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1. Roku forcing 2-factor authentication after 2 breaches of 600K accounts

   By Karlston, April 19, 2024   

   • roku
   • breach
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   • April 19, 2024

2. Welcome to the age of paranoia as deepfakes and scams abound

   By Karlston, May 13   

   • deepfakes
   • scams
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     • scams
     • ai
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   • May 13

3. Users ditch Glassdoor, stunned by site adding real names without consent

   By Karlston, March 20, 2024   

   • privacy
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   • March 20, 2024

4. Backdoor found in widely used Linux utility breaks encrypted SSH connections

   By Karlston, March 30, 2024   

   • linux
   • backdoor
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   • March 30, 2024

5. Unpatchable vulnerability in Apple chip leaks secret encryption keys

   By Karlston, March 21, 2024   

   • apple
   • vulnerability
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   • March 21, 2024

6. Can a $10 Raspberry Pi break your PC’s disk encryption? It’s complicated.

   By Karlston, February 13, 2024
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   • February 13, 2024

7. AI-powered romantic chatbots are a privacy nightmare

   By Karlston, February 15, 2024   

   • ai chatbots
   • privacy
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   • February 15, 2024

8. Encrypted email service Skiff gets acquired, will shut down in six months

   By Karlston, February 14, 2024
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   • February 14, 2024

9. Ambient light sensors can reveal your device activity. How big a threat is it?

   By Karlston, January 23, 2024
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   • January 23, 2024

10. How a 27-year-old busted the myth of Bitcoin’s anonymity

    By Karlston, January 18, 2024   

    • bitcoin
    • privacy
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    • January 18, 2024

11. SSH protects the world’s most sensitive networks. It just got a lot weaker

    By Karlston, December 20, 2023   

    • ssh
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    • December 20, 2023

12. Hackers stole ancestry data of 6.9 million users, 23andMe finally confirmed

    By Karlston, December 5, 2023
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    • December 5, 2023

13. Just about every Windows and Linux device vulnerable to new LogoFAIL firmware attack

    By Karlston, December 6, 2023
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    • December 6, 2023

14. Researchers come up with better idea to prevent AirTag stalking

    By Karlston, December 28, 2023   

    • apple
    • airtag
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    • December 28, 2023

15. After luring customers with low prices, Amazon stuffs Fire TVs with ads

    By Karlston, November 9, 2023   

    • smart tv
    • ads
    • 1 comment
    • 898 views
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    • Comment by Karlston
    • November 9, 2023

16. In a first, cryptographic keys protecting SSH connections stolen in new attack

    By Karlston, November 13, 2023
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    • November 13, 2023

17. iPhones [and iPads] have been exposing their unique MAC despite Apple’s promises otherwise

    By Karlston, October 27, 2023
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    • October 27, 2023

18. Hackers can force iOS and macOS browsers to divulge passwords and much more

    By Karlston, October 26, 2023
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    • October 26, 2023

19. Apple releases iOS 16.7.2 and iOS 15.8 security updates to patch old hardware

    By Karlston, October 26, 2023
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    • October 26, 2023

20. Researchers show how easy it is to defeat AI watermarks

    By Karlston, October 3, 2023
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    • October 3, 2023

21. Stealthy Linux rootkit found in the wild after going undetected for 2 years

    By aum, December 8, 2023
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    • December 8, 2023

22. Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024

    By Karlston, November 22, 2023   

    • google chrome
    • adblockers
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    • 808 views
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    • November 22, 2023

23. Elon Musk’s X botched an attempt to replace “twitter.com” links with “x.com”

    By Karlston, April 12, 2024   

    • twitter/x
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    • April 12, 2024

24. Google announces new algorithm that makes FIDO encryption safe from quantum computers

    By Karlston, August 19, 2023   

    • google
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    • 756 views
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    • August 19, 2023

25. Sites scramble to block ChatGPT web crawler after instructions emerge

    By Karlston, August 12, 2023
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    • 936 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 12, 2023