https://www.intelligentliving.co/vertical-farm-out-produces-flat-farm/

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/doj-zoom-employee-chinese-government-shut-down-tiananmen-square-commemorations

A China-based Zoom executive was charged with coordinating with the Chinese government to shut down Zoom meetings in the United States and elsewhere on a host of religious and political topics, including the commemoration of the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.

https://www.nrk.no/trondelag/riksrevisjonen-hacket-helseregionene_-fikk-pasientopplysninger-til-flere-hundre-tusen-pasienter-1.15294490

I det simulerte dataangrepet mot Norges fire helseregioner, prøvde Riksrevisjonen å lage støy for å bli avslørt.

Likevel klarte de å gjøre det de fryktet: Å hacke seg tilgang på sensitiv, taushetsbelagt informasjon om norske pasienter.

I Helse Sør-Øst fikk de tilgang på helseinformasjonen til svært mange. I de tre andre fikk de tilgang på helseinformasjonen til absolutt alle.

– Vi påpekte alvorlige feil for fire år siden, og det var et angrep også i 2018. Det virker som det ikke er blitt gjort så mye mer med datasikkerheten ved norske sykehus etter det. Sykehusene i Norge ligger langt bak grunnleggende krav til IKT-sikkerhet, sier Gohn-Hellum.

https://oleb.net/2020/icloud-end-to-end-encryption/

Here’s an incomplete list of data sources in iCloud that are not end-to-end-encrypted

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/12/08/huawei-tested-ai-software-that-could-recognize-uighur-minorities-alert-police-report-says/

The Chinese tech giant Huawei has tested facial recognition software that could send automated “Uighur alarms” to government authorities when its camera systems identify members of the oppressed minority group, according to an internal document that provides further details about China’s artificial-intelligence surveillance regime.

https://nrkbeta.no/2020/12/03/telefonen-spionerte-pa-meg-slik-fant-jeg-overvakerne/

Det er et vanlig refreng at kommersiell overvåkning ikke er så farlig: «Det brukes jo bare til annonser.» Men det er etter hvert blitt mange som er ute etter sporene som mobilene våre legger igjen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch

Tim Berners-Lee envisioned a “universal information system”. What went wrong?

https://www.imore.com/apple-picks-12-million-fine-over-claims-iphone-water-resistance

Apple has been ordered to pay a $12 million fine after Italian regulators looked into the way it advertises iPhones.

Regulators say Apple doesn’t make it clear that water resistance claims are only accurate in lab tests.

The regulators aren’t keen that Apple advertises water resistance but won’t back that up if a warranty claim is made.

https://www.embedded.com/tesla-model-x-hacked-with-195-raspberry-pi-based-board/

The Belgian researchers first informed Tesla of the identified issues on the 17th of August 2020. Tesla confirmed the vulnerabilities, awarded their findings with a bug bounty and started working on security updates. As part of the 2020.48 over-the-air software update, that is now being rolled out, a firmware update will be pushed to the key fob.

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/ransomware-hospital-death-germany

German prosecutors tried to prove that a ransomware attack on a hospital was to blame for someone losing their life. Their story is a warning