The American Abyss - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/09/magazine/trump-coup.html
A historian of fascism and political atrocity on Trump, the mob and what comes next.
WhatsApp clarifies privacy practices after surge in Signal and Telegram users - The Verge
The company is trying to contain fallout over a privacy policy update
the change is designed to outline how businesses who use WhatsApp for customer service may store logs of its chats on Facebook servers.
WhatsApp says European users do not have to share data with Facebook
There are no changes to WhatsApp’s data-sharing practices in the European region arising from the updated terms of service and privacy policy
WhatsApp updates its Terms and Privacy Policy to mandate data-sharing with Facebook
https://www.xda-developers.com/whatsapp-updates-terms-privacy-policy-mandate-data-sharing-facebook/
in the previous update, WhatsApp gave users the option to “not have your WhatsApp account information shared with Facebook.” With the latest update, WhatsApp has done away with this option, and users will have to accept the new terms and privacy policy if they want to continue using the instant messenger
Adobe Flash Player is finally laid to rest - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55497353
the browser plug-in that brought rich animations and interactivity to the early web, has officially reached the end of its life.
Boston Dynamics Atlas and Spot robots can now dance better than you can - The Verge
2-Acre Vertical Farm Run By AI And Robots Out-Produces 720-Acre Flat Farm
DOJ charges Zoom employee for helping 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.
Riksrevisjonen hacket helseregionene: Fikk pasientopplysninger til flere hundre tusen pasienter – NRK
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.
Where is end-to-end encryption for iCloud? – Ole Begemann
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