A former Apple contractor who acted as a whistleblower regarding the tech giant’s program to listen in on users’ Siri recordings has gone public. In a letter announcing his decision, which The Guardian reports was sent to European data regulators, Thomas le Bonniec said: “It is worrying that Apple (and undoubtedly not just Apple) keeps […]
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There’s No Telling What Data Facebook Will Collect if You Use Its Zoom Clone…
Earlier this month, Facebook debuted its group video chat offering, Messenger Rooms, to a world under widespread pandemic lockdown, one that’s in large part replaced face-to-face meetings with streamed conversations. The chief beneficiary of this shift, Zoom, has spent months as a punching bag for privacy advocates, so Facebook was quick to assure users that […]
Upcoming LIVE CHAT: This SpaceX / NASA Launch Is a Big Deal, Right? We’ll Ask an Astronaut Who Knows…
Next week is finally looking like the time when American astronauts return to the International Space Station on American rockets. For nearly a decade, NASA and the US space industry have been relying on Russia and its Soyuz rocket for rides to and from the ISS. But ever since NASA awarded Boeing, Sierra Nevada Corporation, […]
U.S. Secret Service: “Massive Fraud” Against State Unemployment Insurance Programs…
A well-organized Nigerian crime ring is exploiting the COVID-19 crisis by committing large-scale fraud against multiple state unemployment insurance programs, with potential losses in the hundreds of millions of dollars, according to a new alert issued by the U.S. Secret Service. A memo seen by KrebsOnSecurity that the Secret Service circulated to field offices around […]
Stunning Video Shows When TWENTY MILLION Rare Baby Turtles Crawl to Sea for First Time…
Stunning video from India has emerged that shows the “magical” moment when massive amounts of rare baby sea turtles crawled out to sea for the very first time after about 20 million eggs hatched. In a spectacular clip showing the event, masses of olive ridley sea turtles hatchlings can be seen making their way across […]
Senate Passes Bill Reauthorizing FISA Surveillance…
The Senate on Thursday passed an act that reauthorizes the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The act lets government investigators apply to a secretive court to spy on Americans. The program has widespread problems, the Department of Justice’s inspector general found earlier this year. The House passed the bill in March. Attorney General William Barr […]
Here Are the Navy Pilot Reports from Encounters with Mysterious Aircraft Off the East Coast…
Nearly one year ago, Navy fighter pilot testimony about a seemingly bizarre rash of encounters with unidentified craft flying in restricted airspace off the east coast hit the news cycle with a bang. In the months that have followed, limited additional details about those encounters have come to light. Meanwhile, The War Zone has been […]
Hidden Over 2 Years: Dem Cyber-Firm’s Sworn Testimony It Had No Proof of Russian Hack of DNC…
CrowdStrike, the private cyber-security firm that first accused Russia of hacking Democratic Party emails and served as a critical source for U.S. intelligence officials in the years-long Trump-Russia probe, acknowledged to Congress more than two years ago that it had no concrete evidence that Russian hackers stole emails from the Democratic National Committee’s server. CrowdStrike […]
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A 17-Year-Old Built One of the Most Popular Wuhan Virus Tracking Websites in the World…30 Million Visitors a Day…
Avi Schiffmann has been procrastinating on his school work, but he has a good excuse. The 17-year-old high schooler is the creator of one of the most visited coronavirus trackers in the world, which he says now takes up “100%” of his free time. The coronavirus pandemic doesn’t look like it will be over any […]
New Facial Recognition Software Predicts You’re a Criminal Based on Your Face…
A team from the University of Harrisburg, PA, has developed automated computer facial recognition software that they claim can predict with 80 percent accuracy and “no racial bias” whether a person is likely going to be a criminal, purely by looking at a picture of them. “By automating the identification of potential threats without bias, […]
Coming to an Airport Near You: Wuhan Virus Fight Takes Sci-Fi Turn with Walk-In Disinfecting Booth at Airport…
