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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 4,441 posts.
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Judge Releases Information about Police Use of Stingray Cell Phone Trackers
A Florida judge has sided with the ACLU to order release of information about police use of “stingrays,” which are invasive surveillance devices that send out powerful signals to trick cell phones into transmitting their locations and identifying information. The Tallahassee judge’s pro-transparency decision stands in…
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DEFCON Capture the Flag Qualification Challenge #1
Today, we are excited to announce the introduction of Elastic Endpoint Security.
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eBay customers’ personal data was compromised in March
eBay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY) said beginning later today it will be asking eBay users to change their passwords because of a cyberattack that compromised a database containing encrypted passwords and other non-financial data.
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EFF Dismayed by House's Gutted USA Freedom Act
EFF and Other Civil Liberties Organizations Call on Congress to Support Uncompromising Reform Since the introduction of the USA FREEDOM Act, a bill that has over 140 cosponsors, Congress has been clear about its intent: ending the mass collection of Americans' calling records. Many members of...
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Mandatory encryption on XMPP starts today
Last year Peter Saint-Andre laid out a plan for strengthening the security of the XMPP network. The manifesto, to date signed by over 70 XMPP service operators and software developers, offered a rallying point for those interested in ensuring the security of XMPP for its users. Today is the date that the manifesto…
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TextSecure's Private Group Messaging
One of the major features we introduced in the TextSecure v2 release was private group chat. We believe that group chat is an important feature for encrypted communications projects, so we wanted to try to summarize some of the existing work in this area, as well as how TextSecure’s group chat pr...
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Help EFF test Privacy Badger, our new browser extension for privacy
EFF is launching a new extension for Firefox and Chrome called Privacy Badger. Privacy Badger automatically detects and blocks spying ads around the Web, and the invisible trackers that feed information to them. You can try it out today: Privacy Badger is EFF's answer to intrusive and objectionable...
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Introducing Anonymous Login and an Updated Facebook Login
Improved privacy options put better controls in your hands.
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HipChat Will Grant Employers Access To 1-to-1 Chat History
Atlassian and Slack have forged a new strategic partnership.
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Speeding up and strengthening HTTPS connections for Chrome on Android
Posted by Elie Bursztein, Anti-Abuse Research Lead Earlier this year, we deployed a new TLS cipher suite in Chrome that operates three tim...
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The Government is Silencing Twitter and Yahoo, and It Won't Tell Us Why
The government is using shaky legal arguments to silence major Internet companies without giving them – or the public – the opportunity to respond. In three separate recent cases, the government has sent a grand jury subpoena to Yahoo or Twitter and requested a gag order from a magistrate judge, attempting to bar…
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Chrome users oblivious to Heartbleed revocation tsunami
Explore thought leadership, industry insights, and other resources related to cybercrime detection, disruption, and takedowns.
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Google's Street View computer vision can beat reCAPTCHA with 99% accuracy
Posted by Vinay Shet, Product Manager, reCAPTCHA Have you ever wondered how Google Maps knows the exact location of your neighborhood cof...
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Heartbleed Update v3
Stay ahead with the latest cloud computing, content delivery, and cybersecurity trends, expert analyses, and tech insights from the official Akamai blog.