The New Oil

June 30, 2020


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Darknet forum leaks Telegram database with millions of Russian users’ information

https://meduza.io/en/news/2020/06/24/darknet-forum-leaks-telegram-database-with-millions-of-russian-users-information

Graham, Cotton, Blackburn Introduce Balanced Solution to Bolster National Security, End Use of Warrant-Proof Encryption that Shields Criminal Activity

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/rep/releases/graham-cotton-blackburn-introduce-balanced-solution-to-bolster-national-security-end-use-of-warrant-proof-encryption-that-shields-criminal-activityAn Open Letter to Congresspeople Regarding S. 4051 (Lindsey Graham’s Bill to Outlaw End-to-End Encryption)

https://write.as/thenewoil/an-open-letter-to-congresspeople-regarding-s

Comcast, Mozilla strike privacy deal to encrypt DNS lookups in Firefox

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/06/comcast-mozilla-strike-privacy-deal-to-encrypt-dns-lookups-in-firefox/

Google Will Delete Your Data by Default—in 18 Months

https://www.wired.com/story/google-auto-delete-data/

20 years later, new hack gets DVD-R homebrew running on unmodified PS2

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/06/new-hack-runs-homebrew-code-from-dvd-r-on-unmodified-playstation-2/

Get back deleted data with Microsoft's new Windows File Recovery tool

https://betanews.com/2020/06/27/microsoft-windows-file-recovery-app/

TikTok and 53 other iOS apps still snoop your sensitive clipboard data

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/06/tiktok-and-53-other-ios-apps-still-snoop-your-sensitive-clipboard-data/

Privacy-Focused OS Wants to Know How Facebook and the FBI Hacked it

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/dyz3jy/privacy-focused-os-tails-wants-to-know-how-facebook-and-the-fbi-hacked-it

How to Enable Private MAC Address on iPhone in iOS 14

https://beebom.com/enable-private-mac-address-iphone-ios-14/

Apple adds support for encrypted DNS (DoH and DoT)

https://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-adds-support-for-encrypted-dns-doh-and-dot/

Apple declined to implement 16 Web APIs in Safari due to privacy concerns

https://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-declined-to-implement-16-web-apis-in-safari-due-to-privacy-concerns/

Safari 14 removes Flash, gets support for breach alerts, HTTP/3, and WebP

https://www.zdnet.com/article/safari-14-removes-flash-gets-support-for-breach-alerts-http3-and-webp/

Entering a Building May Soon Involve a Thermal Scan and Facial Recognition

https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/biomedical/devices/entering-a-building-may-soon-involve-a-thermal-scan-and-facial-recognition

A New Card Ties Your Credit to Your Social Media Stats

https://www.wired.com/story/karat-influencer-credit-card-social-media-stats/

Wrongfully Accused by an Algorithm

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/24/technology/facial-recognition-arrest.html

Almost 17,000 Protesters Had No Idea A Tech Company Was Tracing Their Location

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/carolinehaskins1/protests-tech-company-spying

Analyzing IoT Security Best Practices

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2020/06/analyzing_iot_s.html

California city bans predictive policing in U.S. first

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-police-tech-trfn/california-city-bans-predictive-policing-in-u-s-first-idUSKBN23V2XC

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