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A researcher hacked satellite internet connections with $300 equipment
This post was originally published on September 9, 2020. Satellite internet connections are a necessity in areas where broadband or cellular internet is unavailable. They’re commonly used by workers...
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Notorious eavesdropper NSA issues guide to hiding your location data
This post was originally published on September 2, 2020. You couldn’t make this up if you tried. The National Security Agency (NSA)—yes, the same organization that started a massive illegal survei...
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The social contract of the internet is under threat. That’s a problem
In the age of big tech, a small number of platforms have a leviathanic reach across the interwebs. We might be forgiven for thinking that this is the way things were meant to be. But that couldn’t b...
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The history of the internet, when it was invented, and how it got to where it is today
The internet has become an integral part of our lives more rapidly than anyone could have ever imagined. In the late 1990s, it seemingly appeared out of nowhere and took the world by storm. Today, bei...
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Interview: Encryption expert Riana Pfefferkorn on the erosion of online free speech
This post was originally published on August 20, 2020. Riana Pfefferkorn is the associate director of surveillance and cybersecurity at Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society (CIS), a technology...
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