The Astroworld tragedy is messy and complicated enough without adding rumors to the mix. Unfortunately, this is exactly the kind of incident that tends to incite wild speculation. In this case, stories emerged that someone was “going around and injecting folks with a syringe” during Travis Scott‘s performance on Friday night, as an alleged Astroworld […]
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Astroworld Security Was Instructed To Refer To Dead Concertgoers As ‘Smurfs’ & MORE Disturbing New Details!
In the wake of the Astroworld Festival tragedy, everyone is struggling to figure out how this could have happened — and who is to blame? How much responsibility does Travis Scott bear as both the performer and founder of the festival? Was this crowd surge an unforeseeable incident? Or something a good concert venue should have […]
Astroworld Security Guard Felt Unprepared With Lackluster Training Day Before Festival Tragedy
As time goes on, we are continuing to learn more of the gruesome and sad details of how things could have gone so wrong at the Astroworld Festival this past weekend. On Friday, eight people died and hundreds more were injured after being crushed together in an apparent crowd surge at the massive outdoor event. […]
Police Say Astroworld Security Guard Was Pricked In The Neck By A Needle
New details have come to light about the tragedy that claimed eight lives during Travis Scott ’s Astroworld Festival on Friday night… As we previously reported, the 29-year-old rapper had been performing at NRG Park when people “began to compress toward the front of the stage” causing panic and injuries. Police soon declared the scene […]
Google Fi is getting end-to-end encrypted phone calls
Enlarge Google’s MVNO cell phone service, Google Fi, is getting a surprise new feature: encrypted phone calls . Encrypted voice chats via messaging apps have been available for a while, but this is the first time we’ve seen a company hijack the regular phone system for end-to-end encrypted calls. Open the cell phone app, dial […]
Securing your digital life, part two: The bigger picture—and special circumstances
Enlarge (credit: ANDRZEJ WOJCICKI / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Getty Images) In the first half of this guide to personal digital security, I covered the basics of assessing digital risks and protecting what you can control: your devices. But the physical devices you use represent only a fraction of your overall digital exposure. According to […]
Securing your digital life, part one: The basics
Enlarge / Artist’s impression of how to keep your digital stuff safe from all kinds of threats. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) I spend most of my time these days investigating the uglier side of digital life—examining the techniques, tools, and practices of cyber criminals to help people better defend against them. It’s not […]
Researcher refuses Telegram’s bounty award, discloses auto-delete bug
Enlarge (credit: Joshua Sortino ) Telegram patched another image self-destruction bug in its app earlier this year. This flaw was a different issue from the one reported in 2019 . But the researcher who reported the bug isn’t pleased with Telegram’s months-long turnaround time—and an offered $1, 159 (€1, 000) bounty award in exchange for […]
Jamie Spears Allegedly Monitored Britney’s Phone & Private Conversations, New Documentary Claims
The latest documentary about Britney Spears ’ life reveals she may have been under more control for the past 13 years under the conservatorship than her supporters may have realized. In the sequel film from The New York Times , Controlling Britney Spears , the pop sensation was allegedly surveilled by a security firm, Black […]
Facebook’s latest “apology” reveals security and safety disarray
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images ) Facebook had it rough last week. Leaked documents— many leaked documents—formed the backbone of a string of reports published in The Wall Street Journal. Together, the stories paint the picture of a company barely in control of its own creation. The revelations run the gamut: Facebook had […]