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Florida skips gun background checks for a year after employee forgets login

Posted on June 12, 2018 by Lisa Vaas

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services stopped using the FBI’s crime database in February 2016 because an employee couldn’t log in. Continue reading Florida skips gun background checks for a year after employee forgets login→

Posted in background checks, fbi, Florida, Law & order, National Instant Criminal Background Check System, NICs, password managers

Google: We won’t cause “overall harm” with our AI

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Lisa Vaas

After the Project Maven-inspired employee revolt, Google has released a set of AI principles and said it’s withdrawing from the contract.
Continue reading Google: We won’t cause “overall harm” with our AI→

Posted in ai, Alphabet, autonomous weapons, Don't be evil, Google, Killer Robots, Machine Learning, Pentagon, principles, Project Maven, Sundar Pichai, US Military

Welcome to the non-neutral net: Day one

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Lisa Vaas

Come Monday morning, when this article posts, net neutrality looks set to be axed. What might the dawn of a net neutrality-free future hold? Continue reading Welcome to the non-neutral net: Day one→

Posted in fcc, Federal Trade Commission, ISPs, Law & order, net neutrality, Paul Ryan, US House of Representatives

Busted by a Facebook ‘friend’ who’s an undercover cop? It’s legal!

Posted on June 8, 2018 by Lisa Vaas

Friending somebody means assuming the risk that they’re an undercover cop or informant. Continue reading Busted by a Facebook ‘friend’ who’s an undercover cop? It’s legal!→

Posted in Facebook, Fourth Amendment, Law & order, online privacy, privacy, Social networks

Facebook bug may have made 14m users’ posts public

Posted on June 8, 2018 by Lisa Vaas

Facebook’s been moving fast and breaking things again. Continue reading Facebook bug may have made 14m users’ posts public→

Posted in audience selector, Facebook, oversharing, privacy

Atlanta ransomware attack destroyed years of police dashcam video

Posted on June 8, 2018 by Lisa Vaas

Loss of dashcam footage could compromise investigations, including those concerned with driving under the influence (DUI) cases. Continue reading Atlanta ransomware attack destroyed years of police dashcam video→

Posted in Atlanta, Bitcoin, dashcam, Data loss, Government security, Law & order, Ransomware, SamSam

Hackable CloudPets pulled from Target, Walmart, Amazon and more

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Lisa Vaas

The stuffed toys are stuffed with security problems that we’ve known about for over a year. Continue reading Hackable CloudPets pulled from Target, Walmart, Amazon and more→

Posted in Amazon, Android, CloudPets, Data loss, Internet of Things, iOS, IoT, Mobile, Mozilla, privacy, target, Troy Hunt, Walmarts | Tagged Bluetooth, Toys

Norman the AI bot reads Reddit, becomes “psychopath”

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Lisa Vaas

You say tomato. I say tomahto. “Norman” would likely see a traffic fatality splattered on the asphalt. Continue reading Norman the AI bot reads Reddit, becomes “psychopath”→

Posted in ai, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, MIT Media Lab, norman, psycho, reddit, Rorschach

Microsoft faces wrath of developers after GitHub acquisition

Posted on June 6, 2018 by Lisa Vaas

Microsoft’s come a long way in the past 10 years, since former chief Steve Ballmer called open-source a malignant cancer. Continue reading Microsoft faces wrath of developers after GitHub acquisition→

Posted in acquisition, Azure, github, GitLab, linux, Microsoft, open-source

Facebook defends practice of giving deep data access to device makers

Posted on June 5, 2018 by Lisa Vaas

They’re not “outsiders,” Facebook says. They’re part of Facebook, helping to make Facebook play nicely with their devices. Continue reading Facebook defends practice of giving deep data access to device makers→

Posted in cambridge analytica, consent decree, Data loss, device makers, Facebook, Federal Trade Commission, ftc, mark zuckerberg, phone makers, PII, privacy

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