Alexa engagement, new DuckDuckGo browser, and Tesla in hot water for giving its customers more choice. Links: Amazon Echo’s high attrition rateshttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-22/amazon-s-voice-controlled-smart-speaker-alexa-can-t-hold-customer-interest-docs DDG to release “private” browserhttps://spreadprivacy.com/duckduckgo-2021-review/ NHTSA investigating Tesla for accidentally allowing freedom of choicehttps://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-opens-investigation-into-580000-tesla-vehicles-over-game-feature-2021-12-22/

Youtube TV drops Disney, F-Secure breaks another IoT device, Protecting yourself from ionizing radiation, and “miscellaneous” headlines Links: No deal between Youtube TV and Disneyhttps://www.theverge.com/2021/12/18/22836949/disney-youtube-tv-channels-dealSports cable numbershttps://www.killthecablebill.com/blog/cable-subscribers-paid-3-5-billion-live-sports/F-Secure vs home COVID testhttps://labs.f-secure.com/blog/faking-a-positive-covid-testANVS warning about radioactive products (Dutch)https://www.autoriteitnvs.nl/actueel/nieuws/2021/12/16/heeft-u-een-quantum-pendant-anti-5g-hanger-of-negatief-ionen-sieraad-of-slaapmasker-leg-deze-veilig-wegBBC write-up about ANVS storyhttps://www.bbc.com/news/technology-59703523TP-Link routers hidden SSIDhttps://jahed.dev/2021/12/19/hidden-networks-in-tp-link-routers/California solar bait and switchhttps://apnews.com/article/science-business-environment-and-nature-california-utilities-1bc5070157e0fb4f0c216f8b1dd1daeeReddit IPOhttps://www.bbc.com/news/business-596784515G interferes with airplaneshttps://www.bbc.com/news/business-59737194

Log4j vulnerability explained, Android system is vulnerable to its own apps, Qualcomm finds yet another way to creep you out, and a new feature in the No Agenda podcast community. Links: No Agenda Streamhttps://noagendastream.com Log4Shellhttps://www.lunasec.io/docs/blog/log4j-zero-day/ Microsoft Teams bug disables emergency calls on Androidhttps://9to5google.com/2021/12/10/android-emergency-calling-bug/https://redd.it/r4xz1fhttps://www.androidpolice.com/notifications-feeling-sluggish-this-popular-android-game-may-be-to-blame/ Qualcomm Snapdragon Creepycamhttps://www.techradar.com/news/why-qualcomm-believes-its-new-always-on-camera-for-phones-isnt-a-security-risk

Google Censorship, Tor not as secret as you thought, Airtags in auto theft, and 70% of a broadband prices rant Links: Google voluntarily memoryholes TPB in NLhttps://torrentfreak.com/google-removes-pirate-bay-domains-from-search-results-citing-dutch-court-order-211130/ KAX17 network of Tor nodeshttps://therecord.media/a-mysterious-threat-actor-is-running-hundreds-of-malicious-tor-relays/ Apple Airtags used for auto thefthttps://www.yrp.ca/en/Modules/News/index.aspx?newsId=167fa5b3-3583-431d-8cc0-91e49aee3bff Broadband costs per month, by countryhttps://www.comparethemarket.com/broadband/content/global-broadband-index/

Windows 11 adoption numbers: real and imaginary, Windows All vulnerabilities, Amazon and Visa spat all over UK citizens, and Quad9 is forced into censorship Links: Windows 11 adoption numbershttps://www.techradar.com/news/barely-anyone-has-upgraded-to-windows-11-survey-claimshttps://www.onmsft.com/news/windows-11-inches-closer-to-10-market-share-in-latest-adduplex-surveyhttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-10-home-and-pro Zero-day in Windows installerhttps://www.pcmag.com/news/all-versions-of-windows-are-vulnerable-to-a-new-zero-day-exploithttps://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2021/11/29/microsoft-windows-10-windows-11-warning-zero-day-hack-new-attack-update-windows/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/satya-nadella-sells-half-microsoft-224436215.html Amazon vs Visahttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59306200https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/17/amazon-says-it-will-stop-accepting-uk-issued-visa-credit-cards-on-january-19th/ Quad9 and DNS censorshiphttps://torrentfreak.com/sony-wins-pirate-site-blocking-order-against-dns-resolver-quad9-210621/https://www.quad9.net/news/press/german-court-rules-against/

