A review of 115 warrants for Google's location and search data in five US states shows investigators are increasingly using the data to solve nonviolent cases
Investigators increasingly use warrants to obtain location and search data from Google, even for nonviolent cases—and even for people who had nothing to do with the crime. X: @elizabeth_joh , @deirdre...
Hackers are increasingly using hacked law enforcement emails to send Emergency Data Requests to ISPs, telecoms, social networks, and others, who quickly comply
There is a terrifying and highly effective “method” that criminal hackers are now using to harvest sensitive customer data … Tweets: @briankrebs , @rayredacted , @michaelguimarin , @elizabeth_joh , @v...
2020 political campaigns secured emails with physical security keys from a nonprofit working with Google and Microsoft; source says Biden's campaign used keys
- Keys from the likes of Google and Yubico became a hit among campaign workers this year, including in Joe Biden's campaign. Tweets: @eladgil , @martin_casado , @elizabeth_joh , @boblord , and @jordan...
Interviews with 20 people show Uber's 80-strong Special Investigations Unit, which deals with severe incidents, often puts Uber's interests ahead of riders'
Investigators say drivers get three “strikes” for bad behavior — and may just end up driving for Lyft. Tweets: @drewharwell , @elizabeth_joh , @goldfarb , and @laurastevens Tweets: Drew Harwell / @dre...
Jack Dorsey's Twitter account was hacked on Friday, possibly by a group that calls themselves the Chuckle Squad, which posted a number of racist tweets
and he's the CEO of Twitter John Callaham / Android Authority : Regularly changing your Twitter password is important, as Twitter CEO found out Tweets: @twittercomms : We're aware that @jack was compr...
How fraud-detection services like Sift and SecureAuth use thousands of signals and opaque algorithms to generate user-trustworthiness scores
Why ‘Move Fast and Break Things’ Is Out Tweets: Ellen Timmer / @ellen_timmer : When you're logging in to a Starbucks account, booking an Airbnb or making a reservation on OpenTable, loads of informati...
Airbnb says it's cracking down on hosts who record guests, but four guests who found cameras in their rentals say Airbnb is inconsistent in enforcing its rules
Sidney Fussell / The Atlantic : Tweets: @theatlantic , @mimbsy , @elizabeth_joh , and @andersen Tweets: @theatlantic : When Max Vest found hidden cameras in his Airbnb late at night, he dressed, grab...