https://www.engadget.com/ucla-glove-sign-language-translator-134846711.html
translate sign language into written and spoken words on a smartphone. The system works in real time and can interpret 660 American Sign Language signs with a promising 98.63 percent accuracy. It could one day be used to teach more people sign language and help deaf people communicate with non-sign language users.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-53263310
A top-secret communications system used by criminals to trade drugs and guns has been “successfully penetrated”, says the National Crime Agency.
Major crime figures were among over 800 Europe-wide arrests after messages on EncroChat were intercepted and decoded.
More than two tonnes of drugs, several dozen guns and £54m in suspect cash have been seized, says the NCA.An estimated 60,000 people, among them up to 10,000 in Britain, subscribed to France-based EncroChat, which has now been taken down.
The system operated on customised Android phones and, according to its website, provided “worry-free secure communications”.
https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/26/21304228/tiktok-security-ios-clipboard-access-ios14-beta-feature
A beta feature on iOS 14 showed what the app was up to
The project near Manchester, UK, will use spare green energy to compress air into a liquid and store it. When demand is higher, the liquid air is released back into a gas, powering a turbine that puts the green energy back into the grid.
is due to be operational in 2022 and will be able to power up to 200,000 homes for five hours, and store power for many weeks.
https://e24.no/teknologi/i/vQaqEm/26300-norske-foodora-kunder-rammet-av-datatyveri
Totalt er om lag 480.000 personer berørt, og 26.300 av dem var registrert i Norge, forteller Lindell.
Informasjonen fra 2016 inneholdt leveringsadresse, e-post, kryptert passord, navn, etternavn, telefonnummer, siste innlogging i 2016 og registreringsdato i perioden.
https://www.nrk.no/norge/norges-smittestopp-app-blant-de-verste-i-verden-pa-personvern-1.15054311
Amnesty International har gjort en detaljert teknisk analyse av appene som skal spore smitte i en rekke land.
– Bahrain, Kuwait og Norge gjør en grov overkjøring av personvernet, med svært inngripende overvåking som går langt utover det som er forsvarlig i arbeidet med å stoppe koronasmitten.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53051783
Norway’s health authority has had to delete all data gathered via its Covid-19 contact-tracing app and suspend further use of the tool.
The Norwegian Data Protection Authority ruled the Smittestopp app represented a disproportionate intrusion into users’ privacy.
A switch to a rival design backed by Apple and Google is being considered.
Rema har endret en kunde-app som kan misbrukes til overvåking, men Trumf beholder en lignende løsning.
Sårbarheten ligger i at en person som ønsker å overvåke en annen kan legge inn den andres kontonummer, og på den måten få informasjon om når, hvor og hva den andre handler.
https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/11/21287436/pocket-casts-castro-china-apple-government-pressure
Apple has removed Pocket Casts, the popular iOS and Android podcast client, from the App Store in China. The Cyberspace Administration of China has determined that it can be used to access content deemed illegal in the country, and has demanded that Apple remove the app as a result. It’s the second major podcast app to be removed from China’s App Store this month.