Fingerprint hacks, DNA harvested from COVID tests, A massive NFT leak, cranky but ineffective Activision employees, and what happens when a company decides to take back a modding community (hint: lawyers get involved) Links: Spoofing a fingerprint scanner with a laser printer and some elmers gluehttps://blog.kraken.com/post/11905/your-fingerprint-can-be-hacked-for-5-heres-how/ The NFT Bay “pirates” every NFThttps://www.vice.com/en/article/xgdxvw/someone-made-a-pirate-bay-for-nftshttps://thenftbay.org Cignpost covid testing […]

The world’s most sought-after iPhone, a Call of Duty hotfix, unspecified BIOS vulnerabilities, a fully-autonomous gardening laser, and supercharger slumming! Links: USB-C iphone sells for $86001https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/12/22777988/usb-c-iphone-x-lightning-ebay-auction-86001https://github.com/kenp-io/not-for-iphone-usb-c/tree/master/ip-x Call of Duty Vanguard hotfix to remove pages of Quranhttps://www.pcgamer.com/activision-apologises-as-call-of-duty-vanguard-removes-bloodstained-quran-pages/ Intel processor vulnerabilities – update your BIOS if you’re ablehttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/high-severity-bios-flaws-affect-numerous-intel-processors/ Using lasers to control weedshttps://www.agweb.com/news/crops/crop-production/weed-wars-laser-beam-technology-may-fundamentally-change-farminghttps://carbonrobotics.com/laserweeding-technology Tesla opens superchargers to […]

Apple repairs, Army lasers, and automated timepieces. Plus: Netflix enters mobile gaming, Yahoo exits China, Amazon steals from its employees, and Crypto scammers steal from fools. Links: Netflix mobile gameshttps://gadgets.ndtv.com/games/news/n-2597216 FTC settles with Amazon over driver tipshttps://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2021/11/ftc-returns-nearly-60-million-drivers-whose-tips-were-illegally Yahoo exits Chinahttps://www.cnn.com/2021/11/02/tech/yahoo-china-exit/index.html Crypto scam using Google adshttps://www.theverge.com/2021/11/4/22763015/cryptocurrency-fake-wallet-phishing-scam-google-ads-phantom-metamask Apple uses DRM to kill repair shopshttps://www.ifixit.com/News/54829/apples-new-screen-repair-trap-could-change-the-repair-industry-forever Army laser platformhttps://www.popsci.com/technology/military-defensive-laser-weapon/ […]

Zuckerverse name change, Bad privacy laws come in threes, Google vs Roku, and a huge e-commerce blunder Links: Neal Stephenson had nothing to do with Facebook’s meta naminghttps://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/metaverse-term-creator-neal-stephenson-distances-himself-from-facebook-zuckerberg-2021-10 UK’s ominously named “online safety bill”https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Online-Safety-Bill-puts-user-protection-onus-on-platform-providers Brazil adds personal data protection as a constitutional righthttps://www.zdnet.com/article/personal-data-protection-to-become-a-fundamental-right-in-brazil/ Aus wants to protect privacy by forcing everyone to give personal info […]

Argentinian data breach, NPM supply chain attack, Apple as a bad security neighbor, Play store fees dropping, and the return of the 90s encryption ban Links: Argentina RENAPER DB breachedhttps://therecord.media/hacker-steals-government-id-database-for-argentinas-entire-population/https://techstory.in/argentinas-entire-population-at-risk-hacker-steals-government-id-database/ NPM supply chain attack: UA-Parser-JS lib released with backdoorhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/popular-npm-library-hijacked-to-install-password-stealers-miners/https://blog.sonatype.com/npm-project-used-by-millions-hijacked-in-supply-chain-attack Apple silently fixing reported bugs without giving credithttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/apple/apple-silently-fixes-ios-zero-day-asks-bug-reporter-to-keep-quiet/ Bringing back the encryption ban – this time […]