Congress Says Foreign Intel Services Could Abuse Ad Networks for Spying: A group of bipartisan lawmakers asked Google, Twitter, and others about the transfer of bidstream data to foreign entities. Reddit · 4 days ago
The Last Time the Suez Canal Was Blocked a Utopian Communist Micronation Was Formed at Sea Pinboard · 1 week ago
Activision warns PC players of Call of Duty: Warzone that a popular "cheat" is actually malware and installing it allows hackers to take over a user's machine Techmeme · 1 week ago
Pornhub releases its first transparency report, detailing its AI and human moderation efforts, and says it removed 653,465 pieces of content in 2020 Techmeme · 1 week ago
NASA Is Launching A $10 Billion ‘Time Machine’ – The James Webb Telescope Will Peer Farther Back Into The Universe’s History Than Ever Before And Is The "Ultimate Time Machine," Scientists Say. Reddit · 2 weeks ago
Troy Hunt claims that Carding Mafia, a forum for stealing and trading credit cards, has been hacked, exposing emails, usernames, and passwords for ~300K hackers Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Text routing firm Aerialink says that all major US cell carriers have closed an SMS loophole that allowed hackers to easily reroute a target's text messages Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Amazon drivers share photos of pee bottles after the company tweets "you don't really believe the peeing in bottles thing, do you?" to a congressman Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
The SEC confirms it is investigating SoftBank, according to the SEC's response to a FOIA request; SoftBank was alleged to be a "Nasdaq whale" last year Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Medium offers buyouts to everyone on its editorial staff, as it shifts focus from its own publications to supporting independent writers on its platform Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
Amazon Delivery Drivers Forced to Sign ‘Biometric Consent’ Form or Lose Job | The new cameras, which are being implemented nationwide, use artificial intelligence to access drivers’ location, movement, and biometric data. Reddit · 3 weeks ago
Facebook Helped the FBI Hack a Child Predator | Facebook paid a cybersecurity firm six figures to develop a zero-day in Tails to identify a man who extorted and threatened girls. Reddit · 3 weeks ago
NLRB docs show it filed a federal complaint against Amazon after a probe found Amazon illegally questioned and threatened a leader of Amazon walkouts in Queens Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
As videos from court hearings on Zoom go viral, a look at the debate over the privacy of citizens in those videos and judicial transparency on the internet Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
Disabled internet users say accessibility service AccessiBe, used by 120K+ sites, and others make sites less usable and use the fear of lawsuits to drive sales Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
Cars Have Your Location. This Spy Firm Wants to Sell It to the U.S. Military – VICE Reddit · 3 weeks ago
Hacker pays a company called Sakari $16 to reroute a reporters' texts, using SMS 2FA to break into accounts and showing the need for regulation of SMS tools Techmeme · 4 weeks ago
US DOJ indicts CEO of encrypted phone company Sky for selling devices to drug traffickers, the second such company to face charges after Phantom Secure Techmeme · 4 weeks ago
Researcher publishes a proof of concept on GitHub that uses vulnerabilities exploited by hackers to breach Microsoft Exchange servers; GitHub deleted the code Techmeme · 4 weeks ago
Military Unit Conducting Drone Strikes Bought Location Data from Ordinary Apps Hacker News · 1 month ago
Emails show US surveillance company Flock has rolled out a nationwide network of cameras with AI-powered license plate reading tech via 500+ police departments Techmeme · 1 month ago
How the Government Spies on Welfare Claimants | The UK government uses invasive data gathering techniques to try and prove that people claiming benefits are actually living lavish lifestyles. Reddit · 1 month ago
Some schools and organizations are abandoning exam monitoring software made by Proctorio amid a barrage of complaints from students over privacy Techmeme · 1 month ago
Amazon-owned Twitch bans Amazon's anti-union ads, saying they should never have been allowed to run on the service Techmeme · 1 month ago
McDonald’s Secretive Intel Team Spies on ‘Fight for $15’ Workers, Internal Documents Show Reddit · 1 month ago
Researchers say a change in iOS 14.5 beta, which improves how iOS handles pointers, makes sandbox escapes and "0-click" attacks much harder to pull off Techmeme · 2 months ago
Scientists Achieve Real-Time Communication with Lucid Dreamers in Breakthrough Hacker News · 2 months ago
Uber Shuts Down App That Told Drivers If Uber Underpaid Them – Uber got UberCheats removed from Google, claiming the app infringed its trademark on the word ‘Uber.’ Reddit · 2 months ago
FCC launches the Broadband Data Task Force to collect data and develop more precise maps of US broadband availability, which currently rely on ISP-provided data Techmeme · 2 months ago
Researcher finds one of the first examples of malware written to run natively on Apple's M1 chips; the GoSearch22 adware installs itself as a Safari extension Techmeme · 2 months ago
Multiple Beverly Hills PD officers now weaponizing copyright against streaming Hacker News · 2 months ago
California's Fair Political Practices Commission proposes to fine Lyft $3,371 for failing to properly disclose what it paid for ads supporting Prop 22 Techmeme · 2 months ago
Police officers in Beverly Hills have played licensed music while being filmed by citizens, seemingly in an effort to trigger social networks' copyright filters Techmeme · 2 months ago