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Every day, we happily and freely export the texture of our lives to the cloud via our chief stenographer, the smartphone. You’re not just writing emails and texting close friends. You’re writing to everyone: loose federations of group chats; your neighbors on WhatsApp and Facebook; acquaintances in Instagram DMs; prospects on ­dating apps; co-workers on Slack. You’re typing into Search, Notes, Venmo.

Realizing your trove exists is terrifying. So is learning that it’s never been more vulnerable. Cybercrime is rising at harrowing rates. It can also become exposed to the public through explicitly legal means. You don’t need to be the target of litigation yourself to find your private conversations suddenly available to a wider audience: see the 2025 lawsuit filed by Elon Musk against Sam Altman and OpenAI, which exposed more than a decade of group chats and emails between some of the world’s richest men, squabbling over their personal financial stakes in the fate of humankind.

It could be your coworker, your friend, your family member — why else would texts from Matt Damon’s wife, non-famous person Luciana Damon, become a matter of public record? She can thank Blake Lively for suing Justin Baldoni and dragging her iMessage history into discovery.

Most of us, however, no matter how seemingly unimportant, conduct ourselves differently in public than we do in the digital realm, our version of behind closed doors. The problem now is that this private self has been recorded in your trove. Its very existence, and the sheer volume of its contents, means it could be useful, interesting, compromising, or lucrative to someone, somewhere, given the right set of circumstances.

For our Cover Story, Bridget Read reports on how hacks, lawsuits, and data breaches are increasingly exposing our digital records — threatening to spill everything into the public: https://t.co/lo0u3RZFx5

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Team Black? Team Green? Or just Team Dragon? Join forces and sign up for our subscriber-exclusive newsletter dissecting ‘House of the Dragon’ season three. https://t.co/hR4yjm93oy

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Here are some apartments to buy in New York City for under $1 million, including options in Lenox Hill, Clinton Hill, Greenwich Village, and Jackson Heights. https://t.co/QR1QCLlXpT

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The loss of her birth father and the dad that raised her didn’t just define writer Kate Nelson’s future — it redefined her past, too. https://t.co/2wCULEsG9Y

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The mayor has mostly compromised with the Democratic Establishment. This year’s midterms are different. https://t.co/2YJqX9QOIB

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Every weekday, the Cut’s astrology expert, Claire Comstock-Gay (aka Madame Clairevoyant) reads the horoscope for every zodiac sign. https://t.co/UJORVGKKYI

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We’re each attached to years of texts, Slacks, searches, and pictures, a digital archive of self-incrimination and humiliation. Now, hacks, lawsuits, and data breaches are increasingly exposing these records. What if it all got out? https://t.co/5kB9ckxlcS

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The series dives deep into Lestat’s mommy issues, whether we like it or not. Meanwhile, Lestat is still in a Marriage Story-esque legal battle with Louis. https://t.co/3dgyoX73AJ

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Rulla and Jo-Ellen make peace just in time for Brian to confess that Jo-Ellen was right about his affair all along. https://t.co/BsM0WnN2PZ

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Porsha officially comes out of the closet with a public statement about her dating life. For the most part, Porsha’s castmates are as unsurprised, but they’re still celebratory. https://t.co/klPmAPwxFt

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Pace Gallery has been built on a fantasy of endless growth and hype and the assumption that bigger means better. The consequences have arrived. https://t.co/XfQXZVUix8

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Reviews of three recommended Off Broadway productions for this summer season: Xhloe & Natasha’s ‘And Then the Rodeo Burned Down,’ Todd Almond’s ‘I’m Almost There,’ and Eric Bentley’s ‘Are You Now or Have You Ever Been.’ https://t.co/iiA9Qwzguh

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The UFC cage fight celebrates America’s 250th (or maybe Trump). Here’s a guide to the fight card, lawsuit, and drama over “the Claw.” https://t.co/cICnWE3pnC

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This is one parade Zohran Mamdani is attending. The mayor shared details of a ticker-tape parade for the Knicks on Thursday. https://t.co/mehBH3DRsV

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They don’t want us to know ‘Disclosure Day’ topped the U.S. and global box offices. What else are they hiding? That ‘Obsession’ is still doing well? How far does this conspiracy go? https://t.co/bp7UYF6uh4

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The best friends John Early and Kate Berlant discuss sincerity, couples therapy, and why they’ve never had a TV show together. https://t.co/fuqZNDsu4q

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The celebs walked among us last night on the streets of New York City, celebrating the Knicks winning their first NBA championship in 50+ years. Cardi B, Stavvy, and more were out partying. https://t.co/yPRNyPhelN

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Musician Oliver Tree has died at the age of 32. He was a passenger in one of two helicopters that crashed mid-air over Rio de Janeiro Sunday morning. https://t.co/BcEKYh3ZCk

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The subtextual premise of Gifted & Talented programs is that early ability is a predictor of future success. But a study that looked into whether high performers early in life are the same folks who reach pinnacles later in life and found that by and large, they aren’t. https://t.co/UHfyAUnGmq

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The breakout star of Bravo’s ‘Real Housewives of Rhode Island’ found her voice this season in between bites of mini-saltines. https://t.co/dbxChJktLp