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Besides fixing an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability, the latest update for the iOS 17 branch offers a new feature to help you protect your accounts and sensitive information in case your iPhone gets stolen. Stolen Device Protection If enabled, … Continue reading Apple debuts new feature to frustrate iPhone thieves
Yasmine Ghania and Moira Wyton report: Cybersecurity experts are warning of “significant” data privacy risks after a Vancouver rape crisis centre told clients and donors a computer server containing their sensitive personal information and … Continue reading Theft of Vancouver rape crisis centre server containing sensitive data raises privacy concerns
Apple is rolling out a new “Stolen Device Protection” feature that seems well thought out:
When Stolen Device Protection is turned on, Face ID or Touch ID authentication is required for additional actions, including viewing passwords or passkeys stored in iCloud Keychain, applying for a new Apple Card, turning off Lost Mode, erasing all content and settings, using payment methods saved in Safari, and more. No passcode fallback is available in the event that the user is unable to complete Face ID or Touch ID authentication.
For especially sensitive actions, including changing the password of the Apple ID account associated with the iPhone, the feature adds a security delay on top of biometric authentication. In these cases, the user must authenticate with Face ID or Touch ID, wait one hour, and authenticate with Face ID or Touch ID again. However, Apple said there will be no delay when the iPhone is in familiar locations, such as at home or work…
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This is not about mass surveillance of mail, this is about the sorts of targeted surveillance the US Postal Inspection Service uses to catch mail thieves:
To track down an alleged mail thief, a US postal inspector used license plate reader technology, … Continue reading Surveillance by the US Postal Service
Chain-style bike locks are nice because they’re flexible, although they’re kinda limp – like a piece of boiled spaghetti. The Abus Goose Lock 6206K is different, in that it’s bendy but it holds its shape – more like a giant pipe cleaner.Continue Readin… Continue reading Malleable Abus Goose bike lock is firm yet flexible
While there are now a ton of high-tech bike headlights on the market, most of them are pretty similar to one another. The Guard X stands out, however, with features like an anti-theft alarm, changeable light colors, and a maximum output of 4,000 lumens… Continue reading 4,000-lumen Guard X bike light changes colors and thwarts thieves
Most of us probably have a vision of how “The Robots” will eventually rise up and deal humanity out of the game. We’ve all seen that movie, of course, and …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: September 10, 2023
PTI reports: A laptop containing confidential information was allegedly stolen from the offices of a private hospital’s blood bank, police here said on Tuesday. According to a complaint filed by Dr Sangeeta Agarwal, head of blood bank at the Fortis Mem… Continue reading Laptop containing confidential data stolen from blood bank of Gurugram hospital
Remember that time when the entire physics community dropped what it was doing to replicate the extraordinary claim that a room-temperature semiconductor had been discovered? We sure do, and if …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: August 13, 2023
There’s an update to the case involving the arrest of a married couple charged with laundering $4.5 billion in cryptocurrency stolen from Bitifinex in 2016. Ilya Lichtenstein, 35, and Heather Morgan, 33, from New York City pleaded guilty today to… Continue reading Husband and Wife Plead Guilty to Money Laundering Conspiracy Involving the Hack and Theft of Billions in Cryptocurrency