How to protest safely in the age of surveillance

PLUS: A mysterious enzyme, a weighted vest, and a modern paradox. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 06.01.20   PUBLIC HEALTH Meet ACE2, the Enzyme at the Center of the Covid-19 Mystery BY MEGAN MOLTENI Since January, scientists have published more than 700 studies to figure out the molecule's link to risk for the disease—and to find possible treatments.   IN VEST Separated from Your Barbells? Try Wearing Your Weights BY MATT JANCER Why the weighted exercise vest is the best piece of home workout gear you're not using.   CONSTANT CRISIS An Onslaught of Crises Has Created a Modern Paradox BY MATT SIMON Never before have humans lived more comfortably. And yet today we're overwhelmed by crises, be it inequality or economic collapse or Covid, all exacerbating one another.   PRIVACY How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance BY ANDY GREENBERG Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here's how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.   AUTOMATED FUZZ This Bot Hunts Software Bugs for the Pentagon BY TOM SIMONITE Mayhem emerged from a 2016 government-sponsored contest at a Las Vegas casino hotel. Now it's used by the military.   HOLY COW Turns Out 4 'Blank' Dead Sea Scrolls Actually Have Text BY JENNIFER OUELLETTE, ARS TECHNICA A new analysis revealed what scientists believe is a passage from the book of Ezekiel.   SLOW INTERNET The New Intimacy, Brought to You by Covid-19 BY LAURENCE SCOTT Don't touch, but keep in touch! The pandemic has us living in an alternate corporeality.   THROUGH TRAFFIC Want to Fix Urban Sprawl? Ditch the Cul-de-Sac BY FLAVIE HALAIS Streets arranged in grids, with few dead-ends, encourage walking and transit. But in developing countries, growing cities are taking the opposite route.   ETHICS Should We Purposely Infect Healthy Volunteers With Covid-19? BY VICTORIA TURK, WIRED UK Such studies could speed up the development of a vaccine—but would mean deliberately giving people a disease that could kill them.     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 or Manage your newsletter subscriptions