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.
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
https://www.nrk.no/urix/hacking-skandale-ryster-finland---pasienter-presset-for-penger-1.15214710
Pasientopplysninger fra et finsk psykoterapisenter er på avveie etter hacking, og flere pasienter er blitt presset for penger.
Utpresseren skal ha presset selskapets ledelse for 40 bitcoin, tilsvarende nesten 5 millioner kroner, for ikke å publisere pasientjournalene på det mørke nettet.
Utpresseren skal ha truet med å publisere 100 journaler på det mørke nettet per dag.
Kravet ble avvist, dermed begynte lekkasjene. Etter dette begynte det å dukke opp trusselmeldinger til hver enkelt pasient.
– Nå må vi ordne krisehjelp til ofrene, sier Ohisalo.