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Huawei dev team sends a buggy HKSP patch with backdoor to Linux Foundation - AndroidRookies

Huawei Kina hacking

https://androidrookies.com/huawei-dev-team-sends-a-buggy-hksp-patch-with-backdoor-to-linux-foundation/

– Vil ta en generasjon å rydde opp i norske atomanlegg – NRK

Noreg

https://www.nrk.no/norge/_-vil-ta-en-generasjon-a-rydde-opp-i-norske-atomanlegg-1.15016483

Riving og tilbakeføring etter de to atomanleggene kommer til å koste rundt sju milliarder. I tillegg er lagring av atomavfallet beregnet å koste rundt 13 milliarder kroner.

U.S. accuses Chinese hackers of trying to steal coronavirus vaccine research

Kina hacking overvaking

https://www.cyberscoop.com/coronavirus-vaccine-china-hacking-dhs-fbi/

Robot dog enforces social distancing in city park - BBC News

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/technology-52619568/coronavirus-robot-dog-enforces-social-distancing-in-singapore-park

A robot dog is patrolling one of Singapore’s parks as part of coronavirus-related trial. The machine – made by US-based Boston Dynamics – is fitted with a camera to monitor how busy Bishan-Ang Moh Kio Park becomes. It also carries a loudspeaker to broadcast social-distancing messages.

Half of all Facebook moderators may develop mental health issues - The Verge

Facebook

https://www.theverge.com/interface/2020/5/13/21255994/facebook-content-moderator-lawsuit-settlement-mental-health-issues

Let’s Check In on the State of iPhone and Android CPU Performance

Apple

https://daringfireball.net/2020/05/iphone_and_android_cpu_performance

Guide: Slik begrenser du sporing av din mobil

Noreg personvern

https://nrkbeta.no/2020/05/09/guide-slik-begrenser-du-sporing-av-din-mobil/

hvordan du deler færre posisjonsdata – på Android og iPhone.

Chinese Mobile Giant Xiaomi Recording Millions Of People’s ‘Private’ Web And Phone Use

Kina personvern

https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2020/04/30/exclusive-warning-over-chinese-mobile-giant-xiaomi-recording-millions-of-peoples-private-web-and-phone-use/#6a8a2fc11b2a

When he looked around the Web on the device’s default Xiaomi browser, it recorded all the websites he visited, including search engine queries whether with Google or the privacy-focused DuckDuckGo, and every item viewed on a news feed feature of the Xiaomi software. That tracking appeared to be happening even if he used the supposedly private “incognito” mode.

Everything you ever wanted to know about Bluetooth contact tracing but were too scared to ask - YouTube

Google

https://m.youtube.com/watch

Hundreds of academics back privacy-friendly coronavirus contact tracing apps - TechCrunch

personvern

https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/20/academics-contact-tracing/

“It is vital that, in coming out of the current crisis, we do not create a tool that enables large scale data collection on the population, either now or at a later time,”

Security and Privacy Implications of Zoom - Schneier on Security

personvern

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2020/04/security_and_pr_1.html

you should either lock Zoom down as best you can, or — better yet — abandon the platform altogether.

Every Zoom Security and Privacy Flaw So Far, and What You Can Do to Protect Yourself - TidBITS

personvern

https://tidbits.com/2020/04/03/every-zoom-security-and-privacy-flaw-so-far-and-what-you-can-do-to-protect-yourself/

Antarctica experiences first heat wave

vitskap

https://m.dw.com/en/antarctica-experiences-first-known-heat-wave/a-52963959

Upgraded Google Glass Helps Autistic Kids “See” Emotions - IEEE Spectrum

Google vitskap

https://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/bionics/upgraded-google-glass-helps-autistic-kids-see-emotions

Censored journalists are sharing articles in Minecraft

overvaking

https://www.fastcompany.com/90476690/this-beautiful-library-in-minecraft-lets-people-anywhere-access-the-work-of-censored-journalists

You might not be able to find accurate info in the press in countries with oppressive regimes, but you can at Reporters Without Borders’ Uncensored Library in the game

How North Korean Hackers Rob Banks Around the World - WIRED

hacking

https://www.wired.com/story/how-north-korea-robs-banks-around-world/

They scored $80 million by tricking a network into routing funds to Sri Lanka and the Philippines and then using a “money mule” to pick up the cash.

Hackers Can Clone Millions of Toyota, Hyundai, and Kia Keys - WIRED

hacking

https://www.wired.com/story/hackers-can-clone-millions-of-toyota-hyundai-kia-keys/

Encryption flaws in a common anti-theft feature expose vehicles from major manufacturers.

chip-enabled mechanical keys

their technique likely isn’t as easy to pull off as the “relay” attacks that thieves have repeatedly used to steal luxury cars and SUVs. Those generally require only a pair of radio devices to extend the range of a key fob to open and start a victim’s car. You can pull them off from a fair distance, even through the walls of a building.

By contrast, the cloning attack the Birmingham and KU Leuven researchers developed requires that a thief scan a target key fob with an RFID reader from just an inch or two away

Apple now lets apps send ads in push notifications - The Verge

Apple

https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/4/21165087/ios-apple-push-notification-advertising-marketing-now-allowed-app-store

long as users agree to receive the ads first.

The change follows a couple incidents over the past two years in which Apple bent its own rules by sending out push notifications that read a lot like ads. Since other companies’ apps could be banned or have their push notification privileges revoked for that behavior, the moves were criticized as another example of Apple getting away with special treatment because it controls the platform.

Welcome to Botnet, Where Everyone’s an Influencer - WIRED

hacking

https://www.wired.com/story/botnet-social-network-where-everyones-influencer/

a faux-social network called Botnet, which is free for anyone to download as an app. Botnet looks like a stripped-down Facebook Newsfeed, where the only posts you can see are your own. It’s just you and the bots, who like and comment on your posts with reckless abandon.

Botnet is designed to simulate the experience of mega-fame on the internet

Innovative edge-finding AR eyepiece lets firefighters see through smoke

kunstig intelligens

https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/qwake-c-thru-ar-hud-firefighters/

This augmented reality feed presents them with a video stream taken from an on-board thermal camera. It then uses some smart artificial intelligence image recognition to show the outlines of objects and people in green; giving the firefighters the ability to see what they’re doing even in the smokiest of rooms.