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Meet the programmers on the frontlines of the war over security and privacy.
Ladar Levison’s email service counted Edward Snowden among its users. But, when the FBI demanded Levison hand over Snowden’s communications, Levison destroyed the company’s servers. Now, he’s back with a more secure version of the service that could make mass surveillance obsolete.
At an undisclosed location in Sarajevo, a group of sophisticated hackers are engaged in a high-stakes cat and mouse game with some of the world’s most sinister governments. The group is committed to finding and exposing organized crime and corruption. Meanwhile, governments engaged in illicit activity are going to great lengths to shut down investigative reporting through cyber attacks and other intimidation tactics. The group must remain vigilant to ensure they can help the truth come to light.
In our hyper-connected world, hacking is a superpower. And Nico Sell wants to make sure that power ends up in the right hands. She started Rootz Asylum to teach kids how to hack and encourage them to use their new-found talents for good.
Charlie Shrem went from multi-millionaire to having almost nothing. Shrem was a Bitcoin pioneer. And it paid off big time. Until he was sent to jail for allowing a customer to resell bitcoin on Silk Road. Now, he’s out and wants to convince the world that Bitcoin is the future of finance.
There is an incredible amount of data in your DNA. Heather Dewey-Hagborg wants to make sure you have control over that data. She developed a spray that masks your DNA wherever it’s left. Is it a new frontier in personal privacy or a handy tool for criminals?
In Ethiopia, the main prison is divided into eight zones. Many refer to the rest of the country as “Zone 9.” But Endalk Chala is fighting back. Chala moonlights as an encryption expert, helping bloggers in his native Ethiopia escape capture and torture.
Jay Leiderman isn't your normal defense attorney. He's committed his career to defending hackers, including Anonymous, the world's most secretive and famous hacking organization.
The super-secretive hacker known as MalwareTech became famous when he dismantled the WannaCry computer virus, one of the most alarming privacy threats in recent memory. But the praise was cut short when the FBI arrested him for creating a virus that gave hackers access to people's banking credentials. Was he just doing research to stop criminal activity or engaging in criminal activity himself?
In the wake of the Panama Papers hacking scandal, computer programmer Smári McCarthy decided he needed to apply his "hacking for good" philosophy to politics. As a member of the Pirate Party - a political party formed around the concept of extreme transparency - Smári was elected to Parliament in Iceland and is trying to use a hacker mindset to improve his country and the world.
What happens when an SUV going 75 miles-per-hour down a highway is hacked from a remote computer? Two researchers in Pittsburgh want to make sure we never find out. As cars have become more automated, they're becoming more hackable. But the only way to stop car hacking is to actually learn how to hack into cars and uncover their vulnerabilities.
Around 1 in 60 people on the globe rely on the coffee supply chain for their livelihood. But it's an antiquated system, rife with uncertainty, unfairness, and even corruption. Bext360 wants to change that. They're using machine vision, artificial intelligence, and blockchain payments to bring the largest un-automated system in the world into the digital age.
These hackers are attempting to take down Election Day – in order to help government officials learn how to fight election interference.
Penetration testing is a form of ethical hacking that exposes a system’s biggest vulnerability: the people operating it. We created this story in partnership with Tomorrow Unlocked.
This student discovered that satellite security isn’t as stable as one may expect. So he decided to hack one.
We are living in the disinformation age. Whether in the form of fake news articles, social media ads, or entire fabricated websites, disinformation serves an unsettling purpose: spreading false information with the deliberate intention to deceive.
These tractor-hacking farmers are fighting for the right to repair their own equipment.
Venezuela’s cryptocurrency experiment could’ve saved the nation’s economy. Here’s what went wrong.
