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Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday criticized the FCC on its response to Verizon’s throttling of firefighters’ data speeds as they battled a major wildfire in Northern California. “In a letter Friday, Senator Edward Markey and Congresswoman Anna Eshoo d… Continue reading FCC Criticized For Surrendering Power To Punish Verizon After Firefighters Got Throttled During Wildfire
First responders join a chorus of angry Americans tired of big telecom’s nonsense. Continue reading Pissed Off by Verizon, Firefighters Join the Fight to Restore Net Neutrality
The Wall Street Journal yesterday published an unsettling report that the owner of Yahoo, Verizon subsidiary Oath, has been quietly analysing the emails of its 200 million users to sell to advertisers. Continue reading Why Yahoo scanning user email is no cause for panic
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: A fire department whose data was throttled by Verizon Wireless while it was fighting California’s largest-ever wildfire has rejected Verizon’s claim that the throttling was just a customer service … Continue reading Fire Department Rejects Verizon’s ‘Customer Support Mistake’ Excuse For Throttling
Verizon has a long, ridiculous history of not understanding what “unlimited” means. Continue reading Verizon Incompetence and Greed Leaves Firefighters Throttled During Wildfire
Authorities in Santa Clara, Calif. have arrested and charged a 19-year-old area man on suspicion hijacking mobile phone numbers as part of a scheme to steal large sums of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The arrest is the third known law enforcement action this month targeting “SIM swappers,” individuals who specialize in stealing wireless phone numbers and hijacking online financial and social media accounts tied to those numbers. Continue reading Alleged SIM Swapper Arrested in California
This is the Shared Security Weekly Blaze for August 20, 2018 sponsored by Security Perspectives – Your Source for Tailored Security Awareness Training and Assessment Solutions and Silent Pocket. This episode was hosted by Tom… Continue reading The Shared Security Weekly Blaze – ATM Cashout Attacks, Mobile Phone Voicemail Security, Google Location Tracking
An entrepreneur and virtual currency investor is suing AT&T for $224 million, claiming the wireless provider was negligent when it failed to prevent thieves from hijacking his mobile account and stealing millions of dollars in cryptocurrencies. Increasingly frequent, high-profile attacks like these are prompting some experts to say the surest way to safeguard one’s online accounts may be to disconnect them from the mobile providers entirely. Continue reading Hanging Up on Mobile in the Name of Security
Fortnite players are told they’ll have to disable a security setting on Android, the FCC finally admits that it wasn’t hit by a DDoS attack, and Verizon’s VPN smallprint raises privacy concerns.
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest ed… Continue reading Smashing Security #090: Fortnite for Android, and the FCC’s DDoS BS
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Verizon “grossly overstated” its 4G LTE coverage in government filings, potentially preventing smaller carriers from obtaining funding needed to expand coverage in underserved rural areas, a trade … Continue reading Verizon ‘Grossly Overstated’ Its 4G LTE Coverage In Government Filings, Trade Group Says