Tesla Model 3 Stolen From Mall of America Using Only a Smartphone - The Drive
http://www.thedrive.com/tech/23599/tesla-stolen-from-mall-of-america-using-only-a-smartphone
A little bit of social engineering can go a long way.
How the Weather Channel Made That Insane Hurricane Florence Storm Surge Animation – WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/weather-channel-hurricane-florence-storm-surge-graphic/
It fills in the gaps of your imagination, and hopefully underscores for anyone in a flood zone all the reasons they should not be.
GCHQ data collection regime violated human rights, court rules – The Guardian
GCHQ’s methods for bulk interception of online communications violated privacy and failed to provide sufficient surveillance safeguards, the European court of human rights has ruled.
Sykehuset måtte avbryte narkose fordi PC ble oppdatert – NRK
https://www.nrk.no/ostfold/sykehuset-matte-avbryte-narkose-fordi-pc-ble-oppdatert-1.14206040
PC-en som ble brukt begynte automatisk å oppdatere programvaren midt i undersøkelsen, som derfor måtte avbrytes fordi sykehuset ikke hadde en reserve-PC tilgjengelig.
How social media took us from Tahrir Square to Donald Trump - MIT Technology Review
To understand how digital technologies went from instruments for spreading democracy to weapons for attacking it, you have to look beyond the technologies themselves.
As Germans Seek News, YouTube Delivers Far-Right Tirades - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/07/world/europe/youtube-far-right-extremism.html
the platform’s recommendation system consistently directed people toward extremist videos on the riots — then on to far-right videos on other subjects.
Dozens of popular iPhone apps caught sending user location data to monetization firms – TechCrunch
To name a few: ASKfm, NOAA Weather Radar, Homes.com, Perfect365
Hacking a Prince, an Emir and a Journalist to Impress a Client - NYTimes
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/31/world/middleeast/hacking-united-arab-emirates-nso-group.html
leaked documents and emails that directly challenge the company’s repeated assertions that it is not responsible for any illegal surveillance conducted by the governments that buy its spyware.
Swedish Study Notes Surge in Automated Twitter Accounts - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/08/30/world/europe/ap-eu-sweden-elections-twitter.html
The FOI agency noted that “it is 40 percent more common that the bots express support for the Swedish Democrats compared to what genuine accounts do.”