Leaked data from TheTruthSpy stalkerware network reveals its Android apps tracked the calls, locations, and other information of hundreds of thousands of people (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Mudge details Twitter’s lack of logging, ongoing and ignored attempts to hack its systems, that it could “grade its own homework” to appease the FTC, and more  —  A ticking bomb of security vulnerabilities.  Covering up security failures.  Duping regulators and misleading lawmakers.

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Momento, which offers a “serverless cache” optimized for cloud computing that it claims developers can add with ~5 lines of code, exits stealth with a $15M seed  —  After working at NASA as a rover roboticist, Khawaja Shams underwent something of a career pivot …

Nilay Patel / The Verge:
An interview with Signal president Meredith Whittaker on competition, government pressure to break encryption, what it’s like to hire a new CEO, and more  —  Signal messages are more private than iMessage and WhatsApp.  Here’s how.  —  Meredith Whittaker is the president of Signal …

Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post:
Signal appoints former Google manager Meredith Whittaker as its first president, helping shape strategy, comms, and policy  —  Meredith Whittaker, the former Google manager, is Signal’s first president.  She is out to convince users to pay for the free app.

Karl Bode / VICE:
A Reddit user provides a detailed look at a decommissioned Netflix cache server with 262TB of storage; such servers are often embedded within major ISP networks  —  A Netflix cache server is getting a second chance at life thanks to Redditors.  —  KB  —  A Redditor says they’ve managed …

Reuters:
An investigation finds thousands of iOS and Android apps, including from the CDC and US Army, used Russia-based tech company Pushwoosh’s code for notifications  —  Thousands of smartphone applications in Apple (AAPL.O) and Google’s (GOOGL.O) online stores contain computer code developed …