Wired Security Spoken Edition

A secret encryption cipher baked into radio systems used by critical infrastructure workers, police, and others around the world is finally seeing sunlight. Researchers say it isn’t pretty. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

German researchers gained rare access to three satellites and found that they’re years behind normal cybersecurity standards. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A landmark $13 million settlement with the City of New York is the latest in a string of legal wins for protesters who were helped by a video-analysis tool that smashes the “bad apple” myth. Read the story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A bill to prevent cops and spies from buying Americans' data instead of getting a warrant has a fighting chance in the US Congress as lawmakers team up against surveillance overreach. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The FBI has collected sensitive data on millions of Americans without warrants, drawing intense scrutiny from Congress and turning the agency into a punching bag across the political divide. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Roger Thomas Clark, also known as Variety Jones, will spend much of the rest of his life in prison for his key role in building the world’s first dark web drug market. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ransomware attacks tumbled in 2022, offering hope that the tide was turning against the criminal gangs behind them. Then things got a whole lot worse. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The popular messaging platform launched new parental controls for keeping tabs on teens. Here’s what the tools do (and don’t) include. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Cities across the US have established RTCCs that police say protect the rights of innocent people, but critics warn of creeping surveillance. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Meta’s Twitter alternative promises that it will work with decentralized platforms, giving you greater control of your data. You can hold the company to that—if you don't sign up. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The National Defense Authorization Act now includes draft language forbidding government entities from buying Americans' search histories, location data, and more. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

With a poor track record on tech regulation, do lawmakers stand a chance? Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Plus: Microsoft fixes 78 vulnerabilities, VMWare plugs a flaw already used in attacks, and more critical updates from June. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Complaints filed in the European Union claim the porn site fails to follow basic data-collection policies under GDPR. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Scammers use a booking technicality, traveler confusion, and promises of dirt-cheap tickets to offer hot deals that are anything but. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Make sure your chats are kept as private as you want them to be. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The gray market for abortifacient sales to the US is evolving alongside a shifting legal landscape. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Newly released documents highlight the bureau's continued secrecy around cell-site simulators—spying tech that everyone already assumes exists. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Vehicles from Toyota, Honda, Ford, and more can collect huge volumes of data. Here’s what the companies can access. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The AI era promises a flood of disinformation, deepfakes, and hallucinated “facts.” Psychologists are only beginning to grapple with the implications. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices