Holland, Michigan is not usually considered a hotbed of creativity. But in the 1990s, a band of misfits in Holland created social media long before Facebook, Twitter or anything else we use today. It...

Until recently, network insecurity was attributed to one figure alone: the hacker. The hacker was the perpetrator, was the bad guy, was the dark overlord of insecurity, the effing reason why your...

By now we all know our phones, often tucked away in our pockets, largely used for communicating, documenting, and coordinating,  also make us vulnerable to prying and spying. They can identify our...

Corporate software culture and development might seem bland and anodyne to both employees and outsiders—a slew of nerds in hoodies quietly typing away at their computers. In spite of its blandness...

Long before debates about privacy and surveillance pierced public consciousness, the cypherpunks—a loose coalition of hackers and technologists—obsessed over these matters. In one respect, this group...

For many, the phrase “automobile hacking” will conjure visions of jeeps and sleek German automobiles careening out of control to their explosive demise. Even if one’s not so prone to spectacle,...