Password Managers Share a Hidden Weakness

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An FBI informant helped run the Incognito dark web market and allegedly approved the sale of fentanyl-laced pills, including those from a dealer linked to a confirmed death, WIRED reported this week. Meanwhile, Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to Customs and Border Protection officers sparked a Department of Justice probe. Documents say that CBP officers in the US Virgin Islands were still friendly with Epstein years after his 2008 conviction, illustrating the infamous sex offender’s tactics for cultivating allies.

WIRED published a guide detailing experts’ tips and preferred tools for surveillance-resistant organizing and collaboration. In opsec fails, comments and other metadata left on a PDF detailing Homeland Security’s proposal to build “mega” detention and processing centers reveal the DHS personnel involved in the plan’s creation. And the Department of Homeland Security is making moves to combine its face and fingerprint technologies into a centralized, searchable database across all its agencies.

Fears about possible drug cartel drone activity over Texas sparked a recent airspace shutdown in New Mexico and El Paso, Texas, but the episode ultimately underscored the challenges of safely deploying anti-drone weapons near cities. A database left accessible to anyone online contained billions of records, including passwords and Social Security numbers. The situation is far from unique, but it underscores ongoing potential identity-theft risk since it appeared that some of the data has not yet been exploited by criminals.

If you’re looking to make $10,000, the Fulu Foundation—a nonprofit that pays out bounties for removing user-hostile features—is on the hunt for a way to use Ring cameras while preventing them from sending data to Amazon. And the Mexican city of Guadalupe, which will host portions of the 2026 World Cup, will deploy four new robot dogs to help provide security during matches at BBVA Stadium.

But wait, there’s more! Each week, we round…

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