Collaborate Disseminate
DHS’s Office of the Inspector General says it has ‘limited resources’ to investigate hundreds of civil liberties and detainee abuse complaints, but one expert said the figures “demand a closer look.” Continue reading FOIA: DHS Did Not Investigate Hundreds of Civil Rights Abuse Complaints
After Twitter users pointed out Microsoft’s relationship with ICE, the tech giant is publicly distancing itself from the agency’s parent-child separations. Continue reading Microsoft, an ICE Tech Partner, ‘Dismayed’ by Child Separation Policy
You remember Neopets. You probably had an account. A hacker was recently still trying to steal Neopets accounts with a phishing login page. Continue reading Some Absolute Madman Is Trying to Phish Neopets Users
“Grayshift has gone to great lengths to future proof their technology and stated that they have already defeated this security feature in the beta build.” Continue reading Cops Are Confident iPhone Hackers Have Found a Workaround to Apple’s New Security Feature
In an age of governments, organizations, and individuals sometimes deleting important information from Twitter, @archive_tweet may make it easier to preserve a particular tweet, and then share those mirrors with other people. Continue reading Motherboard Made a Bot That Archives Tweets on Demand
Journalists and sources may try to secure their communications not just with encryption, but also with automatically disappearing messages. But Signal has a nasty bug that can retain some messages. Continue reading Some Signal Disappearing Messages Are Not Disappearing
Journalists and sources may try to secure their communications not just with encryption, but also with automatically disappearing messages. But Signal has a nasty bug that can retain some messages. Continue reading Some Signal Disappearing Messages Are Not Disappearing
Facebook trains its moderators to recognize when emojis violate the social network site’s policies as well, including for sexual solicitation, hate speech, and bullying. Continue reading Internal Documents Show How Facebook Decides When a Poop Emoji Is Hate Speech
According to DHS and other US government documents obtained by Motherboard, the DHS is continuing to investigate how insecure commercial aircraft are to cyber attacks, with one research lab saying hacking a plane may lead to a “catastrophic disaster.” Continue reading US Government Probes Airplane Vulnerabilities, Says Airline Hack Is ‘Only a Matter of Time’
As hate speech continues to be a top issue for social media platforms, we are publishing an extended selection of training material showing how Facebook sees the issue of white supremacy and hate more generally. Continue reading These Are Facebook’s Policies for Moderating White Supremacy and Hate