Reddit client Apollo's developer says Reddit plans to charge $12K for 50M API requests and that he would need to pay $20M per year to keep operating the app
and that's a problem for everyone Nadeem Sarwar / SlashGear : Reddit Joins Twitter In Squeezing Devs With Unreasonable Fees John Gruber / Daring Fireball : Reddit API Pricing Would Cost Apollo Develop...
Apple expands App Store ads from the Search tab and Search results to the App Store's Today homepage and individual app pages
ads on individual app pages—shows lawmakers and regulators must press ahead Mike Peterson / AppleInsider : Apple testing new App Store ad placements very soon Nick Heer / Pixel Envy : Apple Adding Ads...
At an all-hands, Zuckerberg said Kenosha Guard's Page remained online after the shooting due to “an operational mistake” as some staff questioned his leadership
🌊 Technically soup Jack Morse / Mashable : Mark Zuckerberg blames Facebook contractors for Kenosha militia fiasco John Gruber / Daring Fireball : Facebook's Kenosha Guard Militia Event Was Reported 45...
Researcher discloses zero-day exploit in Zoom's Mac client that lets any malicious site force a user into a Zoom call with video enabled without user permission
“'A little less creepy' is still creepy.” Dan Goodin / Ars Technica : Zoom for Mac makes it too easy for hackers to access webcams. Here's what to do Nicole Nguyen / BuzzFeed News : The Zoom Desktop A...
China's border guards close to Xinjiang install Android malware on tourists' devices that scans for 70K+ files and downloads texts, calendar entries, phone logs
An APK Chinese authorities load onto the Android phones … Pierluigi Paganini / Security Affairs : China installs a surveillance app on tourists' phones while crossing in the Xinjiang Harper Neidig / T...
Some popular apps send sensitive info to Facebook via the company's analytics SDK, such as a user's heart rate, intent to get pregnant, and home listings viewed
Rise of ‘Surveillance Capitalism,’ China and Iran Go Hacking, Facebook as ‘Digital Gangster’ NBC News : Use an app to track your period? That data and more could end up with Facebook, WSJ reports John...
Investigation shows how easy and affordable it is to obtain cellphone customers' real-time location data, as T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T peddle it to middlemen
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, China Edition Jon Fingas / Engadget : It's way too easy for bounty hunters to get your phone location data Yoni Heisler / BGR : Bombshell report reveals how location da...
Researchers find alarming number of Macs remain vulnerable to stealthy hacks due to outdated EFI firmware; Windows and Linux PCs are also likely at risk
Even With Updated Software Bryan Clark / The Next Web : Report: Countless PCs vulnerable to newly discovered firmware attack [Update] Paul Wagenseil / Tom's Guide : Many Macs Can Be Hacked by Firmware...
Andy Rubin apologizes for email, misconfigured as a group message, sent to Essential customers requesting personal info, like DOB, to which ~70 replied
now it might have accidentally phished them Sam Rutherford / Gizmodo : Essential's Shipping Issues Have Gone From Bad to Train Wreck Sean Hollister / CNET : Essential admits it accidentally leaked cus...
Facebook starts testing opt-in end-to-end encryption in Messenger; chats visible on one device on each end, messages can self-destruct after a pre-set time
but there's a catch Evan Selleck / iPhone Hacks : Facebook Messenger Testing Secret Conversations with End-to-End Encryption Adrian Diaconescu / Pocketnow : Facebook Messenger kicks off end-to-end enc...