Spyware Vendor Hacked
September 1 2023A Brazilian spyware app vendor was hacked by activists:
In an undated note seen by TechCrunch, the unnamed hackers described how they found and exploited several security vulnerabilities that...
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Own Your Own Government Surveillance Van
August 31 2023A used government surveillance van is for sale in Chicago:
So how was this van turned into a mobile spying center? Well, let’s start with how it has more...
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When Apps Go Rogue
August 30 2023Interesting story of an Apple Macintosh app that went rogue. Basically, it was a good app until one particular update…when it went bad.
With more official macOS features added...
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Identity Theft from 1965 Uncovered through Face Recognition
August 29 2023Interesting story:
Napoleon Gonzalez, of Etna, assumed the identity of his brother in 1965, a quarter century after his sibling’s death as an infant, and used the stolen identity...
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Remotely Stopping Polish Trains
August 28 2023Turns out that it’s easy to broadcast radio commands that force Polish trains to stop:
…the saboteurs appear to have sent simple so-called “radio-stop” commands via radio frequency to...
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Friday Squid Blogging: China’s Squid Fishing Ban Ineffective
August 26 2023China imposed a “pilot program banning fishing in parts of the south-west Atlantic Ocean from July to October, and parts of the eastern Pacific Ocean from September to...
Read moreHacking Food Labeling Laws
August 25 2023This article talks about new Mexican laws about food labeling, and the lengths to which food manufacturers are going to ensure that they are not effective. There are...
Read moreParmesan Anti-Forgery Protection
August 24 2023The Guardian is reporting about microchips in wheels of Parmesan cheese as an anti-forgery measure.
Read moreDecember’s Reimagining Democracy Workshop
August 23 2023Imagine that we’ve all—all of us, all of society—landed on some alien planet, and we have to form a government: clean slate. We don’t have any legacy systems from...
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