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Trump seeks tales of social media bias – and your phone number
A tool from the White House invites those who suspect political bias in social media censorship to “share their story with President Trump.”
DNC targeted by Russian hackers beyond 2018 midterms, it claims
The Democratic National Committee has filed a civil complaint accusing Russia of trying to hack its computers as recently as November 2018.
Politicians who block social media users are violating First Amendment
The difference between a personal vs. an official social media account was at the crux of the case decided on Monday.
Donald Daters app for pro-Trump singles exposes users’ data at launch
A security researcher found a publicly exposed Firebase data repository that was hardcoded in the dating app.
What Kanye West can teach us about passcodes
Pulling out an iPhone XS to show the assembled throng a picture of the hydrogen-powered aircraft that “our president should be flying in,” West casually unlocked it using the passcode ‘000000’.
NSA leaker Reality Winner gets 63 months in jail
Reality Leigh Winner, the NSA contractor who leaked sensitive information to the Intercept last year, was sentenced to 63 months in prison last week along with three years of supervised release.
Twitter shutters accounts linked to US election hacking
The move comes after special counsel Robert Mueller’s indictment of 12 Russians believed to have used the accounts as fronts in US election hacking.
Cambridge Analytica’s secret coding sauce allegedly leaked
The exposed data, available free by registering an email address, shows CA used software developed by AggregateIQ to sway US elections.
Jeb Bush says people need to stop “demonizing” the NSA
In a blog post this week laying out his cybersecurity policy proposals, US presidential candidate Jeb Bush said it’s time to stop “demonizing” intelligence officials at the NSA.