Rights groups: Kids’ online safety bill could put vulnerable teens at risk

The groups say the bill has laudable goals but could come with unintended consequences for vulnerable children.

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White House expected to issue executive order reining in spyware

The prospect of an executive order limiting use of spyware within U.S. intelligence unleashes potentially even more debate in Washington.

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Senate Democrats call on FTC to investigate Twitter’s data security

Lawmakers worry that Elon Musk’s hasty changes on the Twitter platform such as altering its verification service could harm consumers.

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ID.me misled IRS on processing times for identity verification, congressional investigators found

Wait times to receive identity verification were more than double than what ID.me initially represented to the IRS.

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Andy Greenberg on how ‘Tracers in the Dark’ found the dark web’s worst criminals

The Wired journalist’s new book reveals how investigators deployed cryptocurrency tracing technology to solve some of the internet’s biggest crimes.

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Thousands of bogus Twitter accounts push NFT scams to steal cryptocurrency

Elon Musk vowed to rid Twitter of fake accounts, but fraudsters continue using thousands of them in cryptocurrency scams.

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In her new book, Danielle Keats Citron makes the case for the ‘right to intimate privacy’

The longtime privacy advocate says that “intimate privacy is the key to citizenship, love and flourishing.”

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Experian tool exposed partial Social Security numbers, putting customers at risk

The problem with using Social Security numbers to authenticate consumers goes much deeper than Experian, experts say.

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White House seeks international cooperation to thwart growing ransomware threat

During the International Counter Ransomware Summit in Washington, participants will discuss how to increase resilience against ransomware.

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