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Not just a game: How Minecraft fights for digital freedom
Can’t read a book banned in your country? Head to a library accessible to all—a library that only exists in the world of Minecraft. Minecraft is one of the most played games in the world today—a...
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Is this attack a hack… or hacktivism?
A portmanteau of hack and activism, hacktivism is the exploitation of technology to influence social or political change. Protests are often against government oppression, corporations’ actions, and...
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Q&A: Alex Gladstein on smuggling forbidden media via USB sticks
Image courtesy of Alex Gladstein. Alex Gladstein is chief strategy officer at the Human Rights Foundation (HRF), a non-profit organization that works to promote and protect human rights internationall...
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4 common VPN questions—answered in emojis
Every year, over 900 million emojis are sent every day without text on Facebook Messenger, and since 2015, half of all comments on Instagram have included an emoji. Judging from these stats, it’s sa...
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Machines are learning, and they know a lot about you
The term artificial intelligence, and its synonym machine learning, says a lot about this type of technology. It refers to the concept of machines being able to analyze data and get better over time i...
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7 technologies that ruin everything
The internet lets us do extraordinary things, like translate a physical menu just by scanning it with our phones, or identify planes flying overhead and ships on the horizon. Amid all the convenienc...
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Will your iPhone replace your passport or ID card?
Depending on where you live, you might soon be able to store your driver’s license or state ID on your iPhone—and carrying your device will be just as good as having a physical card on you. And al...
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The rise of telehealth: What it means for patient privacy
Have you attended a doctor’s appointment on your computer screen in the past year? Or used a mental-health app to help with anxiety? Seeking medical and health-related services remotely has become...
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Cypherpunks: Pioneers of online privacy
Concepts like encryption, digital currencies, and other privacy tools are accepted as a mainstream part of the internet today, but it’s taken an offbeat movement for these technologies to get to whe...
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Taking an exam? First, install surveillance software
As Covid-19 spread and schools across North America and Europe were forced to pivot to remote instruction and examination methods, a key concern remained unanswered. How would administrators ensure ac...
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