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A Florida Teen Allegedly Shut Down School With a DDoS Attack – WIRED
Plus: Predictive policing taken even farther, Amazon surveillance of private Facebook groups, and more of the week’s top security news.

With the presidential election fast approaching, recent moves by the Trump administration appear designed to undermine the security and integrity of the vote. And that’s not even counting the long-standing Postal Service shenanigans. Facebook rolled out a series of measures this week designed to minimize how much it contributes to the problem, including message-forwarding limits that have already helped WhatsApp fight misinformation.
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