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A look at the burgeoning world of private spies, the elimination of any privacy, and the price we may pay as a society
Cybersecurity journalist Nicole Perlroth looks at how the new cyberwarfare could destroy the world as we know it.
Dominion Voting Systems has earned a controversial reputation in recent years. Trump is attempting to use that to his advantage as he refuses to concede.
Two distinguished legal scholars examine the state of election lawsuits, and why our elections today need so many lawyers.
As the first round of polls close, voting-rights groups prepare for an onslaught of legal challenges.
Are espionage charges against WikiLeaks’s founder a warning to the press?
The simple and quaint past way of voting is over. It’s a brave new world and the authors of the new WhoWhatWhy e-book help us understand it.
E-poll books are used around the US to check in voters. Because they use Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, they’re vulnerable to manipulation and malfunction.
Hundreds of users complained when a Trump campaign ad automatically appeared when they went on YouTube to watch the Democratic National Convention. Sound from the Trump ad made it impossible to hear the sound from the convention. YouTube said that it resulted from a bug in the system.
How the history of CIA and KGB Cold War covert election interference led us to what we face today.