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Last Notes

2024-08-15 20:30:02

Your Gym Locker May Be Hackable
https://www.wired.com/story/electronic-locker-vulnerability/
#cybersecurity

2024-08-15 19:30:00

#AutoCanada discloses #cyberattack impacting internal #IT systems
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/autocanada-discloses-cyberattack-impacting-internal-it-systems/
#cybersecurity

2024-08-05 21:30:01

#DARPA suggests turning old #C #code automatically into #Rust – using #AI, of course
https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/03/darpa_c_to_rust/
#cybersecurity

2024-08-05 20:30:05

What’s ahead for #KOSA, an online safety act for minors, as it reaches #US House?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/03/kids-online-safety-act-senate
#privacy #surveillance #politics

2024-07-29 17:30:00

Automakers Sold Driver Data To #Insurance Companies For Next To Nothing
https://jalopnik.com/automakers-sold-driver-data-to-insurance-companies-for-1851606587
#privacy #politics #politics

2024-07-09 23:30:18

Chinese self-driving cars have quietly traveled 1.8 million miles on U.S. roads, collecting detailed data with cameras and lasers
https://fortune.com/2024/07/08/chinese-self-driving-cars-us-roads-data-collection-surveillance-national-security-concerns-investigation/
#privacy #surveillance #politics

2024-07-08 16:01:00

#Signal under fire for storing #encryption keys in #plaintext
https://stackdiary.com/signal-under-fire-for-storing-encryption-keys-in-plaintext/
#privacy #cybersecurity #FOSS #e2ee

2024-07-05 00:30:12

#OpenAI’s #ChatGPT #Mac app was storing conversations in plain text
https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/3/24191636/openai-chatgpt-mac-app-conversations-plain-text
#privacy #cybersecurity #Apple

2024-07-02 23:30:55

#Microsoft tells yet more customers their emails have been stolen
https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/01/infosec_in_brief/
#cybersecurity

2024-06-08 17:30:44

#EU Council Presidency’s Last-Ditch Effort For Mass Scanning Must Be Rejected
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/eu-council-presidents-last-ditch-effort-mass-scanning-must-be-rejected
#privacy #cybersecurity #ChatControl #surveillance

2024-06-06 23:00:41

The spies in your home: How #WiFi companies monitor your private life
https://proton.me/blog/wifi-surveillance
#privacy #VPN #ISP #surveillance

2024-06-03 17:30:13

#ThreatModeling for beginners
https://ente.io/blog/threat-modeling-101/
#privacy #cybersecurity #anonymity #Ente #FOSS #ThreatModel

2024-06-03 17:00:09

Protecting Children's Safety Requires #EndToEndEncryption
https://simplex.chat/blog/20240601-protecting-children-safety-requires-e2e-encryption.html
#privacy #cybersecurity #ChatControl #politics #Europe #e2ee #encryption #SimpleX

2024-05-31 20:30:54

Pirated #MicrosoftOffice delivers #malware cocktail on systems
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/pirated-microsoft-office-delivers-malware-cocktail-on-systems/
#cybersecurity #Microsoft

2024-05-27 18:00:07

#ArcBrowser's #Windows launch targeted by #GoogleAds #malvertising
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/arc-browsers-windows-launch-targeted-by-google-ads-malvertising/
#Arc #Google #advertising #cybersecurity

2024-05-06 23:00:13

New government app to sound alert if criminals are using your private information
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/new-government-app-to-sound-alert-if-criminals-are-using-your-private-information-20240503-p5fotx.html
#privacy #DataBreach #cybersecurity #IdentityTheft #Australia

2024-04-25 18:30:52

#GoogleMeet opens client-side encrypted calls to non #Google users
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-meet-opens-client-side-encrypted-calls-to-non-google-users/
#encryption #e2ee #cybersecurity #privacy