Checkm8 creator says his iPhone exploit requires physical device access and lacks persistence after reboot, but will make jailbreaking more accessible and safer
Unpatchable vulnerability is a game-changer that even Apple will be unable to stop. — Often, when new iOS jailbreaks become public, the event is bitter-sweet.
Researcher claims he found “a permanent unpatchable bootrom exploit” for iOS devices with A5 to A11 chips, enabling jailbreaks for iPhone 4S to X, releases code
New jailbreak will work on iPhones 4S up to iPhone 8 and X. — A security researcher has released today …
[Thread] New UK-US treaty grants UK courts options similar to those of the US for obtaining message content, but won't change the status quo on E2E encryption
It's really early on a Sunday, so while I sip my coffee I'm also going to try to clear up a lot of confusion about the CLOUD Act created by poor reporting by The Times (of London) and Bloomberg. Here ...
Sen. Warren proposes to reinstate Office of Technology Assessment, created in 1970s to help Congress legislate on science and tech; OTA was dissolved in 1990s
one of the reasons Congress is so bad at tech is that it literally doesn't employ anyone whose job it is to figure it out. https://www.theverge.com/... Lukasz Olejnik / @lukolejnik : One US presidenti...
Google says that YouTube Music will be preinstalled on all new Android 9 and Android 10 devices, replacing Google Play Music
Behind-the-scenes, Google requires hardware manufacturers to preinstall certain apps to get access to other first-party services.
Latest beta version of Spotify's app now lets iOS 13.1 users play songs, albums, and playlists using Siri
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How NSA and US Cyber Command undertook the largest and longest offensive cyber operation in US military history to disrupt ISIS's media operations in 2016
Toggle more options — The crowded room was awaiting one word: “Fire.” — Everyone was in uniform; there were scheduled briefings …
Ring cameras, while helping to reduce crimes, also normalize constant property monitoring, and make people fearful of living in their own communities
Consumer surveillance cameras are everywhere now, and they're capturing moments we otherwise would never know have happened.
AI research increasingly requires datacenter-scale computation, raising concerns that only a few big tech companies will dominate advances in the field
Each big step of progress in computing — from mainframe to personal computer to internet to smartphone — has opened opportunities …
Netflix is experimenting in India with making the first episode of its latest Indian original series available to non-subscribers, amid growing competition
Netflix is making available the first episode of its latest India original series ‘Bard Of Blood’ to non-members in the country for a limited time … Tweets: @refsrc , @sub8u , @shukla_tarun , and @tsu...
A profile of Denmark-based independent consumer review platform Trustpilot, which has raised €162M and has 65M reviews of businesses worldwide
With 65m reviews, Trustpilot is learning to spot the fakes and fight back with the help of algorithms. — Would you ever book an Airbnb stay without checking the scores of the host? Tweets: @mimibill...
2019 Defcon Voting Village findings reveal detailed vulnerabilities related to six models of voting machines, most of which are still in use
and they paint an ugly picture for voting machine security. https://www.wired.com/... @verifiedvoting : How do we make our election infrastructure as secure as possible? By having voter-marked paper b...
UK-based digital wealth management company Moneyfarm raises £36M Series C, says its assets under management grew 80%+ YoY to £734M in 2018
Q&A with computer scientist Stephanie Wehner, who is leading the Quantum Internet Alliance, an EU effort to build a network for transmitting quantum information
The first data ever transmitted over Arpanet, the precursor of the internet, blipped from a computer at the University of California … Tweets: @sustainhistory , @nattyover , @yale_qi , and @quantamaga...
Influencer marketing ad spend on Instagram reportedly grew to $265M in North America in Q1 2019, up 62% YoY, threatening the platform's originality and appeal
The draw of 1 billion monthly users has spawned an aggressive behind-the-scenes advertising economy that threatens the site's originality and appeal Tweets: @mdudas , @wsj , @_danielsinclair , @sub8u ...
Snowden's revelations exposed the breadth and scale of NSA's surveillance and likely contributed to the NSA losing a significant portion of its capabilities
Edward Snowden recently released his memoirs. In some parts of the Internet, this has rekindled an ancient debate: namely, was it all worth it? Tweets: @shashj Tweets: Shashank Joshi / @shashj : “The...
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