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boingboing. net > 05/05/2026 > eliminate-pop-ups-autoplay-ads-and-tracking-on-the-web-for-just-30. html

Eliminate pop-ups, autoplay ads, and tracking on the web for just $30

54+ min ago  (486+ words) TL; DR: Protect your web experience on up to 20 devices with a 5-year subscription to Ad Guard DNS Personalfor $29. 99 (MSRP $719. 64). Wish you could say goodbye to ads and malware? Protect yourself from irritation and harm with Ad Guard DNS, a…...

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boingboing. net > 12/18/2025 > ice-paid-636500-for-ai-bounty-hunter-agents-to-track-deportees-family-and-friends. html

ICE paid $636, 500 for AI "bounty hunter" agents to track deportees, family, and friends

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (18+ words) ICE contracted AI Solutions 87 to build AI agents that map targets' "services, locations, friends, family, and associates."...

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boingboing. net > 04/20/2026 > tucson-cops-cracked-a-cigarette-case-using-a-tool-tracking-500m-phones. html

Webloc tracks 500 million phones for U. S. cops

2+ week, 20+ hour ago  (20+ words) Webloc claims records from 500 million phones worldwide. Tucson cops used it to catch a cigarette thief. No warrant needed....

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boingboing. net > 04/23/2026 > anthropics-too-dangerous-ai-was-accessed-by-guessing-the-url. html

Anthropic's "too dangerous" AI was accessed by guessing the URL

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (21+ words) The Linux bug Anthropic highlighted as proof? Found by their public model. The 271 Firefox bugs? None beat a human expert....

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boingboing. net > 04/28/2026 > apple-patches-bug-that-exposed-deleted-signal-messages. html

Apple patches bug that exposed deleted Signal messages

6+ day, 22+ hour ago  (24+ words) i OS cached Signal notification text for up to a month after deletion. FBI used forensic tools to pull the stored messages. Apple patched it....

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boingboing. net > 04/28/2026 > tor-browsers-new-identity-button-didnt-actually-reset-your-fingerprint. html

Firefox Indexed DB flaw exposed users to cross-site tracking

6+ day, 22+ hour ago  (65+ words) Firefox Indexed DB sort quirk gave 44 bits of entropy. Survived Tor's New Identity. Fixed in Firefox 150....

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boingboing. net > 04/30/2026 > how-a-retired-technician-handed-eff-the-proof-of-nsa-mass-spying. html

How a retired technician handed EFF the proof of NSA mass spying

4+ day, 16+ hour ago  (364+ words) Klein told EFF's executive director Shari Steele that he could prove the NSA was tapping the internet backbone at scale. Since 2003, he had run the seventh-floor room on Folsom Street where AT&T's fiber-optic backbone connected to the wider internet....

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boingboing. net > 04/01/2026 > keep-your-data-safe-while-roaming-online-with-this-3-year-surfshark-subscription. html

Keep your data safe while roaming online with this 3-year Surfshark subscription

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boingboing. net > 03/23/2026 > microsoft-plans-to-let-you-turn-off-windows-updates. html

Microsoft plans to let you turn off Windows updates

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (268+ words) Given that Windows users haven't had a choice about updates for over a decade, this is fabulous news. If you're interested in what else Microsoft is doing to make us love them again, The Verge's Tom Warren put together a…...

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boingboing. net > 03/21/2026 > fedramp-reviewer-called-microsofts-federal-cloud-a-pile-of-shit. html

Fed RAMP reviewer called Microsoft's federal cloud "a pile of shit"

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (373+ words) A reviewer at Fed RAMP " the federal program that certifies whether cloud services are secure enough for government use " described Microsoft's GCC High cloud product " used by the Justice Department, the Department of Energy, and defense contractors " as "a pile…...