https://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-alexa-keeps-your-data-with-no-expiration-date-and-shares-it-too/
A US senator asked questions, and Amazon provided answers you might not want to hear.
how a company renowned for meticulous design made seemingly basic software mistakes leading to a pair of deadly crashes.
indicating closer ties to the country’s military than previously acknowledged by the smartphone and networking powerhouse.
NASA described the hackers as an “advanced persistent threat,” a term generally used for nation-state hacking groups.
https://apnews.com/0762caec21874fc09741abbdec0f78ab
The Riviera Beach City Council voted unanimously this week to pay the hackers’ demands, believing the Palm Beach suburb had no choice if it wanted to retrieve its records, which the hackers encrypted.
https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/17/18681978/spotify-podcast-ad-targeting-launch
unlike before, where advertisers could mainly target Spotify’s free-tier listeners by the music they enjoy — by genre/playlist — they can now target based on the category of podcast they consume
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-48664251
Samsung previously raised eyebrows about the security of its smart TVs[…] when it warned customers not to discuss personal information in front of the displays as they could transmit it to third parties.
https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/huawei-and-honor-phones-ads-on-lock-screen-explained/
https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/13/alaris-infusion-pump-security-flaws/
These devices control the dispensing of intravenous fluids and medications, like painkillers or insulin.
Criminals in 2017 managed to get an advanced backdoor preinstalled on Android devices before they left the factories of manufacturers, Google researchers confirmed on Thursday.
https://thebaffler.com/downstream/big-mood-machine-pelly
Spotify’s enormous access to mood-based data is a pillar of its value to brands and advertisers, allowing them to target ads on Spotify by moods and emotions.
https://nrkbeta.no/2019/06/11/nar-statens-sikkerhetstiltak-truer-oss/
Et ondsinnet cyberangrep har ført til at en database fra den amerikanske Tolletaten kom på avveie. Hendelsen får meg til å lure: Hva skjer når informasjon myndighetene lagrer om oss kommer i hendene på ukjente?
https://ourworldindata.org/does-the-news-reflect-what-we-die-from
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/08/technology/youtube-radical.html
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01679-5
with just four data points per person, 95% of 1.5 million callers in an anonymized mobile-phone data set can be identified
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/01/business/boeing-737-max-crash.html
After Boeing removed one of the sensors from an automated flight system on its 737 Max, the jet’s designers and regulators still proceeded as if there would be two.