Andrew Couts

Senior Editor, Security Andrew Couts is Senior Editor, Security at WIRED overseeing cybersecurity, privacy, policy, national security, and surveillance coverage. Prior to WIRED, he served as executive editor of Gizmodo and politics editor at the Daily Dot. He was part of teams whose works have won the 2022 Edward R. Murrow National Award, Investigative Reporting; the 2022 NABJ Salute to Excellence Award; the 2022 Society of Professional Journalists New America Award; and the 1984 National Press Foundation Technology in Journalism Award. He is based in New York’s Hudson Valley. X

Biography:  https://www.wired.com/author/andrew-couts/

78%

The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermines the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
Analysis.OverallConflictOfInterestScore * 0.3F + Analysis.OverallBiasScore * 0.3F + Analysis.DeceptivenessScore * 0.3F + Analysis.ReadabilityScore * 0.1F

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The Daily's Verdict

This author has a mixed reputation for journalistic standards. It is advisable to fact-check, scrutinize for bias, and check for conflicts of interest before relying on the author's reporting.

Bias

85%

Examples:

  • An exploit developed by a team of researchers
  • The flaw is essentially unpatchable because it is present in the silicon itself

Conflicts of Interest

50%

Examples:

  • he served as executive editor of Gizmodo and politics editor at the Daily Dot
  • Prior to WIRED
  • Senior Editor, Security at WIRED

Contradictions

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Deceptions

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Recent Articles

Apple Faces Two Major Issues: Unpatchable Vulnerability and Antitrust Lawsuit

Apple Faces Two Major Issues: Unpatchable Vulnerability and Antitrust Lawsuit

Broke On: Saturday, 23 March 2024 Apple faces two major challenges this week: a hardware vulnerability that cannot be patched and an antitrust lawsuit alleging its iPhone business practices are illegal. The company's privacy and security decisions, including iMessage's end-to-end encryption, are also highlighted in the lawsuit.