[continued from previous message]
in cars every year, this is becoming an increasingly grave problem.
In the same podcast, we also explored the booming revenue stream that
car manufacturers are tapping into by not only collecting people's
data, but also packaging it together for targeted advertising.
According to the Mozilla research, popular global brands including
BMW, Ford, Toyota, Tesla, Kia, and Subaru:
"Can collect deeply personal data such as sexual activity,
immigration status, race, facial expressions, weight, health and
genetic information, and where you drive. Researchers found data is
being gathered by sensors, microphones, cameras, and the phones and
devices drivers connect to their cars, as well as by car apps,
company websites, dealerships, and vehicle telematics."
In fact, the seasoned Mozilla team said "cars are the worst product
category we have ever reviewed for privacy" after finding that all 25
car brands they researched earned the "Privacy Not Included" warning
label.
Since that doesn't give us much of a choice to go for a brand that
respects our privacy, I suggest we turn off our phones before we start
the car. It's both safer and better for your privacy.
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Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2023 11:51:33 -0500 (EST)
From: ACM TechNews <
technews-editor@acm.org>
Subject: Protecting Critical Infrastructure from Cyber Attacks
(RMIT)
RMIT University, 22 Nov 23, via ACM TechNews
A mathematical breakthrough by researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute
of Technology and tech startup Tide Foundation in Australia allows system access authority to be spread invisibly and securely across a
network. Dubbed "ineffable cryptograph," the technology has been
incorporated into a prototype access-control system specifically for
critical infrastructure management, known as KeyleSSH, and successfully
tested with multiple companies. It works by generating and operating keys across a decentralized network of servers, each operated by independent organizations. Each server in the network can only hold part of a key--no
one can see the full keys, all the processes they are partially actioning,
or the assets they are unlocking.
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Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2023 18:58:47 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <
monty@roscom.com>
Subject: Crypto Crashed and Everyone's In Jail. Investors Think It's
Coming Back Anyway. (Vice)
https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kxmpg/crypto-crashed-and-everyones-in-jail-investors-think-its-coming-back-anyway
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Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 20:49:51 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <
monty@roscom.com>
Subject: Feds seize Sinbad crypto mixer allegedly used by North Korean
hackers (TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/29/feds-seize-sinbad-crypto-mixer-allegedly-used-by-north-korean-hackers/
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2023 18:37:21 -0500
From: Gabe Goldberg <
gabe@gabegold.com>
Subject: A lost bitcoin wallet passcode helped uncover a major security flaw
(The Washington Post)
If you created a bitcoin wallet before 2016, your money may be at risk -- A company that helps recover cryptocurrency discovered a software flaw putting
as much as $1 billion at risk from hackers. Now it’s going public in hopes people will move their money before they get robbed.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/14/bitcoin-wallet-passcode-flaw/
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2023 09:35:52 -0700
From: Matthew Kruk <
mkrukg@gmail.com>
Subject: Ontario's Crypto King still jet-setting to UK,
Miami, and soon Australia despite bankruptcy (CBC)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-crypto-king-jetsetting-abroad-while-bankrupt-1.7042719
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2023 08:35:24 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <
monty@roscom.com>
Subject: British Library confirms customer data was stolen by hackers,
with outage expected to last months (TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/29/british-library-customer-data-stolen-ransomware/
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2023 08:39:33 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <
monty@roscom.com>
Subject: PSA: Update Chrome browser now to avoid an exploit
already in the wild (The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/30/23982296/google-chrome-browser-update-sandbox-escape-exploit-security-vulnerability
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Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2023 08:39:46 -0700
From: Matthew Kruk <
mkrukg@gmail.com>
Subject: WeWork has failed. Like a lot of other tech
startups, it left damage in its wake (CBC)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/armstrong-start-ups-wework-uber-1.7032264
The worksharing giant WeWork was supposed to fundamentally alter the future
of the office. It raised billions of dollars, signed leases in office
towers across North America but filed for bankruptcy protection last week.
Analysts say it collapsed, at least in part, because it never had a viable business model.
"It didn't really have a clear path to profitability. It never made any
money," said Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets at the financial services firm Hargreaves Lansdown.
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Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2023 12:00:49 -0800
From: Rob Slade <
rslade@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: The AI Pin (RISKS-33.94)
[Ummmmm, somehow my posting got truncated, and the risky part left off:]
On the other hand, as we have seen in various events to do with Siri and Alexa, this is "always on" surveillance. The AI Pin will always be
listening for commands. (And, in common with Siri, Alexa, Gboard, and all the others, those verbal commands will be sent back to HQ for processing
into text and parsing.) By accident (and possibly by design?) it will be listening to everything that goes on around you. (And, with the camera, possibly looking, too.)
And, if it gets popular enough, who knows what you can find out with all
that aggregated data ...
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Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2023 09:44:45 +0000
From: "C.J.S. Hayward" <
cjsh@cjshayward.com>
Subject: Re: Social media gets teens hooked while feeding aggression and
impulsivity, and researchers think they know why (CBC)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/smartphone-brain-nov14-1.7029406
Kids who spend hours on their phones scrolling through social media are showing more aggression, depression and anxiety, say Canadian researchers. [...
That is part of the dehumanizing effect I studied in "How Can I Take my
Life Back from my Phone?",
https://cjshayward.com/phone/.
Using phones the way that seems "natural" opens a Pandora's box. Once
privilege could be marked by not owning a television. Now privilege can be marked by not owning a phone, or as in my case, learning to use it with non-obvious ways that curb its presence as an intravenous drip of noise.
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Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2023 09:47:58 -0500
From: Steve Singer <
sws@dedicatedresponse.com>
Subject: Re: Garble in Schneier's AI post (RISKS-33.84]
The text of this post was garbled by software (what could possibly go
wrong?) ;-)
The links at the beginning and end of Schneier's post are unaffected and contain the embedded references of the original, ungarbled:
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/11/ten-ways-ai-will-change-democracy.html
https://ash.harvard.edu/ten-ways-ai-will-change-democracy
[As I remarked, Bruce's mailer encodes commas, equal signs, and other
characters, and I try to revert to just plain ASCII where possible. PGN]
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Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2023 19:05:26 +0000
From: Sam Bull <
sam@sambull.org9wqnn1@sambull.org>
Subject: Re: Using your iPhone to start your car is about to get a
lot easier (RISKS-33.94)
* The CCC Digital Key uses UWB and near-field communication (NFC), along with
low-energy Bluetooth to send and receive communications between your phone
and your car.
Not much different from what Tesla has been doing for years (which both supports unlocking remotely via an API and unlocking locally via Bluetooth).
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Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2023 02:29:08 +0000
From: Sam Bull <
9wqnn1@sambull.org>
Subject: Re: Oveview of the iLeakage Attack (Jericho, RISKS-33.93)
Sorry... *godfather* implies at least two generations, if not three.
Wouldn't that be *grandfather*? I'm a godfather to my sister. 0 generations
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