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How to maximize your privacy using Signal calls and chat

When I first started using Signal, I would connect with friends using our phone numbers. Now, I use Signal to find people to interview for stories, which is why some of my social media posts and artic...

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Key Reasons Monero Surge Continues Even as Bitcoin Bulls Take a Breather

Bitcoin's (BTC) rally has paused above $100K, slowing the recovery rallies in major altcoins. But one coin stands resilient: monero (XMR), the world's largest privacy-focused digital asset by market v...

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America’s immigration system was a landmine, and Trump set it off

Last Friday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested Newark mayor Ras Baraka outside a detention center. Baraka was trying to visit the facility - which opened recently and is operat...

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How to turn on Lockdown Mode for your iPhone and Mac

Apple is known for prioritizing privacy and security, but there are additional measures you can turn to if you feel you need them. iPhones, iPads, and Macs have what's known as a Lockdown Mode that ta...

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The new flying ID restrictions are here, and they’re a mess

At long last, the deadline to get a REAL ID is here. On May 7th, after nearly two years of kicking the can down the road, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will finally require traveler...

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‘Everything Is Encrypted’: Aztec’s Privacy Rollup Hits Testnet Amid Growing Demand

Aztec, a layer-2 rollup focused on privacy, shared Thursday that its testnet has finally gone live.

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Coinbase Leaps Into Supreme Court Case in Defense of User Data Going to IRS

Coinbase (COIN) filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court case involving an Internal Revenue Service request for data on hundreds of thousands of its customers back in 2016, arguing the court should "pr...

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Whatever happened to the Kids Online Safety Act?

2024 was shaping up to be the year Congress regulated how kids engage with social media, particularly through one bill, the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). A debate about its risks to free expression s...

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Neurotech companies are selling your brain data, senators warn

Three Democratic senators are sounding the alarm over brain-computer interface (BCI) technologies' ability to collect - and potentially sell - our neural data. In a letter to the Federal Trade Commiss...

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