Quantum computers will break the encryption that protects the internet - Future-proofing the internet
Fixing things will be tricky
When Facebook launched Portal, the company promised that no data collected through the devices would be used to re-target users withs ads. Well, that turned out not to be true…
https://wersm.com/facebook-portal-can-collect-your-data-for-future-ad-targeting/
Genome Hackers Show No One’s DNA Is Anonymous Anymore | WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/genome-hackers-show-no-ones-dna-is-anonymous-anymore/
60% of Americans of European descent can be identified via public DNA databases, regardless of whether they’ve submitted their own DNA data or not
The Cybersecurity World Is Debating WTF Is Going on With Bloomberg’s Chinese Microchip Stories - Motherboard
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/qv9npv/bloomberg-china-supermicro-apple-hack
No one is really sure who to believe after Businessweek’s bombshell story on an alleged Chinese supply chain attack against Apple, Amazon, and others.
Google+ bug gave outsiders potential access to private data from 2015 to mid-2018; no disclosure made amid fear of blowback and no evidence of misuse - WSJ
As Facebook has shown a lack of caution and unquenchable desire for personal info, debuting Portal home video chat devices is just its latest tone-deaf decision
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/charliewarzel/facebook-isnt-sorry-it-just-wants-your-data
in-home panopticon
You Gave Facebook Your Number For Security. They Used It For Ads. | Electronic Frontier Foundation
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/09/you-gave-facebook-your-number-security-they-used-it-ads
Add “a phone number I never gave Facebook for targeted advertising” to the list of deceptive and invasive ways Facebook makes money off your personal information.
Russia Targeted Investigators Trying to Expose Its Misdeeds, Western Allies Say - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/04/us/politics/russia-hacks-doping-poisoning.html
the British foreign ministry, antidoping agencies in Colorado Springs and Canada, and investigators examining the shooting down of a Malaysian passenger jet over Ukraine in 2014
Facebook Hack Puts Thousands of Other Sites at Risk - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/02/technology/facebook-hack-other-sites.html
Companies that allow customers to log in with Facebook Connect are scrambling to figure out whether their own user accounts have been compromised.
No Cash Needed At This Cafe. Students Pay The Tab With Their Personal Data – NPR
By doing so, the students also open themselves up to receiving information from corporate sponsors who pay the cafe to reach its clientele
New Zealand travelers may now be compelled at customs to hand over device passwords or face a $5K fine on “reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing”, under new law – Radio New Zealand
First Case Surfaces of Law Enforcement Forcing Suspect to Unlock iPhone With Face ID - Mac Rumors
https://www.macrumors.com/2018/10/01/first-case-law-suspect-unlock-iphone-face-id/
The Facebook Security Meltdown Exposes Way More Sites Than Facebook – WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-security-breach-third-party-sites/
If your account was impacted it means that a hacker could have accessed any account that you log into using Facebook.
Are Delivery Drones Commercially Viable? Iceland Is About to Find Out
An Icelandic startup called Aha is using a Chinese-made drone and an Israeli logistics system to deliver hot food, groceries, and electronics to households in Iceland’s capital city of Reykjavik.
UK intelligence agency admits unlawfully spying on Privacy International
Today’s revelations highlight the danger that can arise from […] a lack of safeguards, the absence of which has allowed an intelligence agency to extract data about a human rights charity […]
Safari’s “Siri Suggested” Search Results Highlighted Conspiracy Sites And Fake News
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/charliewarzel/safari-siri-search-conspiracy-fake-news
Two people with paralysis walk again using an implanted device - The Verge
The researchers are still investigating how this all works.
Why I’m done with Chrome
https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2018/09/23/why-im-leaving-chrome/
From now on, every time you log into a Google property (for example, Gmail), Chrome will automatically sign the browser into your Google account for you. […] Google developers claim this will not actually start synchronizing your data to Google — yet.
How Game Apps That Captivate Kids Have Been Collecting Their Data - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/09/12/technology/kids-apps-data-privacy-google-twitter.htm
The review of 20 children’s apps […] found examples on both platforms that sent data to tracking companies, potentially violating children’s privacy law; the iOS apps sent less data over all.