Privacy

AI chatbots blur the line between intimacy and secrecy, posing risks for users with national security interests and access to sensitive information

Hackers have already infiltrated electric vehicle chargers, usually for innocuous reasons, but bad actors could use that foothold to bring down the power grid

In steganography, an ordinary message masks the presence of a secret communication. Humans can never do it perfectly, but a new study shows it’s possible for machines

In the guise of collecting scientific data, data brokers are running a massive privacy invasion. Researchers should stop helping them

Indigenous groups are developing data storage technology that gives users privacy and control. Could their work influence those fighting back against invasive apps?

A cybersecurity expert explains how the FBI’s operation against the ransomware group Hive will impact the rest of this criminal industry

A new algorithm is probably not efficient enough to crack current encryption keys—but that’s no reason for complacency, researchers say

Scientific American technology editor Sophie Bushwick explains how Iran is using surveillance tech against vulnerable citizens.

The Iranian government is taking advantage of Internet shutdowns to push citizens onto a local intranet that is vulnerable to surveillance and censorship

The Census Bureau must improve its data anonymization methods to protect vulnerable groups

A cybersecurity expert explains how we might learn to trust our phones again

Data breaches involve the same old mistakes; we must break the cycle