Mastodon's Founder Says Trump's New Social Network Is Just Mastodon
'Truth Social', which will launch officially later in the year, is seemingly using Mastodon's codebase without credit.
Hacker Defaces Donald Trump's Website
The hacker posted a nationalistic video from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing Nude Photos From Hundreds of iCloud Accounts
Hao Kuo Chi advertised his iCloud hacking service as "icloudripper4you" but also kept images for his personal collection.
The White House's Plan to Stop Government Employees From Getting Phished
An Office of Management and Budget official explained the large scale plan to move the federal government to phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication.
FTC Says It Will Fine Companies Using Fake Reviews
The FTC sent a notice to hundreds of companies, including AT&T, Dunkin' Donuts, Hulu, and Macy's.
CIA Funding Arm Gave Encrypted App Wickr $1.6 Million
The funding solidifies Wickr's position as an encrypted chat platform for government agencies.
Workers At Crime-Watch App Citizen Are Unionizing
A spokesperson for Citizen told Motherboard that the company does not support the ‘Citizen Central Operations Union.’
You Probably Don't Need a VPN
Most Americans may be better off not paying for a commercial VPN, according to multiple security experts.
Leaked Documents Show How Amazon’s Astro Robot Tracks Everything You Do
Leaked meetings show the robot will heavily rely on facial recognition and user behavior, but sources who worked on Astro say the robot is flawed.
Customs and Border Protection to Use Encrypted App Wickr Widely
New procurement records show that CBP is using Wickr across "all components" of the agency.
How Scammers Are Making Easy Money on Amazon's Merch Store
Pirates are downloading designs from Merch by Amazon and selling designs as their own, while Amazon sorts out the printing and shipping for them.
The NSA and CIA Use Ad Blockers Because Online Advertising Is So Dangerous
The Intelligence Community has deployed ad-blocking technology, according to a letter sent by Congress and shared with Motherboard.