https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tiktok-indonesia-exclusive-idUSKCN2591ML
local moderators were instructed by a team from ByteDance’s Beijing headquarters to delete articles seen as “negative” about Chinese authorities
Norges Handelshøyskole har latt døra til internett stå ulåst
Feilen vart retta for meir enn eitt år sidan, men NHH installerte aldri oppdateringa.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200731-how-to-build-a-nuclear-warning-for-10000-years-time
The nuclear waste buried far beneath the earth will be toxic for thousands of years. How do you build a warning now that can be understood in the far future?
https://arr.am/2020/07/31/human-intelligence-an-ai-op-ed/
Here’s an essay written by an Artificial Intelligence about how it’s doubtful that what humans are doing with their messy biological processes can really be considered thinking. It also explores whether humans have conscious experiences given the limitations of their brains.
https://nrkbeta.no/2020/08/06/nhh-utsatt-for-datainnbrudd-over-300-studenter-og-ansatte-rammet/
NRKs gjennomgang av datalekkasjen tilsier at over 300 studenter og ansatte er kompromittert.
Det skal ha skjedd etter et større internasjonal datainnbrudd som har påvirket flere hundre organisasjoner.
Ifølge teknologinettstedet ZDNet skal 900 VPN-servere være rammet.
In April, new technology “capabilities” allowed authorities to probe the encrypted device
after failed extortion attempt.
If a victim refuses to pay the fee to decrypt their files and decides to restore from backups, the Maze gang creates an entry on a “leak website” and threatens to publish the victim’s sensitive data in a second form ransom/extortion attempt.
The victim is then given a few weeks to think over its decision, and if victims don’t give in during this second extortion attempt, the Maze gang will publish files on its portal
https://www.cyberscoop.com/twitter-ftc-fine-data-breach-passwords/
Twitter users could share their phone numbers with the company to improve their account security via its two-factor authentication feature
used for targeted advertising
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/24/technology/facial-recognition-arrest.html
In what may be the first known case of its kind, a faulty facial recognition match led to a Michigan man’s arrest for a crime he did not commit.