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Pakistan’s Biometric ID Scheme Is Stripping Citizenship from Thousands of People

Pakistan has received global praise for the design and maintenance of a vast system that holds the information of 98% of the country’s population. For some, however, it is making normal life impossible.

Alizeh Kohari Coda Story Nov 2021 35min Permalink

Tech

The Pest Who Shames Companies Into Fixing Security Flaws

A profile of Christopher Soghoian whose “productions follow a similar pattern, a series of orchestrated events that lead to the public shaming of a large entity—Google, Facebook, the federal government—over transgressions that the 30-year-old technologist sees as unacceptable violations of privacy.”

Mike Kessler Wired Nov 2011 10min Permalink

Business Crime Tech

The Prophet of Paranoia

John McAfee created one of the first anti-virus programs. Then he traveled to Belize, where he lived with a harem of young women and a lot of guns. His neighbor was murdered under mysterious circumstances.

Stephen Rodrick Men's Journal Sep 2015 20min Permalink

Crime Tech

He Cyberstalked Teen Girls for Years—Then They Fought Back

How a hacker shamed and humiliated high school girls in a small New Hampshire town, and how they helped take him down.

Stephanie Clifford Wired Jun 2019 25min Permalink

Tech World

The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies

The attack by Chinese spies reached almost 30 U.S. companies, including Amazon and Apple, by compromising America’s technology supply chain.

Jordan Robertson, Michael Riley Bloomberg Businessweek Oct 2018 20min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Sell"

Shady security dealings in Iran.

Alireza Mortezai Guernica Magazine Jan 2017 15min Permalink

Crime

Behind Enemy Lines With a Suburban Counterterrorist

How one woman is monitoring the jihadi network from a home office in Montana.

Jack Hitt Wired Oct 2007 20min Permalink

Crime

"We'll Never Eliminate Risk"

A interview with John Pistole, head of the TSA.

James Fallows, Jeffrey Goldberg, John Pistole The Atlantic Dec 2010 20min Permalink