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Police documents reveal how law enforcement keep Stingray use secret

3 arrested for allegedly smuggling military-grade electronics to Russia

This fake tweet keeps convincing people Tim Kaine is in an open marriage

Encryption app Signal wins fight against FBI subpoena and gag order

Trump once promised his daughter, 17, he wouldn’t date anyone younger than her

Efe Kerem Sözeri is a Turkish freelance researcher who lives in the Netherlands. After studying political science in Istanbul, he moved to Amsterdam to study migrants&#8217; political behavior. Besides his academic work, he regularly writes on internet freedom and censorship in Turkey.

Efe Kerem Sozeri

RedHack leaks reveal the rise of Turkey’s pro-government Twitter trolls

Andrew Couts is the former editor of Layer 8, a section dedicated to the intersection of the Internet and the state—and the gaps in between. Prior to the Daily Dot, Couts served as features editor and features writer for Digital Trends, associate editor of TheWeek.com, and associate editor at Maxim magazine. When he’s not working, Couts can be found hiking with his German shepherds or blasting around on motorcycles.

Andrew Couts

4chan and Reddit bombarded debate polls to declare Trump the winner

After massive Yahoo hack, a new way to think about security questions

Yahoo confirms breach affecting 500 million accounts

Unclick

Clinton campaign releases official statement on Pepe meme

Study finds politically marginalized groups around the world are being systematically cut off from internet access

Dell Cameron was a reporter at the Daily Dot who covered security and politics. In 2015, he revealed the existence of an American hacker on the U.S. government&#8217;s terrorist watchlist. He is a co-author of the Sabu Files, an award-nominated investigation into the FBI&#8217;s use of cyber-informants. He became a staff writer at Gizmodo in 2017.

Dell Cameron

WikiLeaks release excludes evidence of €2 billion transfer from Syria to Russia

Sam White’s incredible hustle as an ally

Putin downplays DNC hack as Clinton calls for military action over cyberattacks

Trump’s son spreads hoax ‘WikiLeaks’ letter implicating Clinton in polling bribe

Politics