Privacy
end to end
A Guide to RCS, Why Apple’s Adopting It, and How It Makes Texting Better
The messaging standard promises better security and cooler features than plain old SMS. Android has had it for years, but now iPhones are getting it too.
David Nield
Security Roundup
Russian Hackers Stole Microsoft Source Code—and the Attack Isn’t Over
Dhruv Mehrotra and Andrew Couts
What Comes Around
Dictators Used Sandvine Tech to Censor the Internet. The US Finally Did Something About It
Peter Guest
Change Your Settings
How the Pentagon Learned to Use Targeted Ads to Find Its Targets—and Vladimir Putin
Byron Tau
snack fight
A Vending Machine Error Revealed Secret Face Recognition Tech
Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica
Code Words
Signal Finally Rolls Out Usernames, So You Can Keep Your Phone Number Private
Andy Greenberg
Unfair Warning
Leak of Russian ‘Threat’ Part of a Bid to Kill US Surveillance Reform, Sources Say
Dell Cameron
Private Matters
Surveillance Fight Pits the White House Opposite Reproductive Rights
Dell Cameron and Andrew Couts