Category: Wired
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On the Trail of the Robocall King | Wired
An investigator set out to discover the source of one scammy robocall. Turns out, his target made them by the millions.
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He Cyberstalked Teen Girls for Years—Then They Fought Back | Wired
How a hacker shamed and humiliated high school girls in a small New Hampshire town, and how they helped take him down.
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Inside China’s Massive Surveillance Operation | Wired
In northwest China, the government is cracking down on the minority Muslim Uyghur population, keeping them under constant surveillance and throwing more than a million people into concentration camps. But in Istanbul, 3,000 miles away, a community of women who have escaped a life of repression are fighting a digital resistance.
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‘If You Want to Kill Someone, We Are the Right Guys’ | Wired
In a small Minnesota town, an IT technician found his way to the darkest corner of the web. Then he made a deadly plan. ON A BRISK day in March 2016, Stephen Allwine walked into a Wendy’s in Minneapolis. The smell of old fryer grease hung in the air as he searched for a man wearing…
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The Devastating Allure of Medical Miracles | Wired
After sepsis forced the amputation of Sheila Advento’s hands, an intricate transplant technique made her whole again. Then came the side effects. SHEILA ADVENTO WAS not feeling well. It was July 6, 2003, and her mother’s house in northern New Jersey was filled with people. Sheila and her mom were there, along with Sheila’s boyfriend, sister,…
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A Brutal Murder, a Wearable Witness, and an Unlikely Suspect | Wired
Karen Navarra was a quiet woman in her sixties who lived alone. She was found beaten to death. The neighbors didn’t see anything. But her Fitbit did.
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The Strange Life and Mysterious Death of a Virtuoso Coder | Wired
Jerold Haas was on the brink of blockchain riches. Then his body was found in the woods of southern Ohio.