The new anonymous phone carrier startup Phreeli, launching today, will let you sign up for cellular service with almost no personally identifiable information—not even your name. All it asks for is a ZIP code, the minimum info legally required for tax purposes.
Researchers tried plugging every possible phone number into WhatsApp's web app. They found they could collect 3.5 billion users' phone numbers, plus photos for half and profile text for almost a third, the biggest personal data exposure ever by some measures.
Here’s me talking to NPR yesterday about hacking casino card shufflers, because I really can’t shut up about hacking casino card shufflers. https://www.npr.org/2025/10/24/nx-s1-5585087/fbi-says-card-shuffling-machines-were-hacked-as-part-of-major-illegal-gambling-schemes (Hacking card shufflers is the new hacking McDonald’s ice cream machines, fyi)
Two weeks ago, we at WIRED published a video showing how a hacked casino card shuffling machine can be used for undetectable cheating in poker. Now it turns out the mob and a couple of NBA stars were already (allegedly) using exactly this trick to make millions.
Incredibly, the Justice Department today charged a group of alleged Cosa Nostra mobsters with using a version of the exact card shuffler hacking technique we showed in the video below to rig poker games with an NBA player and coach, stealing millions. 📄.pdf Our video: