schizoidman

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The security co-processor in many CPUs is insecure (www.heise.de)
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BMW Is Showing Commercials On Their Car's Dash Screens And They Want You To Think It's A Treat (www.theautopian.com)
Nintendo says users voluntarily paid higher prices, have no right to tariff refunds | Nintendo says Switch buyers got what they paid for, urges court to dismiss lawsuit. in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] schizoidman@lemmy.zip 18 points 4 weeks ago

Ferengi rules of acquisition.

  1. Once you have their money, you never give it back.
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Millions of SharkNinja devices may be vulnerable to spying, researcher says (cybernews.com)
 

Shark vacuum robots have an unpatched flaw that could let attackers access cameras, WiFi passwords, and home maps, researcher claims.

Researcher Tokay0 says SharkNinja failed to fix the issue more than 90 days after private disclosure.

The flaw involves AWS IoT certificates, with 673,000 exposed SharkNinja devices observed in one AWS region.

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LG TVs and monitors said to surveil users and install bloatware without asking (www.notebookcheck.net)
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The open-source, DRM-free Open Printer shows off a working prototype (www.techspot.com)
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CATL claims its lithium-air battery has energy density similar to gasoline (www.arenaev.com)
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'It doesn’t catch fire': Why China’s "fireproof" sodium battery could be the breakthrough that makes EVs safer than ICE cars (www.techradar.com)
 

cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/62209262

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EU Commission bans top officials from using Signal groups (www.heise.de)
 

cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/61888435

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Privacy-Focused Proton Mail Aids FBI in Uncovering ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester’s True Identity (www.gadgetreview.com)
 

cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/60387297

Proton Mail provided Swiss authorities with payment data for defendtheatlantaforest@protonmail.com — the account linked to Stop Cop City protests in Atlanta. The FBI obtained this information through a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty request on January 25, 2024, identifying the activist behind the anonymous account through their credit card identifier.

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Swiss telecom and internet providers face mass surveillance (cybernews.com)
 

cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/58715225

According to the human civil rights movements, the Swiss Ordinance on the Surveillance of Post and Telecommunications Traffic (VÜPF) significantly extends the obligation of metadata retention for large communications service providers. It also imposes user identification requirements on virtually all online service providers, including virtual private network (VPN) providers.

A coalition of international human and digital rights organizations, including Amnesty International and European Digital Rights (EDRi), urges the Swiss Federal Council to amend or abandon proposed changes that would expand mass data retention and user identification obligations for nearly all telecom and internet service providers.

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Sony’s TV business is being taken over by TCL (www.theverge.com)
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Cloudflare defies Italy’s Piracy Shield, won’t block websites on 1.1.1.1 DNS (arstechnica.com)
 

cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/56719476

Italy fined Cloudflare 14.2 million euros for refusing to block access to pirate sites on its 1.1.1.1 DNS service, the country’s communications regulatory agency, AGCOM, announced yesterday. Cloudflare said it will fight the penalty and threatened to remove all of its servers from Italian cities.

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