https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/2/21419012/edgenuity-online-class-ai-grading-keyword-mashing-students-school-cheating-algorithm-glitch

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/cheap-chinese-smartphones-malware

Preinstalled malware on low-cost Chinese phones has stolen data and money from some of the world’s poorest people.

Current security concerns about Chinese apps and hardware have largely focused on potential back doors in Huawei’s 5G equipment. More recently, people have focused on how user data collected by TikTok could be abused by the company and the Chinese government. But an overlooked and ongoing threat is the consistent presence of malware on cheap smartphones from Chinese manufacturers and how it exacts a digital tax on people with low incomes.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-google-data/google-stops-responding-directly-to-data-requests-from-hong-kong-government-idUSKCN25A0HU

following the enactment of a new national security law imposed by China.

https://www.nrk.no/norge/vegselskapet-nye-veier-registrerer-mobiltelefonen-din-1.15133464

Vegselskapet Nye Veier registrerer mobiltelefonen til bilistane på fleire vegstrekningar. Datatilsynet tvilar på om personvernet er godt nok varetatt.

Analysane skjer ved at systemet registrerer blåtann-einingar som passerer dei ulike målepunkta. Når same eining har passert to målepunkt blir det rekna ut reisetid. Opplysningane blir analysert for å dokumentera korleis den gjennomsnittlege reisetida varierer frå time til time og dag til dag.

https://www.wired.com/story/star-witness-your-smart-speaker/

Requests are rising from law enforcement for information on the devices, which can include internet queries, food orders, and overheard conversations.

https://stratechery.com/2020/rethinking-the-app-store/

https://www.nrk.no/innlandet/dataangrep-mot-sykehuset-innlandet-1.15132961

Analyser viser at det kan ha blitt hentet ut personsensitive data.

https://m-cacm.acm.org/news/246744-picking-locks-with-audio-technology/fulltext

researchers have discovered that the sound of your key being inserted into the lock gives attackers all they need to make a working copy of your front door key.

https://apnews.com/270e93e985733a4d086c06a01375cea0

Production of Kirin chips designed by Huawei’s own engineers will stop Sept. 15 because they are made by contractors that need U.S. manufacturing technology, said Richard Yu, president of the company’s consumer unit. He said Huawei lacks the ability to make its own chips.

https://source.wustl.edu/2020/08/researchers-one-step-closer-to-bomb-sniffing-cyborg-locusts/

they were able to hijack a locust’s olfactory system to both detect and discriminate between different explosive scents — all within a few hundred milliseconds of exposure.