwned just acquired a huge collection of unique email addresses and passwords that have been leaked and/or stolen. Security expert Troy Hunt, who operates Have I Been Pwned, recently received 2 billion unique email addresses that were found across multiple malicious lists and …
404 Media: “The FBI is attempting to unmask the owner behind archive.today, a popular archiving site that is also regularly used to bypass paywalls on the internet and to avoid sending traffic to the original publishers of web content, according to a subpoena posted by the website. The FBI subpoena says it is part of …
Personal Security Checklist: Your guide to securing your digital life and protecting your privacy…Includes 255 items to check, with detailed instructions.
Forbes: “The government shutdown has officially entered its 36th day, becoming the longest federal funding lapse in U.S. history—surpassing the 35-day shutdown that took place during President Donald Trump’s first term in office. Millions are feeling the impacts: SNAP benefits used by roughly 42 million Americans will only be partially funded for November. Beyond the …
Announcing the launch of our Semantic Search API in CourtListener – a major leap forward in how you search legal data. We’ve been working diligently to bring semantic search to our case law database for quite some time. Back in March, we shared a status update with extensive details on the machine learning techniques and …
CollectiveMetrics.org – We are dedicated to illuminating the complex digital landscape that shapes our daily lives through open-source metrics and measurement systems focused on online trust, privacy, and security. Explore our work; Read our new deepfake/scam research Transparency Powers Progress – We are dedicated to illuminating the complex digital landscape that shapes our daily lives …
TechDirt: “We’ve long established that modern “smart” devices aren’t always all that smart. Whether it’s “smart” door locks that are easily hacked to gain entry, “smart” refrigerators that leak your Gmail credentials, or “smart” vehicles that sell data to insurance companies without your permission, the act of modernizing something with internet access and a CPU …
Proton VPN: “Discord is a wildly popular text, voice, and video chat platform used by over 153 million people each month. But is it safe? This is a question that may particularly concern parents(new window), thanks to it being the social media platform of choice for gamers, a demographic that tends to skew younger, and …
404 Media: “Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has publicly released an app that Sheriff Offices, police departments, and other local or regional law enforcement can use to scan someone’s face as part of immigration enforcement, 404 Media has learned. The news follows Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) use of another internal Department of Homeland Security …
EFF: “Amazon Ring’s upcoming face recognition tool has the potential to violate the privacy rights of millions of people and could result in Amazon breaking state biometric privacy laws. Ring plans to introduce a feature to its home surveillance cameras called “Familiar Faces,” to identify specific people who come into view of the camera. When …
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America – And Why Europe Is Next [This article is largely a visualization with accompanying text – very well done]. “The Contract That Changed Everything – In late July 2025, deep within the Pentagon’s bureaucratic machinery, the U.S. Army quietly signed away a piece of …
Opinion, The Editorial Board, The New York Times, October 31, 2025. Gift Article – Countries that slide from democracy toward autocracy tend to follow similar patterns. To measure what is happening in the United States, the Times editorial board has compiled a list of 12 markers of democratic erosion, with help from scholars who have …
