The Cyberwar That Never Arrived
Hello, friends, Ever since the spectacular Stuxnet cyberattack in 2010 that destroyed Iranian nuclear weapons infrastructure, the threat of cyberwarfare …
The National Security Risks of Microtargeting
Hello, friends, One of the creepiest innovations of our digital age is the ability to collect thousands of data points …
Maria Ressa’s Plan to Defend Facts
Hello, friends, Journalists are under attack around the world. Last year, the number of journalists who were jailed for their …
Chatroom Justice
Hello, friends, We've increasingly come to see that the internet is not just a democratizer of information and speech but …
Your Location Is a Universal Identifier
Hello, friends, For months now, The Markup reporters Jon Keegan and Alfred Ng have been investigating the little-known industry of …
Can Spyware Be Stopped?
Hello, friends, You may not believe me when I say this, but every year, spies and cops from governments around …
Congress Acts on Big Tech
Hello, friends, Congress has been busy with a flurry of tech industry legislation recently: On Jan. 20, the Senate Judiciary …
A Kinder, Gentler Social Network
Hello, friends, It was a bad week for Facebook. The social network reported Wednesday that it had lost daily users …
Is the Face the Final Frontier of Privacy?
Hello, friends, The U.S. Internal Revenue Service has begun requiring users of some of its online services to submit a …
Privacy + Investigative Journalism
Hello, friends, The Markup is committed to both protecting the privacy of our readers and to publishing hard-hitting investigative journalism. …
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