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Google’s Giving Out Security Keys to Help Protect Campaigns

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Malign foreign influence operations during the 2016 United States presidential election season raised awareness about the need for some improvement, many are still "You’ve got to get people to take the time to actually turn it on, so we’re going to be working with campaigns and helping them," says Michael Kaiser, president and CEO of Defending Digital Campaigns. "Hardening your accounts is really something that every campaign needs, and not only the campaign workers themselves, but the spouse of the candidate, friends, family. There are a lot of different folks…

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Investors Rush to Scrub Ties to Firm Behind Iowa Clusterf*ck

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Hours after a debacle that marred Mondays Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses, investors in a company hired to tabulate votes through a new mobile app worked to distance themselves from the company at the center of the chaos, scrubbing digital trails publicly connecting them to the firm. The chaos in Iowa on Monday evening put a microscope on one of Democratic Partys youngest and fastest-rising digital stars, Tara McGowan, prompting blog post announcing the groups investment. McGowan herself had said that ACRONYM had ACRONYMs website boasted that it had launched Shadow.…

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The Virus, the Vote, and the Very Long Week

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This week on Gadget Lab, WIRED digital director Brian Barrett joins us to talk about the app that derailed the Iowa caucus—and what it means for elections to come. Then, a conversation with WIRED staff writer Megan Molteni about how the spread of the coronavirus is claiming lives, disrupting the economy, and creating chaos in the global supply chain. Sex Education on Netflix. Brian recommends The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel on Amazon. Mike recommends the podcast MeganMolteni. Brian Barrett is @LaurenGoode. Michael Calore is @GadgetLab. The show is produced by Boone…

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