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    1 Jun 2020

    Here's our guide to protecting your digital security while protesting. For more information, check out

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  2. 2 hours ago

    Measuring just two micrometers wide, the tiny blue crystal is ten times more sensitive than previous atomic sensors.

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  3. 3 hours ago

    All too soon, the cute suburbs of the early game have become a languid Lilliputian latticework of misaligned roads, stagnant traffic and gridlock.

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    4 hours ago

    thank you for explaining why people are, once again, big mad about a reboot of a beloved toy commercial from the 1980s

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  5. 3 hours ago

    The idea is simple: Upgrade buildings and cut down on energy waste by attaching external building coats, rooftops, solar panels and zero-emissions heat pumps to buildings in one go.

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  6. 4 hours ago

    You've got mail! And it's mouse sperm!

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  7. 4 hours ago

    The infrastructure proposal includes the Repairing Existing Public Land by Adding Necessary Trees (REPLANT) Act, which frees up federal funding for reforestation efforts.

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  8. 5 hours ago

    "I hope the Pegasus Project is a wake-up call not only to how destructive the surveillance industry has become, but to how inadequate available protections are."

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    5 hours ago

    The Pegasus Project Shows Tech Giants Need to Do More to Keep Users Safe

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    5 hours ago

    I get invested in all my stories, but some are just *super delightful* to report on, like this one: Scientists mailed mouse sperm to each other on postcards, & produced viable pups from the deliveries. Movie pitch: You've Got Mail...& It's Mouse Sperm

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    5 hours ago

    NEW: The lead technical investigator in the Pegasus Project argues that the project's findings should be a "line in the sand" for the future of government spyware. He supports moratorium on spyware sales, calls for Apple and Google to do better.

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  12. 5 hours ago

    While the steady weakening of the infrastructure proposal's broadband component is often framed as “bipartisan compromise,” telecom lobbyists don’t appear to be doing much of the compromising.

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    5 hours ago

    New: here is Claudio Guarnieri's (head of the Security Lab at Amnesty International, which analyzed phones infected with Pegasus) reflection on the Pegasus Project, and what happens now: tech giants need to do more to keep users safe.

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  14. 5 hours ago

    Scammers Will Ban Anyone From Instagram for $60 ⚡️

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  15. Retweeted
    6 hours ago

    this is a lovely idea in physics but also quite sad because we could never, ever listen in

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    6 hours ago

    It really is wild how easy it is to access this, or make it, or build an entire scheme around it…all while the platforms seem to do pretty much nothing to stop you at any step of the process

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  17. 6 hours ago

    One hypothesis proposes that alien communications could have been hidden right under our noses the entire time.

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  18. 6 hours ago

    In some cases, the same scammers who offer ban-as-a-service also offer (or are connected to) services that restore banned Instagram accounts, sometimes for thousands of dollars.

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    7 hours ago

    That's because, in at least some cases, the professional banners are abusing Instagram's impersonation protections. One banner told me they use their verified accounts, change profile image to target, etc, then report. "Boom, they are gone," one said

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    7 hours ago

    New: inside the underground industry of banning-as-a-service on Instagram. Pay $60, you can ban a target's account. Works by exploiting Instragram's mechanisms for impersonation and self-injury content. "Maybe it is their ex or [..] a grudge," banner said

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    7 hours ago

    some of these scammers will double dip. charge people to ban Instagram account, then charge the banned accounts to get restored:

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