Wired Security Spoken Edition

An EU government body is pushing a proposal to combat child sexual abuse material that has significant privacy implications. Its lead advocate is making things even messier.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Google is making passkeys, the emerging passwordless login technology, the default option for users as it moves to make passwords “obsolete.”Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

With a new emphasis on the Hamas attacks on Israel, the US Treasury has proposed designating foreign cryptocurrency “mixer” services as money launderers and national security threats.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

X is promoting Community Notes to solve its disinformation problems, but some former employees and people who currently contribute notes say it’s not fit for that purpose.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The rapid spread of violent videos and photos, combined with a toxic stew of mis- and disinformation, now threatens to spill over into real-world violence.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Myanmar’s military junta is increasing surveillance and violating basic human rights. The combination of physical and digital surveillance is reaching dangerous new levels.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

New research shows the number of deepfake videos is skyrocketing—and the world's biggest search engines are funneling clicks to dozens of sites dedicated to the nonconsensual fakes.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Dubbed “HTTP/2 Rapid Reset,” the flaw requires making patches available for virtually every web server around the world before the problem can be eradicated.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Whoever looted FTX on the day of its bankruptcy has now moved the stolen money through a long string of intermediaries—including a service owned by FTX itself.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The United Nations' top internet governance body will allegedly host its next two annual meetings in countries known for repressive internet policies and human rights abuses.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

X's Trust and Safety team says it's working to remove false information related to the Israel-Hamas war. Meanwhile, Elon Musk is sharing conspiracies and chatting with QAnon promoters.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

At least a million data points from 23andMe accounts appear to have been exposed on BreachForums. While the scale of the campaign is unknown, 23andMe says it's working to verify the data.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Fact-checkers scrambled to deal with faked audio recordings released days before a tight election, in a warning for other countries with looming votes.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

New research has found that some streaming devices and dozens of Android and iOS apps are secretly being used for fraud and other cybercrime.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Checking out this AI chatbot's new features? Make sure to keep these privacy tips in mind during your interactions.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Victims of the MOVEit breach continue to come forward. But the full scale of the attack is still unknown.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Every smartphone has an expiration date. Here’s when yours will probably come.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

SoundThinking is purchasing parts of Geolitica, the company that created PredPol. Experts say the acquisition marks a new era of companies dictating how police operate.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A civil liberties group has asked the DOJ to investigate deployment of the ShotSpotter gunfire-detection system, which research shows is often installed in predominantly Black neighborhoods.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Egged on by a far-reaching conservative media ecosystem, right-wing hardliners are forcing Washington to bend to their reality as the federal government careens toward a possible shutdown.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices