Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman, Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2023 14:00:00 +0000
Plus: The FTC cracks down on GoodRx, Microsoft boots “verified” phishing scammers, researchers disclose EV charger vulnerabilities, and more.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2023 00:34:45 +0000
A popular military tool during the Cold War, spy balloons have since fallen out of favor—for good reason.
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Credit to Author: Matt Laslo| Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2023 12:30:00 +0000
As unsecured docs pile up, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is itching to overhaul the nation’s secret secret-sharing operation.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2023 22:07:45 +0000
Accidental revisions to a US Help Center page sparked confusion about the streamer’s next moves. But restrictions on account sharing are still coming soon.
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The ACLU and eight federal public defenders are asking the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to exclude mobile device location data obtained from Google via a so-called geofence warrant that helped law enforcement catch a bank robbery suspect.
The first geofence civil rights case to reach a federal court of appeals raises serious Fourth Amendment concerns against unreasonable search and seizure related to the location and personal information of mobile device users.
Geofence warrants have primarily been issued for Google to hand over data about every cell phone or other mobile device within a specific geographical region and timeframe. The problem: location data on every person carrying a mobile device in that area is scooped up in a wide net and their data is then handed over en masse to law enforcement.
Apple appears to have been given yet another set of reasons to expand its legal team as the US National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) calls for antitrust action to force Apple and Google to make big changes to their mobile app store business models.
NTIA is the principal advisor on telecommunications and Internet policy to the Biden administration. It argues that the way things are run at present may be “harmful,” arguing that Google’s and Apple’s “gatekeeper” positions may harm consumers by raising prices and reducing innovation.
Credit to Author: Mark Harris| Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2023 12:00:00 +0000
True Anomaly, a startup backed by US senator JD Vance’s VC firm, plans to launch prototype pursuit satellites on a SpaceX flight later this year.
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Credit to Author: Kate O’Flaherty| Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2023 12:00:00 +0000
January saw a slew of security patches for iOS, Chrome, Windows, and more.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 12:00:00 +0000
More than two years ago, criminals crippled the systems of London’s Hackney Council. It’s still fighting to recover.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg, Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2023 14:00:00 +0000
Plus: Hive ransomware gang gets knocked offline, FBI confirms North Korea stole $100 million, and more.
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