https://www.wired.com/story/malware-dna-hack/
encode malicious software into physical strands of DNA, so that when a gene sequencer analyzes it the resulting data becomes a program that corrupts gene-sequencing software and takes control of the underlying computer.
https://www.nrk.no/norge/smartklokken-reddet-toralv-lordag-natt-1.14412266
Natt til lørdag falt Toralv Østvang (67) hardt i badegulvet alene på Hamar. En knapp halvtime senere fant politiet ham blodig og bevisstløs. De hadde fått beskjed av smartklokken rundt håndleddet hans.
https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/30/googles-also-peddling-a-data-collector-through-apples-back-door/
It looks like Facebook was not the only one abusing Apple’s system for distributing employee-only apps to sidestep the App Store and collect extensive data on users.
how former U.S. government hackers have employed state-of-the-art cyber-espionage tools on behalf of a foreign intelligence service that spies on human rights activists, journalists and political rivals.
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/30/18203551/apple-facebook-blocked-internal-ios-apps
The shutdown comes in response to news that Facebook has been using Apple’s program for internal app distribution to track teenage customers with a “research” app.
https://nrkbeta.no/2019/01/30/facebook-har-i-en-arrekke-betalt-tenaringer-for-a-fa-spionere-pa-dem/
Appen installerte et såkalt rotsertifikat
Dette betyr blant annet at Facebook har kunne se hvilke nettsider tenåringene surfet på og hva de skrev i private chatmeldinger.
https://www.propublica.org/article/facebook-blocks-ad-transparency-tools
A number of organizations […] have developed tools to let the public see exactly how Facebook users are being targeted by advertisers.
Now, Facebook has quietly made changes to its site that stop those efforts.
https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/29/facebook-project-atlas/
Facebook has been secretly paying people to install a “Facebook Research” VPN that lets the company suck in all of a user’s phone and web activity, similar to Facebook’s Onavo app that Apple banned in June
Employees offered bonuses to steal rival tech, prosecutors say
CFO allegedly lied to banks about Huawei’s business in Iran
https://www.lawfareblog.com/evaluating-gchq-exceptional-access-proposal
On the other side of this debate is pretty much all technologists working in computer security and cryptography, who argue that adding eavesdropping features fundamentally makes those systems less secure.