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Fresh Hell

The AI-Generated Child Abuse Nightmare Is Here

Thousands of child abuse images are being created with AI. New images of old victims are appearing, as criminals trade datasets.

Matt Burgess

Stepping In It

A Controversial Plan to Scan Private Messages for Child Abuse Meets Fresh Scandal

Vas Panagiotopoulos

Section 702

A Powerful Tool US Spies Misused to Stalk Women Faces Its Potential Demise

Dell Cameron

Security Roundup

The 23andMe User Data Leak May Be Far Worse Than Believed

Andrew Couts

Bad Mix

Citing Hamas, the US Wants to Treat Crypto Anonymity Services as Suspected Money Launderers

Andy Greenberg

Free Speech

They Supported Air Strike Victims. Then They Were Doxed and Arrested

Matt Burgess

Digital Abuse

Deepfake Porn Is Out of Control

Matt Burgess

Screen Time

US House Republicans Had Their Phones Confiscated to Stop Leaks

Matt Laslo

Wrong Turn

The UN Risks Normalizing Internet Censorship

Justin Ling

Signals and Noise

Israel’s Failure to Stop the Hamas Attack Shows the Danger of Too Much Surveillance

Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman

Security Roundup

Apple's Encryption Is Under Attack by a Mysterious Group

Andrew Couts

Personal Safety

The Team Helping Women Fight Digital Domestic Abuse

Matt Burgess

Full Disclosure

How Neuralink Keeps Dead Monkey Photos Secret

Dell Cameron and Dhruv Mehrotra

Just One Job

Predictive Policing Software Terrible at Predicting Crimes

Aaron Sankin and Surya Mattu

Time's Up

How to Tell When Your Phone Will Stop Getting Security Updates

David Nield

Security Roundup

Chinese Hackers Are Hiding in Routers in the US and Japan

Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

On Notice

US Justice Department Urged to Investigate Gunshot Detector Purchases

Dell Cameron and Dhruv Mehrotra

Oh, Capitalism

Your Boss’s Spyware Could Train AI to Replace You

Thor Benson

Security Roundup

You Need to Update Your Browser, Like, Yesterday

Andrew Couts

Self Reflection

The US Congress Has Trust Issues. Generative AI Is Making It Worse

Matt Laslo

Over Exposed

The Twisted Eye in the Sky Over Buenos Aires

Karen Naundorf

Balancing Act

AI Chatbots Are Invading Your Local Government—and Making Everyone Nervous

Todd Feathers

Security Roundup

Your New Car Is a Privacy Nightmare

Dhruv Mehrotra and Andrew Couts