A Chinese hacking group considered to be the “most dangerous” by the NSA stole, copied, or reverse engineered the agency’s own hacking software – then use it against American allies and private companies in Europe and Asia during 2016 attacks, according to researchers with Symantec…
FCC Warns About ‘One Ring’ Robocall Scam: Do Not Call Numbers Back
Don’t call back phone numbers that ring once and hang up, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has warned. People throughout the U.S. have been receiving “One Ring” or “Wangiri” robocalls in bursts, according to officials. The calls are targeting specific area codes “often calling multiple times in the middle of the night.” “These calls are […]
Alexa Has Been Eavesdropping on You This Whole Time, and Storing Your Data…
Would you let a stranger eavesdrop in your home and keep the recordings? For most people, the answer is, “Are you crazy?” Yet that’s essentially what Amazon has been doing to millions of us with its assistant Alexa in microphone-equipped Echo speakers. And it’s hardly alone: Bugging our homes is Silicon Valley’s next frontier. Many […]
Amazon Employees Hired and Fired by Robots…
Software and algorithms are used to screen, hire, assign and now terminate workers at Amazon. For lower-paid employees, the Robot Overlords Have Arrived. “Millions of low-paid workers’ lives are increasingly governed by software and algorithms. This was starkly illustrated by a report last week that Amazon.com tracks the productivity of its employees and regularly fires […]
I Used to Work for Google. I Am a Conscientious Objector…
“We can forgive your politics and focus on your technical contributions as long as you don’t do something unforgivable, like speaking to the press.” This was the parting advice given to me during my exit interview from Google after spending a month internally arguing, resignation letter in hand, for the company to clarify its ethical […]
How to Explain Bitcoin to Your Friends and Family…
EVERY new technological development throughout mankind’s recorded history has been met initially with derision, protest, incarceration, torture, death, and sometimes war. From the Catholic Church’s restraint of Galileo, who insisted that Copernicus was correct in his assertion that the sun was the center of the solar system, rather than the Earth as center, as was […]
Second Hassan Staffer Allegedly Helped Aide Steal Massive Amounts of Senate Data…
A second former aide to Sen. Maggie Hassan is implicated in former IT staffer Jackson Cosko’s massive data-theft scheme that was ultimately used to “intimidate” Republican senators by “doxxing” them during a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, prosecutors said. Samantha G. DeForest-Davis, at the time a staff assistant to Hassan, was the […]
Former Sen Hassan Aide Stole Gigabytes of ‘High Value’ Data…
Man Pleads Guilty to Charges of Stealing Senate Information, Illegally Posting Restricted Personal Information of U.S. Senators on Website…
Radiation Concerns Halt Brussels 5G Development, for Now…
Plans for a pilot project to provide high-speed 5G wireless internet in Brussels have been halted due to fears for the health of citizens, according to reports. In July, the government concluded an agreement with three telecom operators to relax the strict radiation standards in Brussels. But according to the Region, it is now impossible […]
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