SS7, a mobile protocol that can be hacked to track users or intercept calls, remains flawed after decades due to the FCC's reliance on telecom industry advice
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Facebook says it will no longer allow advertisers to use its ethnic affinity marketing in housing, employment, and credit ads
but only for some ads Andrea Peterson / Washington Post : Facebook to stop allowing racially targeted ads for housing, employment, credit Luke Stangel / Silicon Valley Business Journal : Facebook prom...
Google launches Allo messaging app with Smart Reply and Google Assistant for iOS and Android
Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app Will Oremus / Slate : Google's New Messaging App Is “Smart.” But Should You Use It? Ann-Marie Alcántara / POPSUGAR : 3 Useful Features of Google's New...
Experts found critical flaws in systems behind Internet-connected doll Hello Barbie, which responded to kids' queries; ToyTalk has patched the major bugs
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Amazon forces resets of account passwords for some users, citing insecure password handling
here's how to make your account as safe as possible Jacob Demmitt / GeekWire : Amazon reportedly reset some customer passwords over security concerns Adnan Farooqui / Ubergizmo : Amazon Resets Passwor...
Researchers Create First Firmware Worm That Attacks Macs
Trammell Hudson's Projects Darlene Storm / Computerworld : Macs can be remotely infected with firmware malware that remains after reformatting JC Torres / SlashGear : These OS X malware are like zombi...
Founder of Silk Road drug marketplace Ross Ulbricht sentenced to life in prison, to forfeit $184M
A Post by Fernando Caudevilla … Dareh Gregorian / NY Daily News : Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht gets slammed with life sentence for running online drug bazaar Stefanie Jones / The Huffington Post : ...
FTC replaces Mobile Tech Unit with Office of Tech Research and Investigation to tackle broader issues like privacy, security, big data, payments, IoT
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President Obama's doomsday encryption scenario doesn't align with how the tech actually works
Andrea Peterson / Washington Post : Tweets: @kansasalps , @runasand , @kansasalps , @matthew_d_green and @headhntr Tweets: Andrea Peterson / @kansasalps : @jswatz How the tech works is still far more...