https://pxlnv.com/blog/dont-speak/

The more I’ve thought about Apple’s statement regarding the iOS exploit chains discovered last week, the more bizarre it seems

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614235/recombinetics-gene-edited-hornless-cattle-major-dna-screwup/

contaminated by bacterial genes.

https://www.ft.com/content/e3e1697e-ce57-11e9-99a4-b5ded7a7fe3f

Google is secretly using hidden web pages that feed the personal data of its users to advertisers, undermining its own policies and circumventing EU privacy regulations

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/04/youtube-to-pay-170-million-in-ftc-child-privacy-settlement.html

Google and YouTube knowingly and illegally monitored, tracked, and served targeted ads to young children just to keep advertising dollars rolling in

https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/31/china-google-iphone-uyghur/

https://daringfireball.net/linked/2019/08/26/facebook-clear-history

https://www.zdnet.com/article/employees-connect-nuclear-plant-to-the-internet-so-they-can-mine-cryptocurrency/

https://www.wired.com/story/ios-attack-watering-hole-project-zero/

the biggest known iPhone hacking incident of all time.

The hackers still made some strangely amateurish mistakes

https://www.wired.com/story/hackers-steal-tesla-model-s-key-fob-encryption/

The same researchers who figured out how to clone a Tesla Model S key fob have done it again, cracking the replacement that was meant to fix the problem.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/23/opinion/data-internet-privacy-tracking.html

This is happening every day, all the time, and the only reason we’re O.K. with it is that it’s happening behind the scenes […] If we all had pictures like this, we might revolt.

https://freedom-to-tinker.com/2019/08/23/deconstructing-googles-excuses-on-tracking-protection/

If an ad uses deeply personal information to appeal to emotional vulnerabilities or exploits psychological tendencies to generate a purchase, then that is a form of privacy violation—regardless of the technical details. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/20/world/europe/denmark-cellphone-data-courts.html

some cellphone tracking data linked phones to the wrong cellphone towers

https://nrkbeta.no/2019/08/20/facebook-og-twitter-straffer-kina-etter-pavirkningsoperasjon-i-hongkong/

Facebook- og Twitterkontoer med opprinnelse i Kina [har] spredt og videreformidlet innhold som framstiller demonstrasjonene i Hongkong som ekstreme og voldelige.

https://research.checkpoint.com/say-cheese-ransomware-ing-a-dslr-camera/

an attacker in close proximity (WiFi), or an attacker who already hijacked our PC (USB), can also propagate to and infect our beloved cameras with malware

https://www.wired.com/story/acoustic-cyberweapons-defcon/

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/11/world/americas/youtube-brazil.html

YouTube’s search and recommendation system appears to have systematically diverted users to far-right and conspiracy channels in Brazil.

https://news.usni.org/2019/08/09/navy-reverting-ddgs-back-to-physical-throttles-after-fleet-rejects-touchscreen-controls

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/evj4qw/these-iphone-lightning-cables-will-hack-your-computer

will give an attacker a way to remotely tap into your computer

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xweqbq/microsoft-contractors-listen-to-skype-calls

calls made using the app’s translation function

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-cyber-un/north-korea-took-2-billion-in-cyberattacks-to-fund-weapons-program-u-n-report-idUSKCN1UV1ZX

increasingly sophisticated attacks to steal funds from financial institutions and cryptocurrency exchanges to generate income. They also used cyberspace to launder the stolen money