YouTube Unleashed a Conspiracy Theory Boom. Can It Be Contained? - The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/19/technology/youtube-conspiracy-stars.html

YouTube’s stars are primarily homegrown, and many feel — not entirely unreasonably — that after years of encouraging them to build their audiences with viral stunts and baseless rumor-mongering, the platform is now changing the rules on them.

Nike’s self-lacing sneakers turn into bricks after faulty firmware update - Ars Technica

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/02/my-left-shoe-wont-even-reboot-faulty-app-bricks-nike-smart-sneakers/

“My left shoe won’t even reboot.”

Er fake news-festen over nå? – BT

https://www.bt.no/btmeninger/kommentar/i/4dpnMq/Er-fake-news-festen-over-na

Konklusjonen er at selskapet rett og slett har sviktet på alle plan

Britenes oppsummering er mørk. De mener demokratiet er under angrep, og at Facebook er et viktig verktøy for de destruktive kreftene.

2.7 million patient calls to Swedish healthcare hotline left unprotected online

https://thenextweb.com/eu/2019/02/18/2-7-million-patient-calls-to-swedish-healthcare-hotline-left-unprotected-online/

170,000 hours of incredibly sensitive calls were stored on an open web server without any encryption or authentication, leaving personal information completely exposed for anyone with a web browser.

Stempler Facebook som «digitale gangstere» – NRK Urix

https://www.nrk.no/urix/stempler-facebook-som-_digitale-gangstere_-1.14437301

I rapporten anklager den tverrpolitiske mediekomiteen Facebook for å ha satt demokratiet i fare fordi de har eksponert brukerne sine for desinformasjon spesielt i forbindelse med valg.

Your Smart Light Can Tell Amazon and Google When You Go to Bed - Bloomberg

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-12/your-smart-light-can-tell-amazon-and-google-when-you-go-to-bed

The tech giants are demanding a continuous stream of customer information from smart-home manufacturers, prompting privacy concerns. 

Countries With Zero Rating Have More Expensive Wireless Broadband Than Countries Without It - Electronic Frontier Foundation

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/02/countries-zero-rating-have-more-expensive-wireless-broadband-countries-without-it

When an ISP decides to exempt certain applications or services from cutting into a user’s data cap, that’s zero rating.

How Hackers and Scammers Break into iCloud-Locked iPhones - Motherboard

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8xyq8v/how-to-unlock-icloud-stolen-iphone

In a novel melding of physical and cybercrime, hackers, thieves, and even independent repair companies are finding ways to “unlock iCloud” from iPhones.

Visma utsatt for datainnbrudd av Kinesisk etterretning - Bergens Tidende

https://www.bt.no/nyheter/innenriks/i/J1mGO7/Norske-Visma-utsatt-for-datainnbrudd-fra-Kina

[en del av] et stort dataangrep fra Kinas sikkerhetsdepartement i desember, med mål om å stjele forretningshemmeligheter.

fikk tilgang til krypterte brukernavn og passord til de interne systemene, men ikke kundesystemet.

PST advarer: – Vær oppmerksom på Huawei – NRK Norge

https://www.nrk.no/norge/pst-advarer_-_-vaer-oppmerksom-pa-huawei-1.14414252

PST peker på Kina og Russland som cybertrusler, og ber myndighetene holde et øye med den kinesiske telegiganten Huawei.