"I opted out of airport facial recognition—it wasn't easy"

PLUS: The #UnwantedIvanka meme, SpaceX numbers, and a jellyfish robot. View this email in your browser 7.2.19 Movies Spider-Man: Far From Home Hints at the Future of the MCU By Angela Watercutter It's in good, web-slinging hands. Digital Culture The Meaning Behind the #UnwantedIvanka Meme By Emma Grey Ellis Bizarre Photoshops of the first family are typically more internet game than political commentary. This one's different. Privacy The Simple Way Apple and Google Let Domestic Abusers Stalk Victims By Andy Greenberg To prove a point about common location-sharing apps, I asked my wife to use them to spy on me. WIRED Opinion I Opted Out of Airport Facial Recognition—It Wasn't Easy By Allie Funk Opinion: We've been assured that facial recognition technology is secure, reliable, and accurate. That's far from certain. SPONSORED CONTENT Tired This Morning? Meet Your New Caffeine Fix Verb Bars have as much caffeine as an espresso and are only 90 calories. Try all three delicious flavors for free and just cover $0.95 in shipping. Get WIRED Our July 4th Sale is here! For a limited time, get a full year of print + digital access for just $49.99 $5. Subscribe now Patent Deals Surprise! Huawei Can Actually Innovate—and Win Fans By Klint Finley The Chinese company is viewed as a copycat and national-security threat. But it took more than low prices to create the largest maker of telecom gear. rockets SpaceX Recovered Its First Fairing. Let’s Crunch the Numbers! By Rhett Allain SpaceX recovered its first fairing last week after a Falcon Heavy launch. Here's how to estimate the challenge faced by Ms. Tree, the retrieval boat. Hacks Ransomware Hits Georgia Courts as Municipal Attacks Spread By Lily Hay Newman Almost every month in 2019 so far has seen reports of a local government falling prey to ransomware, but this series of attacks belies an even broader threat. Biomimetics Baby Jellyfish Inspire a New Kind of Robot By Matt Simon At less than a quarter inch across, the magnetically activated robot can manipulate water flow to manipulate objects. This e-mail was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2019. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.