Decontamination scenes are a staple in science fiction, but there’s a real version of a disinfecting chamber under trial at Hong Kong International Airport. The booth first checks a person’s temperature before welcoming them inside for a 40-second disinfection process. The “full-body disinfection channel facility” involves a multi-faceted cleaning approach. “The interior surface of the […]
New Recipe for Single-Atom Transistors May Enable Quantum Computers with Unparalleled Memory and Processing Power…
Linking multiple copies of these devices may lay the foundation for quantum computing. Once unimaginable, transistors consisting only of several-atom clusters or even single atoms promise to become the building blocks of a new generation of computers with unparalleled memory and processing power. But to realize the full potential of these tiny transistors — miniature […]
Targeted Phishing Attacks Successfully Hacked Top Executives at150+ Companies…
In the last few months, multiple groups of attackers successfully compromised corporate email accounts of at least 156 high-ranking officers at various firms based in Germany, the UK, Netherlands, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Dubbed ‘PerSwaysion,’ the newly spotted cyberattack campaign leveraged Microsoft file-sharing services—including Sway, SharePoint, and OneNote—to launch highly targeted phishing attacks…
Twitter Defends China After State Department Identifies Coronavirus Propaganda Network…
Twitter is refuting claims from the US State Department’s Global Engagement Center (GEC), which found that it was “highly probable” that the Chinese government is behind networks of Twitter accounts spewing disinformation related to COVID-19. GEC head Lea Gabrielle said that the US “has uncovered a new network of inauthentic Twitter accounts, which we assess […]
Jordan Puts FBI Director Christopher Wray In Hot Seat, All 29 FISA Warrants IG Horowitz Audited Had ‘Serious Deficiencies’…
Ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee Jim Jordan sent a letter to Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz last week requesting a slew of FBI documents pertaining to Horowitz’s recent audit of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance warrants to spy on Americans. The March memorandum submitted by Horowitz of his agency’s highly classified audit of […]
Coming to a Park Near You. Creepy: Robot Reminds Visitors of Safe Distancing Measures in Singapore Park…
A four-legged robot will be patrolling Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park to remind people of safe distancing measures starting from Friday (May 8). Called Spot, the robot will assist with safe distancing efforts at parks, gardens and nature reserves managed by National Parks Board (NParks) and at parks managed by town councils. The pilot trial is […]
Amazon Vice President Resigns Over Company’s “Chickens***” Coronavirus Response…
A Vice President of e-commerce giant Amazon has resigned over the company’s treatment of its warehouse workers, citing the firing of whistleblowers of warned of coronavirus risks in the company’s workplaces in a blog post. Tim Bray announced his resignation as a VP and Distinguished Engineer at Amazon Web Services on Monday. He mentioned several […]
‘Increasingly concerned’: Spy Chief Orders Review of Surveillance Unmasking Policies for All Intelligence Agencies…
The acting director of national intelligence ordered every spy agency to review its policies on the handling and dissemination of sensitive and private identifying information on U.S. persons immediately, saying he has become “increasingly concerned” about unmasking. Richard Grenell, who took over as acting spy chief in late February as he concurrently serves as the […]
Majority of Americans Don’t Trust Tech Companies with Contact-Tracing…
With the idea of contact tracing as a plan to help re-open businesses and stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus, many Americans are skeptical about their privacy and how much data these tracing tools will collect on their lives. In a joint survey between the Washington Post and the University of Maryland, only 43 […]
Democrats Deploying Tax-Payer Backed DARPA-Funded-AI Driven Information Warfare Tool to Target Pro-Trump Accounts…
An anti-Trump Democratic-aligned political action committee advised by retired Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal is planning to deploy an information warfare tool that received initial funding from DARPA, the Pentagon’s secretive research arm — transforming technology originally envisioned as a way to fight ISIS propaganda into a campaign platform to benefit Joe Biden. The Washington Post […]
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