SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES
Pixek App Encrypts Your Photos From Camera to Cloud
Pixek, an end-to-end encrypted photo app, could point to the future of searchable cloud data storage.
Want to Avoid Malware on Your Android Phone? Try the F-Droid App Store
Opinion: Researchers from Yale Privacy Lab argue that the scourge of trackers in Android apps means users should stop using the Google Play store.
Android Malware, Free Speech, and More Security News This Week
False alarms, free speech, and more of the week's top security news.
Triton Malware Details Show the Dangers of Industrial System Sabotage
New details about Triton malware should put industrial systems and critical infrastructure on notice.
A New Way to Track Down Bugs Could Help Save IoT
New research advances techniques for finding and exploiting known vulnerabilities in IoT devices automatically.
A Popular Crime-Predicting Algorithms Performed Worse Than Mechanical Turks in One Study
When researchers put a popular criminal justice algorithm up against a bunch of Mechanical Turks, they came out about even.
The Astrophysicist Who Wants to Help Solve Baltimore's Urban Blight
Vacant buildings are more than just an economic threat. They're also a public safety concern. And it turns out they have their own sort of gravitational pull.
Meet Antifa's Secret Weapon Against Far-Right Extremists
Megan Squire doesn’t consider herself to be antifa and pushes digital activism instead, passing along information to those who might put it to real-world use—who might weaponize it.
The 'Doublespeak' of Responsible Encryption
It's a new name for an old argument: that public agencies fighting crime and terrorism must have access to our private communications—for our own good.
How the False Hawaii Missile Warning Could Have Happened
And where was the federal government?