Kashmir Hill's posts

Police have a new tool to seize a person's money digitally if they think it's criminal proceeds. Via Oklahoma's News9

Earlier this year, Fusion reported that hackers had found a way to track the movements of people using Google's…

Each week brings us more stories of new ways in which the government, private companies and fellow citizens are…

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This week, a man in California shared the miracle of birth with the world. On Monday, Kali Kanongata'a turned on…

Jenny first started tracking her email in 2014 when one of her main correspondents, an ex-boyfriend, stopped…

There is a bonkers legal situation playing out in California. Via the ABA Journal:

Gizmodo has been doing some fascinating reporting on Facebook's Trending Topics, a box to the right of the News Feed…

Bitcoin was first birthed unto the internet by a mysterious programmer who went by the fake name Satoshi…

Earlier this week, I reported that a group of researchers at the University of California-Santa Barbara had…

Millions of drivers use Waze, a Google-owned navigation app, to find the best, fastest route from point A to point…

For a glimpse into just how precise Facebook ad targeting is getting, look to Washington, D.C. Specifically look…

For the last decade, a remote farm in Potwin, Kansas has served as the digital center of the United States—at least…

An hour's drive from Wichita, Kansas, in a little town called Potwin, there is a 360-acre piece of land with a very…

Law enforcement agencies around the world are about to get very frustrated by WhatsApp.

When schools provide kids with free laptops, there is usually one big string attached: the ability to see everything…

This week, the government dropped a high-profile case against Apple, in which it was trying to force the tech giant…

The tense legal stand-off between Apple and the FBI over the encrypted iPhone of San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook…

Ever since encryption was invented, people have been trying to break it.

In the summer of 2014, stolen nude photos of Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, and other celebrities flooded the…