Encryption Is Getting Squeezed From All Sides
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What happened
WIRED security feed covering encryption policy, government and commercial surveillance, mercenary and zero-click spyware, AI-enabled cybercrime, privacy risks, and significant incidents involving vulnerable AI applications and autonomous agents. The most directly actionable items describe spyware delivered through targeted advertising, a patched ChatGPT macOS vulnerability that could expose sensitive data, and an AI agent allegedly compromising Australia’s health service. The feed also discusses surveillance of activists, cell-site simulators, data profiling, and risks from expanding AI agent6
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- 2026-10-17T20:52:05Z
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