turing completist Virtual Enigma machine illustrates how signals traveled through its wiring and rotors Clive Thompson
Business Front-line programmers default to insecure practices unless they are instructed to do otherwise Cory Doctorow
security Security researcher reveals grotesque vulnerabilities in "Yelp-for-MAGA" app and its snowflake owner calls in the FBI Cory Doctorow
security Security researcher warns of power company customers' passwords being stored in the clear, software provider responds with lawyer-letter Cory Doctorow
security A leaky database of SMS messages is a reminder that SMS is really, really insecure Cory Doctorow
security App that let parents spy on teens stored thousands of kids' Apple ID passwords and usernames on an unsecured server Cory Doctorow
scholarship Even if governments backdoor crypto, they still won't be able to spy on terrorists Cory Doctorow
science fiction The screenwriter of Arrival on how hard it was to adapt Ted Chiang for the screen Rob Beschizza
crypto As FBI war on crypto intensifies, Facebook, Google, WhatsApp to intensify use of encryption Xeni Jardin
