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1 week ago | 
technewstube.com | Matt Burgess
The open source software easyjson is used by the US government and American companies. But its ties to Russia’s VK, whose CEO has been sanctioned, have researchers sounding the alarm.
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1 week ago | 
wired.com | Matt Burgess
Since Russian troops invaded Ukraine more than three years ago, Russian technology companies and executives have been widely sanctioned for supporting the Kremlin. That includes Vladimir Kiriyenko, the son of one of Vladimir Putin’s top aides and the CEO of VK Group, which runs VK, Russia’s Facebook equivalent that has increasingly shifted towards the regime’s repressive positioning.
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1 week ago | 
flipboard.com | Matt Burgess
NowAmerica’s Android and iPhone users are under attack from a plague of dangerous text messages driven by organized Chinese gangs. The FBI has warned that such scams are sweeping the country “state to state,” and thus far no network or phone maker has been able to stem the tide. This is not getting …
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1 week ago | 
technewstube.com | Matt Burgess |Lily Hay Newman
Plus: France blames Russia for a series of cyberattacks, the US is taking steps to crack down on a gray market allegedly used by scammers, and Microsoft pushes the password one step closer to death.
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1 week ago | 
wired.com | Matt Burgess |Lily Hay Newman |Dhruv Mehrotra
Researchers unveiled a cluster of vulnerabilities in Apple’s wireless media streaming platform AirPlay this week that leave millions of third-party devices like speakers and TVs vulnerable to takeover if an attacker is on the same Wi-Fi network as the victim gadget. These “AirBorne” vulnerabilities have all been patched—including some that potentially impacted Apple’s Mac computers—but, in practice, third-party devices may not all get fixes, and even if they do, patch adoption could be low.
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1 week ago | 
wired.jp | Matt Burgess
過去10年ほどの間に、暗号化通信は世界共通の標準になった。SignalやiMessage、WhatsAppといったアプリが毎日のように、標準の機能としてエンドツーエンド暗号化を利用し、膨大な数のメッセージ、写真、動画、通話などに関してプライバシーを保っている。また、ZoomやDiscordなど、オプションの機能として通信の保護を用意しているサービスもある。しかし、この技術が主流になったにもかかわらず、暗号化を弱体化しようとする以前からの試みは積み重なる一方だ。 この数カ月間、政府や法執行機関の間で暗号化を実質的に妨げようとする取り組みが急に勢いを増していると、プライバシー擁護派や専門家は警戒を強めている。なかでも最近の攻勢はとりわけ「露骨」に、近年の記憶にないほど容赦なくなってきたという。...
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2 weeks ago | 
technewstube.com | Matt Burgess |Andrew Couts
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2 weeks ago | 
wired.com | Matt Burgess |Andrew Couts
As the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration policy ramps up, people have started to seriously consider their privacy and security when crossing into the United States. That’s especially true when it comes to searches of travelers’ phones and other devices, which US Customs and Border Protection agents have broad authority to search.
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2 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Matt Burgess |Andrew Couts
6 hours agoTrump’s Diplomacy Gains Traction, Silences Sceptics – OpEdThe US President Donald Trump is a lone ranger in international arena and a self-confessed practitioner of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s absolute …19 hours agoYou're Probably Wasting Google Drive Space — Here's How to Fix It FastSave space on Google Drive without spending a dime. If your Google Drive is suddenly looking more packed than your summer vacation itinerary, you're not alone.
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2 weeks ago | 
cntraveler.com | Lily Hay Newman |Matt Burgess
Entering the United States has become more precarious since the start of the second Trump administration in January. There has been an apparent surge in both foreign visitors and US visa holders being detained, questioned, and even deported at the border. As the situation evolves, demand for flights from Canada and Europe has plummeted as people reevaluate their travel plans to the US.
