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Here’s how to find out if you were part of the latest Facebook hack

By Stan Horaczek

A running list of hacks, leaks, and vulnerabilities that have recently given up your personal information

By Popular Science Team

Here’s what you need to know about today’s unavoidable Presidential Alert notification

Here’s what you need to know about today’s unavoidable Presidential Alert notification

By Stan Horaczek

Facebook Security Issue

A Facebook breach put 50 million accounts at risk: Here’s what you need to know

By Stan Horaczek

What you can do to prevent Google—and others—from tracking your phone

This tiny Google product could help secure your accounts

This tiny Google product could help secure your accounts

Do you really need to properly eject a USB drive before yanking it out?

Do you really need to properly eject a USB drive before yanking it out?

This AI can see people through walls. Here’s how.

This AI can see people through walls. Here’s how.

What you need to know about your browser’s digital fingerprints

What you need to know about your browser’s digital fingerprints

Here’s what kind of data genetics testing companies can share

Here’s what kind of data genetics testing companies can share

Social Security Number Hack

Your social security number probably got leaked and that’s very, very bad

By Stan Horaczek

Screenshot of Facebook's Reactions feature

You wanna see something wild? Check out all the advertisers targeting you on Facebook.

By Stan Horaczek

Zuck house testimony

Watch: Day two of Mark Zuckerberg’s Washington testimony

By Stan Horaczek

Here’s what you need to know before Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony in Washington

Here’s what you need to know before Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony in Washington

By Stan Horaczek

Your private browsing isn’t as incognito as you want it to be

Your private browsing isn’t as incognito as you want it to be

The HTTPS in your browser’s address bar is important for staying safe on the web

The HTTPS in your browser’s address bar is important for staying safe on the web

By Stan Horaczek

The Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities affect nearly every computer. Here’s what you need to know.

The Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities affect nearly every computer. Here’s what you need to know.

How to stop hackers from rickrolling your smart speaker

How to stop hackers from rickrolling your smart speaker

By Corinne Iozzio

Here’s how Apple can figure out which emojis are popular

Here’s how Apple can figure out which emojis are popular

The year’s most important innovations in security

The year’s most important innovations in security

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Wi-Fi has a serious vulnerability. Here’s how to stay safe.

Apple’s new Face ID system uses a sensing strategy that dates back decades

Apple’s new Face ID system uses a sensing strategy that dates back decades

How to avoid eBay scams

your anti-virus software is not enough

Your anti-virus software is not enough

Nest Protect Smoke + CO Alarm review: Fewer false alarms and no more midnight battery chirps

Nest Protect Smoke + CO Alarm review: Fewer false alarms and no more midnight battery chirps

By Popular Science Team

WannaCry Screenshot

5 things we learned from WanaCryptor, the biggest ransomware attack in internet history

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

The biggest ransomware attack in history is crippling UK hospitals

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Updated: 3 things to do now to check up on your data privacy settings

Updated: 3 things to do now to check up on your data privacy settings

Computer scientists are developing a ‘master’ fingerprint that could unlock your phone

Computer scientists are developing a ‘master’ fingerprint that could unlock your phone

Passwords suck, but lip-reading computers won’t save us

Passwords suck, but lip-reading computers won’t save us

Google just made the internet a tiny bit less annoying

Google just made the internet a tiny bit less annoying

A Hacker Infiltrating A Computer

WikiLeaks’s CIA hacking trove doesn’t live up to the hype

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Amazon Echo in kitchen

Amazon Echo and the internet of things that spy on you

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Border patrol can search your cell phone whenever they feel like it

Border patrol can search your cell phone whenever they feel like it

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

Stealing A Password

Password Managers Just Got A Lot More Accessible

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The 9 Most Important Security Innovations Of The Year

The 9 Most Important Security Innovations Of The Year

By Kelsey D. Atherton, Sarah Fecht

The Man Who Defends Hardware From Hackers

The Man Who Defends Hardware From Hackers

By Veronique Greenwood and Cassandra Willyard

Who Hacked The NSA?

Who Hacked The NSA?

By Ian Graber-Stiehl

Pokémon Go Has Access To Your Entire Google Account

Pokémon Go Has Access To Your Entire Google Account

By G. Clay Whittaker

Apple has denied the FBI's request to unlock an iPhone involved in the San Bernardino shootings.

FBI Should Crack Smartphones Themselves, Says Cybersecurity Expert

By Coby McDonald

How To Fix Our Broken Internet

How To Fix Our Broken Internet

Edward Snowden: The Internet Is Broken

The FBI Has Succeeded In Uniting Silicon Valley…Against The FBI

The FBI Has Succeeded In Uniting Silicon Valley…Against The FBI

By Carl Franzen

Apple Cares About Your Privacy, Unless You Use iCloud

Apple Cares About Your Privacy, Unless You Use iCloud

By Dave Gershgorn

Apple Publicly Denies The FBI A Backdoor Into iPhone Owners’ Devices

Apple Publicly Denies The FBI A Backdoor Into iPhone Owners’ Devices

By Xavier Harding

Carnegie Mellon Weakly Denies That It Got Paid To Help FBI Crack Anonymity Tool

Carnegie Mellon Weakly Denies That It Got Paid To Help FBI Crack Anonymity Tool

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Here’s How HTC and Samsung’s Fingerprint Scanner Was Hacked

Here’s How HTC and Samsung’s Fingerprint Scanner Was Hacked

By Dave Gershgorn

New Japanese Glasses Block Facial Recognition

New Japanese Glasses Block Facial Recognition

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Thanks To This Device, Stealing Your Car Has Never Been Easier

Thanks To This Device, Stealing Your Car Has Never Been Easier

Hackers Can Tap Into Hospital Drug Pumps To Serve Lethal Doses To Patients

Hackers Can Tap Into Hospital Drug Pumps To Serve Lethal Doses To Patients

By Kelsey D. Atherton

This Box Can Figure Out Your 4-Digit iPhone Passcode

This Box Can Figure Out Your 4-Digit iPhone Passcode

Face Recognition Security, Even With A ‘Blink Test,’ Is Easy To Trick

Face Recognition Security, Even With A ‘Blink Test,’ Is Easy To Trick

Pablos Holman Wants You To Break Your Gadgets

Pablos Holman Wants You To Break Your Gadgets

By Michael Nuñez

Hacked Hardware Could Cause The Next Big Security Breach

Hacked Hardware Could Cause The Next Big Security Breach

7 Surprising Biometric Identification Methods

7 Surprising Biometric Identification Methods

The Death Of The Password Starts Today (Maybe)

The Death Of The Password Starts Today (Maybe)

Square’s New Credit Card Reader Ensures Safer Transactions

Square’s New Credit Card Reader Ensures Safer Transactions

What To Wear When You’re On The Run From The NSA

What To Wear When You’re On The Run From The NSA

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Security Experts Build $150 Safecracker

Security Experts Build $150 Safecracker

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Feds Bust Maker Of Smartphone “Stalker App”

Feds Bust Maker Of Smartphone “Stalker App”

By Andrew Rosenblum

The War Of Zeros And Ones

The War Of Zeros And Ones

By Peter W. Singer

Mysterious Phony Cell Towers Could Be Intercepting Your Calls

Mysterious Phony Cell Towers Could Be Intercepting Your Calls

By Andrew Rosenblum

Google Can Now Delete Your Past — But How Much Should Be Erased?

Google Can Now Delete Your Past — But How Much Should Be Erased?

By Corinne Iozzio

Israeli Students Spoof Waze App With Fake Traffic Jam

Israeli Students Spoof Waze App With Fake Traffic Jam

By Kelsey D. Atherton