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Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 20:21:41 +0000

Android users can now stop Facebook from tracking their location when they aren’t using the Facebook app.

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 16:12:51 +0000

A strain of ATM malware called WinPot turns the act of cashing out into something like a slot machine.

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 10:00:00 +0000

A new ranking of nation-state hacker speed puts Russia on top by a span of hours.

Credit to Author: Issie Lapowsky| Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 12:00:00 +0000

With $60 and a few fake Facebook accounts, researchers were able to identify service members in a military exercise, track their movement, and even persuade them to disobey orders.

Credit to Author: Zeynep Tufekci| Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 11:00:00 +0000

It used to make sense to believe something until it was debunked; now, it makes sense to assume certain claims are fake—unless they are verified.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 12:00:00 +0000

What happens to all those emails and passwords that get leaked? They’re frequently used to try to break into users’ other accounts across the internet.

Credit to Author: Emily Dreyfuss| Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2019 14:00:00 +0000

3-D printed rifles, Iran missile hacking, and more of the week’s top security news.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 21:44:57 +0000

Trouble at OKCupid, Coffee Meets Bagel, and Jack’d have made February a bad stretch for romantics online.