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All eight of the top password managers have adopted the term “zero knowledge” to describe the complex encryption system they use to protect the data vaults that users store on their servers. The ...

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Verizon customers warned of $20 credit scams after a Jan. 14 outage. Experts advise claiming credits via the My Verizon app and avoiding suspicious links.

AT&T's $177M settlement covers 73M customers—but the real story is how breach data from 2019 just resurfaced in 2026 with fully decrypted SSNs. Here's why.