How It Works - UK (2020-05)

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ISSUE 136

The magazine that feedsminds!

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f any thing,theinternethas

becomeanevenwilderdigital

frontierforalltheexploring

we’vedoneinthelast 30 years.

Hackers,phishingscammers,

botnethijackersandcomputer

v iruseseitherhidebehindscreensandindev ices

thousandsofmilesfromyou,orinnooksofcodeon

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armingyourselfwiththeknowledge

ofhowthesenasties– bothdigital

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thisissueofHowItWorks.

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good.Enjoytheissue!

BenEditor

Meettheteam...

Nikole

ProductionEditor

NASAusesHubble

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thebest.

Scott

StaffWriter

Is vapinganybetter

thansmoking?

Discoverthe

scienceofnicotine

addictionandthe

mysteryvaping

illnessonpage32.

Baljeet

ResearchEditor

We’reunder

constant

surveillancefrom

satellitesin thesky.

Learnthesecretsof

thesespyingeyeson

page52.

Cyber warfare, page 22

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