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Kevin Collier


A former senior politics reporter for the Daily Dot, Kevin Collier focuses on privacy, cybersecurity, and issues of importance to the open internet. Since leaving the Daily Dot in March 2016, he has served as a reporter for Vocativ and a cybersecurity correspondent for BuzzFeed.

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Hacker who tried to get a U.S. journalist busted for heroin pleads guilty to botnet conspiracy

It's a strong argument for never framing a journalist who's smarter than you with Bitcoin-purchased heroin.

On Jan 21, 2016 by Kevin Collier

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Michigan governor’s email dump reveals political calculus behind Flint water crisis

Snyder personally released more than 250 pages of internal documents.

On Jan 20, 2016 by Dell Cameron, Kevin Collier

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Mike Huckabee cites religious exemption in ‘Eye of the Tiger’ lawsuit

His lawyers have a creative way of looking at intellectual property.

On Jan 14, 2016 by Kevin Collier

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Tonight’s State of the Union will feature these curious celebrity guests

Wait, why is Kim Davis going to be there? Or Michigan Wolverines football coach Jim Harbaugh?

On Jan 12, 2016 by Kevin Collier

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From encryption to the NSA, what experts want from Obama’s last State of the Union

Experts agree: It sure would be nice if Obama would say that encryption backdoors are a bad idea.

On Jan 12, 2016 by Kevin Collier

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Former St. Louis Cardinals employee could get 5 years in prison for hacking rival team’s database

The government charged Chris Correa under a controversially broad computer-hacking law.

On Jan 8, 2016 by Kevin Collier

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320,000 Time Warner customers asked to change password after hack

Use Roadrunner? If so, time to change that password.

On Jan 7, 2016 by Kevin Collier

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Software giant pays $250,000 for encrypting dental records poorly

Somewhere out there, a hacker might be looking at an x-ray of your teeth.

On Jan 6, 2016 by Kevin Collier

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The science fair project heard ’round the world

'Cool clock, Ahmed.'

On Jan 4, 2016 by Kevin Collier

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The great Bitcoin experiment that failed

St. Petersburg was supposed to be the 'Bitcoin capital of the world.' It isn't.

On Jan 2, 2016 by Kevin Collier

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Congressman plans bill to repeal CISA-like legislation included in omnibus

Rep. Justin Amash says the bill was 'snuck' through Congress.

On Dec 30, 2015 by Kevin Collier

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New Zealand says U.S. can extradite alleged piracy mastermind Kim Dotcom

This doesn't bode well for Dotcom, one of the United States' top Internet-piracy targets.

On Dec 23, 2015 by Kevin Collier

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Donald Trump says Barack Obama ‘schlonged’ Hillary Clinton in 2008

Trump appears to have created his own definition of the slang term for genitalia.

On Dec 22, 2015 by Kevin Collier

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Bernie Sanders just hit a record 2 million campaign donations

Is it enough for him to win?

On Dec 17, 2015 by Kevin Collier

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Everything Donald Trump said about the Internet at the GOP debate

'We should be using our most brilliant minds to figure a way that ISIS cannot use the Internet.'

On Dec 16, 2015 by Kevin Collier

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