#AxisOfEasy Weekly Tech Digest

Big Tech jumping into red hot Coronavirus surveillance market Let’s Make This Simple: Zoom is Malware A caution to governments about cell phone tracking during pandemic Hacker finds seven 0-day exploits in iPhone camera Facebook tried to use NSO spyware to surveil users VPNs are notorious for tracking your browsing habits Update on the easyDNS […]

April Fool’s is Canceled Cell phone tracking in Coronavirus response Zoom client sent data to Facebook even if you don’t have an account Russian police shut down credit card fraud network Internet loads pushed as world moves remote Announcing:  https URL forwarding is here Complete show notes: https://AxisOfEasy.com/139

Got a GPU crypto-miner?  Repurpose it to help fight the Coronavirus Patent troll sues to prevent COVID-19 testing Privacy concerns amid the pandemic panic (continued) Turkey arrests 64 citizens because of their social media posts about the virus Justice Department orders takedown of first Coronavirus scam domain Can the internet handle the load if the entire […]

Spying on scammers by hacking them where they live Virgin Media exposes 900,000 user details via unprotected database TikTok moderators told to suppress posts from ugly people, the disabled, and poor Wuhan students game App Store to dodge their homework Tech giants advising all hands to work remote How to balance privacy rights of patients […]

Kr00k bug puts over a billion WiFi devices at risk AirBnB conducts undisclosed personality tests and profiling on renters Leap year bug crashes Robinhood, missing two biggest trading days in stock market history Legal services giant Epiq Global offline after ransomware attack New FAA rule requires all drones to broadcast location over internet Florida man […]

Chinese facial recognition can now identify people even when wearing masks New Chinese facial recognition cameras on buses also take your temperature and report anomalies In Hangzhou your smartphone must have an app that determines your quarantine status US ICE agency ran warrantless facial recognition queries against state drivers license DB Facial recognition company that […]

US Defense Agency system breached, data leaked Personal info of 360K teachers leaked in Quebec Leaked doc shows how big companies buy personal data on millions Tesla on Autopilot tricked into accelerating to 85MPH with duct tape Canadian Media wants government to regulate “trusted sources” Chinese government cracks down on VPNs amid censorship backlash Was Nortel brought […]