Weekly Axis Of Easy #38 In this issue: Apple will store iCloud private keys in China New Zealand spills the beans: releases full text of TPP Twitter purges thousands of “Russian bot” accounts, Conservatives scream “foul” Hackernoon: Your Facebook data is creepy as hell TIL that the Italian Government has an automated “tax snitch” software […]
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UK Police Commence “on-the-spot” Fingerprint Scanning
Weekly Axis Of Easy #37 In this issue: Belgian court orders Facebook to stop collecting personal data Google Chrome’s ad blocker may give preferential treatment to…Google US Federal judge rules embedding a tweet may be copyright infringement UK police commence “on-the-spot” fingerprint scanning. IRS scam has fraudsters posing as collection agency recovering bogus tax […]
Domain Hijack Strands Thousands Of Businesses
Weekly Axis Of Easy #36 In this issue: China to block overseas VPNs Domain hijack strands thousands of businesses Twitter’s mysterious astroturfing tools This little start-up sells hacks to government agencies WordPress update breaks WordPress updates China to block overseas VPNs At the end of March all non-Chinese VPN services will be blocked within China. […]
Firefox flaw allows remote code execution
Weekly Axis Of Easy #35 In this issue: YAAF0D: Yet Another Adobe Flash 0-Day Firefox flaw allows remote code execution Privacy app Telegram dropped from iTunes Store after content violation Bell Canada Data Breach (again) Google abandons “Fact Checking” system Cargill invests in facial recognition software – for bovines Welcome to Bitcoin’s Trough of Disillusionment […]
Supervillain Blofeld Warns: Facebook And Google Are A Menace To Society
Weekly Axis Of Easy #34 In this issue: Supervillain Blofeld warns: Facebook and Google are a menace to humanity Should you be worried about being killed by a Slaughterbot? NSA deletes “honesty” from its list of core values Macleans: 2018 will be the year of cyberwar Canadian privacy watchdog on your rights to dispute search […]
NSA Has Deleted Data It Was Supposed To Preserve For A Lawsuit
Weekly Axis Of Easy #33 In this issue: NSA has deleted data it was supposed to preserve for a lawsuit Twitter notifies 677,775 users that they’ve interacted with Russian bots during election Concerns mounting over social media addictiveness and censorship Amazon opens first fully automated, unmanned grocery store City of Toronto counsellor advocates accepting Bitcoin […]
