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Instagram stored messages and photos you wanted to delete

According to Instagram, data deleted from its platform takes 90 days to be completely removed from Instagram’s systems. Turns out that was not the case. Independent security researcher Saugat Pokhar...

Interview: Encryption expert Riana Pfefferkorn on the erosion of online free speech

This post was originally published on August 20, 2020. Riana Pfefferkorn is the associate director of surveillance and cybersecurity at Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society (CIS), a technology...

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