67 Welcoming the Trinidad & Tobago Government to Have I Been Pwned
Troy Hunt
MAY 24, 2021
Today I'm very happy to welcome the first Caribbean government to Have I Been Pwned, Trinidad & Tobago.
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AIs and Fake Comments
Schneier on Security
MAY 24, 2021
This month, the New York state attorney general issued a report on a scheme by “U.S. Companies and Partisans [to] Hack Democracy.” ” This wasn’t another attempt by Republicans to make it harder for Black people and urban residents to vote.
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