Security, Spoken

Cookie pop-ups now show the number of “partners” that websites may share data with. Here's how many of these third-party companies may get your data from some of the most popular sites online. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Anonymous, candid reviews made Glassdoor a powerful place to research potential employers. A policy shift requiring users to privately verify their real names is raising privacy concerns. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The platform says it stands to make more than $200 million in coming years from Google and other companies that want user comments to feed AI projects. Regulators have questions. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For months, US lawmakers have examined every side of a historic surveillance debate. With the introduction of the SAFE Act, all that's left to do now is vote. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Pentagon says it’s not hiding aliens, but it stops notably short of saying what it is hiding. Here are the key questions that remain unanswered—some answers could be weirder than UFOs. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Every US president has the ability to invoke “emergency powers” that could give an authoritarian leader the ability to censor the internet, restrict travel, and more. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With Meta’s updated 2FA process, the company now automatically trusts devices you often use. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tigran Gambaryan, a former crypto-focused US federal agent, and a second Binance executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla, have been held in Abuja without passports for two weeks. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Content creators are using copyright laws to get nonconsensual deepfakes removed from the web. With the complaints covering nearly 30,000 URLs, experts say Google should do more to help. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The transaction, visible on Bitcoin's blockchain, suggests the victim of one of the worst ransomware attacks in years may have paid a very large ransom. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A coalition of 41 state attorneys general says Meta is failing to assist Facebook and Instagram users whose accounts have been hacked—and they want the company to take “immediate action.” Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Canada-based Sandvine has long sold its web-monitoring tech to authoritarian regimes. This week, the US sanctioned the company, severely limiting its ability to do business with American firms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The UK’s privacy regulator says the government did not take into account the intrusiveness of ankle tags that continuously monitor a person’s location. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The White House issued an executive order on Wednesday that aims to prevent the sale of Americans' data to “countries of concern,” including China and Russia. Its effectiveness may vary. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Several of the strikes occurred far from the front lines of the conflict, indicating possible war crimes. Researchers say the attacks likely had devastating impacts on civilians. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As Chinese automakers prepare to launch in the US, the White House is investigating whether cars made in China could pose a national security threat. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two months ago, the FBI “disrupted” the BlackCat ransomware group. They're already back—and their latest attack is causing delays at pharmacies across the US. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When two former Meta employees dug into why the website of Iowa’s Clayton County Register was spewing dubious posts about stocks, they uncovered a network of sites slinging seemingly AI-made content. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Useful quantum computers aren’t a reality—yet. But in one of the biggest deployments of post-quantum encryption so far, Apple is bringing the technology to iMessage. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The US Congress was preparing to vote on a key foreign surveillance program. Then a wild Russian threat appeared. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Google is still mostly supported by ads but its new subscription-only chatbot, Gemini Advanced, is a major new addition to the company's burgeoning services business. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In an interview with WIRED, DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says the biggest breakthroughs in AI are yet to come—and will take more than just chips. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

LockBit’s website, infrastructure, and data have been seized by law enforcement—striking a huge blow against one of the world's most prolific ransomware groups. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A surprise disclosure of a national security threat by the House Intelligence chair was part of an effort to block legislation that aimed to limit cops and spies from buying Americans' private data. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cyberattacks and criminal scams can impact anyone. But communities of color and other marginalized groups are often disproportionately impacted and lack the support to better protect themselves. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices