Privacy, censorship, & security in the news.
Here are a collection of links to articles I have found about privacy, censorship, and securty that are worth a read! I can't possibly write articles covering all the news on these topics, but I can share some good articles from other websites with you here instead. Note that I occasionally find a decent article from a source I can't stand. In this case, I will run the link through "archive.today" so I don't send the site in question any traffic.
Kaseya Already Predicted REvil Attack?
July 11, 2021
"Here's what former employees claim. "
Read full article onTech Times
Amazon wants to monitor you SLEEPING as firm develops mystery radar device
July 10, 2021
"AMAZON was given the green light by federal regulators to deploy a radar sensor that monitors peoples’ sleeping. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Friday gave Amazon Inc. the go-ahead…"
Read full article onThe Sun
Did Microsoft Botch the PrintNightmare Patch? | SecurityWeek.Com
July 9, 2021
"Microsoft insists the latest Windows Print Spooler security update works as intended but researchers show code execution demos if certain capabilities are enabled."
Read full article onsecurityweek.com
Tor Encryption can Allegedly be Accessed by the NSA, Says Security Expert
July 9, 2021
"Can Tor be hacked? A security expert says NSA might be able to crack Tor's encryption!"
Read full article onTech Times
YouTube caught auto-censoring some comments that criticize China's propaganda pushers (again)
July 8, 2021
"The comments were being blacklisted within seconds of being posted and was reversed only when YouTube was questioned about it."
Read full article onReclaim The Net
'China Was Correct': Biden Advisor Applauds CCP-Style 'Monitoring And Speech Control' of Speech.
July 8, 2021
"A top legal advisor to President Joe Biden argued that the Chinese Communist Party's approach to internet freedom was "largely correct," insisting that the U.S. "government must play a large role" in the "monitoring and speech control" on Big Tech platforms."
Read full article onThe National Pulse
Microsoft Issues Emergency Patch for Windows Flaw – Krebs on Security
July 7, 2021
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Read full article onkrebsonsecurity.com
Kaspersky Password Manager Generated Passwords That Could Quickly Be Brute-Forced | SecurityWeek.Com
July 7, 2021
"A vulnerability in the Kaspersky Password Manager resulted in the created passwords being weak enough to allow an attacker to brute-force them in seconds"
Read full article onsecurityweek.com
Mozilla Does Not Respect Your Privacy
July 7, 2021
"Another facepalm-worthy moment or a dumb post from Mozilla; they’ve just missed an opportunity to keep quiet, instead writing about “DATA STEWARDSHIP” (they should reject data collection instead, but they hire surveillance capitalists and are funded by them, too)"
Read full article onTechrights
Facebook Will Now Ban Criticism of "Concepts, Institutions, Ideas, Practices, or Beliefs" When They Risk "Harm, Intimidation, or Discrimination" Against Religious, National, or Other Groups
July 7, 2021
"This includes "burning a national flag or religious texts, caricatures of religious figures, or criticism of ideologies.""
Read full article onReason.com