Why Facebook's Banned 'Research' App Was So Invasive

Until Apple revoked its privileges Wednesday, Facebook was paying iOS users $20 a month to download and install the data-sucking application.

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https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-research-app-root-certificate

Facebook Hires Up Three of Its Biggest Privacy Critics

Can a trio of privacy advocates effect change from within Facebook—or will they be stifled by corporate bureaucracy?

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https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-hires-privacy-critics

Hackers Are Passing Around a Megaleak of 2.2 Billion Records

The so-called Collections #1-5 represent a gargantuan, patched-together Frankenstein of rotting personal data.

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https://www.wired.com/story/collection-leak-usernames-passwords-billions

The Threat That the US Can't Ignore: Itself

Tuesday's worldwide threats briefing to Congress outline numerous concerns for US security—many of which Donald Trump has inflamed or denied.

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https://www.wired.com/story/worldwide-threats-briefing-donald-trump-china-north-korea

Google Takes Its First Steps Toward Killing the URL

Google wants to get rid of URLs. But first, it needs to show you why.

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https://www.wired.com/story/google-chrome-kill-url-first-steps

Apple Takes Drastic Measures to Stop a Nasty FaceTime Bug

Group FaceTime chats let people eavesdrop on whoever they called, a bug so bad that Apple pulled the plug until it comes up with a fix.

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https://www.wired.com/story/apple-facetime-bug-group-chats

Security Isn't Enough. Silicon Valley Needs 'Abusability' Testing

Former FTC chief technologist Ashkan Soltani argues it's time for Silicon Valley companies to formalize and test not just their products' security, but its "abusability."

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https://www.wired.com/story/abusability-testing-ashkan-soltani