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airport
Technology

Get ready for a lot more facial recognition at the airport

By Rob Verger

Facebook Hack
Technology

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

By Stan Horaczek

Here’s what happens when you turn off the microphones and cameras on Facebook’s Portal device
Gear

Here’s what happens when you turn off the microphones and cameras on Facebook’s Portal device

By Stan Horaczek

Hacking
Technology

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
Environment

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

By Stan Horaczek

Facebook Security Issue
Technology

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

By Stan Horaczek

phone
Technology

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

By Rob Verger

This tiny Google product could help secure your accounts
Technology

This tiny Google product could help secure your accounts

By Rob Verger

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

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

By Rob Verger

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

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

By Rob Verger

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

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

By Rob Verger

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

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

By Rob Verger

Social Security Number Hack
Technology

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

By Stan Horaczek

Screenshot of Facebook's Reactions feature
Technology

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

By Stan Horaczek

Zuck house testimony
Technology

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
Technology

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
Technology

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

By Rob Verger

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

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.
Technology

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

By Rob Verger

How to stop hackers from rickrolling your smart speaker
DIY

How to stop hackers from rickrolling your smart speaker

By Corinne Iozzio

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

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

By Rob Verger

The year’s most important innovations in security
Technology

The year’s most important innovations in security

By Kelsey D. Atherton

laptop code
Technology

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

By Rob Verger

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

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

By Rob Verger

Ring Video Doorbell 2 review: Higher res and easier to recharge, but just as bulky
Gear

Ring Video Doorbell 2 review: Higher res and easier to recharge, but just as bulky

By Popular Science Team

eBay
DIY

How to avoid eBay scams

By David Nield

your anti-virus software is not enough
Technology

Your anti-virus software is not enough

By Rob Verger

27” computer privacy screen and anti glare protector
Gear

Gadgets to keep your private life (and prized possessions) secure

By Billy Cadden

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

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

By Popular Science Team

WannaCry Screenshot
Technology

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

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
Health

The biggest ransomware attack in history is crippling UK hospitals

By Kelsey D. Atherton

A massive phishing scheme disguised as Google Docs just hijacked Gmail
Technology

A massive phishing scheme disguised as Google Docs just hijacked Gmail

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

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

By Rob Verger

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

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

By Rob Verger

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

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

By Rob Verger

Google just made the internet a tiny bit less annoying
Technology

Google just made the internet a tiny bit less annoying

By Rob Verger

A Hacker Infiltrating A Computer
Technology

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

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Amazon Echo in kitchen
Technology

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
Technology

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

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

Stealing A Password
Technology

Password Managers Just Got A Lot More Accessible

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The 9 Most Important Security Innovations Of The Year
Technology

The 9 Most Important Security Innovations Of The Year

By Kelsey D. Atherton, Sarah Fecht

The Man Who Defends Hardware From Hackers
Technology

The Man Who Defends Hardware From Hackers

By Veronique Greenwood and Cassandra Willyard

Who Hacked The NSA?
Technology

Who Hacked The NSA?

By Ian Graber-Stiehl

Fix Pokémon Go’s Google Privacy Overreach Once And For All
Technology

Fix Pokémon Go’s Google Privacy Overreach Once And For All

By Xavier Harding

Pokémon Go Has Access To Your Entire Google Account
Technology

Pokémon Go Has Access To Your Entire Google Account

By G. Clay Whittaker

RAMSEE Is A Security Guard Robot With Infrared Vision
Technology

RAMSEE Is A Security Guard Robot With Infrared Vision

By Kelsey D. Atherton

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

FBI Should Crack Smartphones Themselves, Says Cybersecurity Expert

By Coby McDonald

FindFace App Revolutionizes Stalking
Technology

FindFace App Revolutionizes Stalking

By Paul Adams

How To Fix Our Broken Internet
Technology

How To Fix Our Broken Internet

By Matt Giles

Edward Snowden
Technology

Edward Snowden: The Internet Is Broken

By Matt Giles

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

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

By Carl Franzen

Apple Cares About Your Privacy, Unless You Use iCloud
Technology

Apple Cares About Your Privacy, Unless You Use iCloud

By Dave Gershgorn

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

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

By Xavier Harding

Sensor-1 Is A Personal, Portable Security System
Technology

Sensor-1 Is A Personal, Portable Security System

By Dave Gershgorn

How Pranking An Online Calendar Almost Sent This Student To Prison
Technology

How Pranking An Online Calendar Almost Sent This Student To Prison

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Train Systems Are Vulnerable To Hacking
Technology

Train Systems Are Vulnerable To Hacking

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Hacked Medical Devices May Be The Biggest Cyber Security Threat In 2016
Health

Hacked Medical Devices May Be The Biggest Cyber Security Threat In 2016

By Alexandra Ossola

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

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

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Brilliant 10: Alex Halderman Strengthens Democracy Using Software
Technology

Brilliant 10: Alex Halderman Strengthens Democracy Using Software

By Veronique Greenwood and Cassandra Willyard

Intel Vows To Stop Car Hackers
Technology

Intel Vows To Stop Car Hackers

By Dave Gershgorn

Why Do Hackers Want Your Health Data?
Health

Why Do Hackers Want Your Health Data?

By Alexandra Ossola

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

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

By Dave Gershgorn

Meet AVA, An App That Hacks Employees To Improve Security
Technology

Meet AVA, An App That Hacks Employees To Improve Security

By Dave Gershgorn

New Japanese Glasses Block Facial Recognition
Technology

New Japanese Glasses Block Facial Recognition

By Kelsey D. Atherton