Collaborate Disseminate
This story seems straightforward. A city is the victim of a ransomware attack. They repeatedly lie to the media about the severity of the breach. A security researcher repeatedly proves their statements to be lies. The city gets mad and sues the resear… Continue reading Security Researcher Sued for Disproving Government Statements
Eufy cameras claim to be local only, but upload data to the cloud. The company is basically lying to reporters, despite being shown evidence to the contrary. The company’s behavior is so egregious that ReviewGeek is no longer recommending them.
This will be interesting to watch. If Eufy can ignore security researchers and the press without there being any repercussions in the market, others will follow suit. And we will lose public shaming as an incentive to improve security.
After further testing, we’re not seeing the VLC streams begin based solely on the camera detecting motion. We’re not sure if that’s a change since yesterday or something I got wrong in our initial report. It does appear that Eufy is making changes—it appears to have removed access to the method we were using to get the address of our streams, although an address we already obtained is still working…
The facts aren’t news, but Zoom will pay $85M — to the class-action attorneys, and to users — for lying to users about end-to-end encryption, and for giving user data to Facebook and Google without consent.
The proposed settlement would generally give Zoom users $15 or $25 each and was filed Saturday at US District Court for the Northern District of California. It came nine months after Zoom agreed to security improvements and a “prohibition on privacy and security misrepresentations” in a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, but the FTC settlement didn’t include compensation for users…
Let The Doublespeak Commence, Me Hearties!
Via the expert scrivening of Shaun Nichols of El Reg. h/t
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When the next pandemic strikes, we’ll be fighting it on two fronts. The first is the one you immediately think about: understanding the disease, researching a cure and inoculating the population. The second is new, and one you might not have thought much about: fighting the deluge of rumors, misinformation and flat-out lies that will appear on the internet. The… Continue reading Fake News and Pandemics
When the next pandemic strikes, we’ll be fighting it on two fronts. The first is the one you immediately think about: understanding the disease, researching a cure and inoculating the population. The second is new, and one you might not have thought mu… Continue reading Fake News and Pandemics
I just noticed this bit from the incredibly weird story of the Chinese woman arrested at Mar-a-Lago: Secret Service agent Samuel Ivanovich, who interviewed Zhang on the day of her arrest, testified at the hearing. He stated that when another agent put Zhang’s thumb drive into his computer, it immediately began to install files, a "very out-of-the-ordinary" event that he… Continue reading Hey Secret Service: Don’t Plug Suspect USB Sticks into Random Computers
Does nearly four times that figure float your boat Mom and Dad? When will Mark Zuckerberg and Company cease the BS? via Kieren McCarthy, writing at El Reg, comes the truth.
One more thing, remember that when using Instagram, your data is fully availa… Continue reading Facebookery: Remember When They Said 5% Of Banned App Users Were Kids? The Truth Is Very, Very Different
Good essay on the security risks — to democratic discourse — of chatbots…. Continue reading Security Risks of Chatbots
The 1Password password manager has just introduced "travel mode," which allows you to delete your stored passwords when you’re in other countries or crossing borders: Your vaults aren’t just hidden; they’re completely removed from your devices … Continue reading 1Password’s Travel Mode