https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/14/facebook-photo-bug/
The bug allowed apps users had approved to pull their timeline photos to also receive their Facebook Stories, Marketplace photos, and most worryingly, photos they’d uploaded to Facebook but never shared.
https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/11/microsoft-login-bug-hijack-office-accounts/
A string of bugs when chained together created the perfect attack to gain access to someone’s Microsoft account — simply by tricking a user into clicking a link.
https://gizmodo.com/u-s-customs-fails-to-delete-personal-data-after-electr-1831006534
regularly leaving the personal data of travelers on USB drives.
Eremets and his colleagues say they have observed lanthanum hydride (LaH10) superconducting at the sweltering temperature of 250 K, or –23 °C.
https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/10/18134541/google-plus-privacy-api-data-leak-developers
the new vulnerability impacted 52.5 million users, who could have had profile information like their name, email address, occupation, and age exposed […] even if their account was set to private.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/10/yuval-noah-harari-technology-tyranny/568330/
Artificial intelligence could erase many practical advantages of democracy, and erode the ideals of liberty and equality. It will further concentrate power among a small elite if we don’t take steps to stop it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/10/technology/prevent-location-data-sharing.html
Unlike iPhones, Android phones don’t allow you to restrict an app’s access to your location to just the moments when you’re using it.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/10/business/location-data-privacy-apps.html
Dozens of companies use smartphone locations to help advertisers and even hedge funds. They say it’s anonymous, but the data shows how personal it is.