Waypoints

Waypoints: About Paragon spyware, Oxygen Forensics, and speaking in London

I can’t say I’m surprised to learn that spyware maker Paragon “has no technical way to know if customers misuse its software” or a way “to disable…

Oct 8 • Runa Sandvik

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Waypoints: About D.B. Cooper, Pussy Riot, and my first flight lesson

More than 50 years after D.B. Cooper parachuted out of a commercial airplane with a bag full of cash, there’s now a lawsuit asking the court to force…

Oct 1 • Runa Sandvik

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September 2026

Waypoints: About aircraft communications, geopositioning, and AI privacy

Aircraft communications are susceptible to interception, interference, spoofing, and jamming.

Sep 24 • Runa Sandvik

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Waypoints: About Faroe Islands, OpenAI, and security for journalists

I’m exploring the Faroe Islands this week! Think charming villages and breathtaking scenery; a bit like Iceland, but with fewer people; Scandinavian…

Sep 17 • Runa Sandvik

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Waypoints: About Austin Tice, Eileen Gu, and hack-for-hire firms

Austin Tice, a U.S. Marine turned war correspondent, was abducted in Syria 14 years ago. A lot has changed in the country since then, but Tice has yet…

Sep 10 • Runa Sandvik

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Waypoints: About Airframes, North Korea, and unsolved mysteries

If you’re feeding ACARS messages to Airframes, know that the website appears to have a bug and does not currently honor the privacy settings you have…

Sep 3 • Runa Sandvik

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August 2026

Waypoints: About Emirates, Boeing, and Roald Dahl

After four days of indoor skydiving in Europe last week, my flight from Milan to New York with Emirates was diverted to Boston due to heavy rain, flash…

Aug 27 • Runa Sandvik

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Waypoints: About threat notifications, a bungled bomb plot, and the Epstein files

“An unprecedented number of Apple customers have reported receiving a recent threat notification,” and the good news is that we are getting better and…

Aug 20 • Runa Sandvik

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Waypoints: About conspiracy theories, aviation, and the White Knights

What happens when a political movement built on conspiracy theories becomes the target of its own creation?

Aug 13 • Runa Sandvik

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Waypoints: About Reddit AMA, China’s shadow war, and good food

I’m hosting a Reddit AMA with Zack Whittaker of TechCrunch on r/pwnhub on Wednesday, August 12 at 5PM PT!

Aug 6 • Runa Sandvik

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July 2026

Waypoints: About Iran, U.S. border searches, and the manosphere

I’ve been reading For the Sun After Long Nights about Iran’s 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom uprising by Fatemeh Jamalpour and former New York Times colleague…

Jul 30 • Runa Sandvik

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Waypoints: About TrueCrypt, spies, and AI

Crazy to think that while Edward Snowden and I taught people to keep their data safe with TrueCrypt, the tool’s alleged creator Paul Le Roux was busy…

Jul 23 • Runa Sandvik

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