Apple knew AirDrop users could be identified and tracked as early as 2019, researchers say https://edition.cnn.com/2024/01/12/tech/china-apple-airdrop-user-encryption-vulnerability-hnk-intl/index.html
How To Change Your Google Maps Settings After Street View Warning https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2024/01/11/new-google-maps-warning-for-iphone-android-windows-and-chrome-users/?sh=15af734f536c
Daughter of George Carlin horrified someone cloned her dad with AI for hour special https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/12/george_carlin_comedian_cloned/
EFF Asks Court to Uphold Federal Law That Protects Online Video Viewers’ Privacy and Free Expression https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/01/eff-asks-court-uphold-federal-law-protects-online-video-viewers-privacy-and-free
US intelligence wants to autonomously re-identify & map objects from videos, sensors https://sociable.co/government-and-policy/us-intelligence-autonomously-reidentify-map-objects-videos-sensors/
AirDrop ‘Cracked’ By Chinese Authorities to Identify Senders https://www.macrumors.com/2024/01/09/airdrop-cracked-chinese-authorities/
US Supreme Court rejects X Corp’s surveillance disclosure challenge https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-supreme-court-rejects-x-144342353.html
FTC bans X-Mode from selling phone location data, and orders firm to delete collected data https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/09/ftc-x-mode-ban-delete-location-data/
Facebook ‘Link History’ tracks more than you think: Here is how to disable it https://www.siasat.com/facebook-link-history-tracks-more-heres-how-to-disable-it-2950188/
Police must return phones after 175 million passcode guesses, judge says https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/police-must-return-phones-after-175-million-passcode-guesses-judge-says
This porn company makes millions by shaming porn consumers https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-12-12/column-this-porn-company-makes-millions-by-shaming-porn-consumers
The fall of Firefox: Mozilla’s once-popular web browser slides into irrelevance https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/networking/the-fall-of-firefox-mozillas-once-popular-web-browser-slides-into-irrelevance/
Congress extends controversial government spy program for 2024 https://mashable.com/article/biden-congress-renews-foreign-intelligence-surveillance-act