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politics Trump co-conspirator said plan was to use military to put down opposition to him staying in office Rob Beschizza

privacy Apple says it will pull Messages and FaceTime if UK forces back-door access to its encryption Mark Frauenfelder

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oops High school reset every student's password to the same thing: "Ch@ngeme!" David Pescovitz

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