As we put this update together there is a haze outside our New York Windows from the raging fires burning 2400 miles (about 4000 kilometers) to the west.

Yet we start in a lighthearted mood, with a great reason to use 2fa, and finish with a burning update about the loss of something that may be even more important than your Privacy and Security.

In between, we have a mix of stories that range from Home routers in France being hijacked by APT31, to an unexpected Twitter discovery.

Next, we have Venmo offering just a little more privacy … and why naked people are turning up next to your Washington Post articles.

This may be the most important update yet, so stick with us to the end. We think you’ll take away more than you bargained for.

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This week it’s all about food. Well, some of it is, anyway.

We start with too many cooks in the kitchen and end with positive prospects for cheeseburgers on Mars.

Moving through the meal have all our ducks in a row with a possible bit of overcompensation from the US government on Cybersecurity, a huge leak out of Israel, three Apple stories, a food fight between the US and China, and cyber threats to the food industry.

There are lots of additional tasty tidbits sprinkled in among the various courses too.

So let’s roll up our sleeves, tuck our napkins into our shirt collars, and chow down on the most satisfying serving of IT Privacy and Security Weekly update nourishment yet!

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This episode has us quaking in our wellies. We’ve got the US president advising Russia that they need to fix their ransomware use, while he advises that you should be able to fix your own phone … and tract’r!

A new algo. to help with your recommendations, AI that can say stuff bett’rn we can, and a new clampdown that will have you selling your DiDi and Baba shares faster than a jackrabbit in a foxes den.

We finish with a story that will keep you out of your car and down on the farm.

It’s all here, it’s all fresh and like the crops, it’s just been rotated, so grab that horse and let’s go!

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We start this week as a dot on a race track and end as a dot on the horizon as we go from privacy to no privacy at all, but … we think you will forgive us.

In between the start and finish lines are the hairpin turns of the Tokyo Olympics, an underwater primer on Submarine cabling, a vault skyward with British Airways, a VR story that needs a restart, a bit of ransomware, and enough car stories to satisfy any gearhead.

We say, "Drivers start your engines, get set and let’s “go” for the best IT Privacy and Security weekly update …ever!!! "

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This week we take you from an employer that won’t even let you in the building if you are not smiling, to your best friend when there is just … one… CCTV too many.

In between, we get a loud warning for publicly accessible Western Digital personal storage, a couple of painful admissions from Microsoft, and US phone users getting shaken and stirred.

In the mix, we also have a place for you to jump into a 3d world for a little "privacy and chill" should you wish.

It’s all here, it’s all fresh, and it’s just about the best IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update yet.

Let’s put on a great big smile and get to work!

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From splashing in cold waters to baking in hot homes we cover the whole temperature range.

After a good headcount of our critical drinking water infrastructure, we give you the lowdown on tracking, bots, faces, and fingerprints. We update you on compliance, regulations, and (sadly) taxes, before delivering really bad news for our RedHat Linux and Docker users.

Finally, we unbork your iPhone before revealing just why you might be reading this in a full sweat.

So pull on your swimming trunks, put on your gloves and let’s go have an adventure with this week’s IT Privacy and Security Update!

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“There’s only one thing I never did and wish I had done: climbed over a fence.” Mary of Teck

This week we start in El Salvador and end in mid-air.

In between those fence posts, we find: Breaches for airlines and autos and then discover one already being served up with a side of fries.

We find out how Google really motivates their staff, learn about Facebook suing a whole government, malware “photobombing” FujiFilm, the huge market for fake product reviews … and why the legal community is turning against geofencing.

This simply is the best IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update yet. Now let’s go climb a fence!

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This week we start with the Danish spying on the Germans. The Germans hacking .PDFs. The Cook keeping things private. The Tag"ee" smashing things with hammers.

Then, a story about how the coppers recovered loads of Bitcoin from the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, but they still need Elon Musk to up-tweet Bitcoin or they’ll be out 20%!

Finally, we finish with an Anonymous video to Elon Musk that has viewers asking for more!

It’s all here in an entertaining, fun, thrilling, mix of the best stories for all “citizens of the world”, so let’s get this party started!

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We prescribe an update that’s just chock full of news that could very well help you see more clearly or leave you blind, wondering why you just bought those really dear headphones.

We start with tracking, move on to toothpaste, and then get a nosebleed from hits the ransomware group Conti has inflicted before we have our use of a certain term validated.

We discover how to tell the difference between “Dumb AI”, “Smart AI” and “Really Smart AI”.

And we leave you with a couple of health checks that have nothing to do with IT Privacy or Security but could have you feeling much better about your own visual and audio acuity.

This is without a doubt just what the doctor ordered, so let’s hang up our jackets, roll up our sleeves and get going!

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On the first anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, we’d like to take a moment to pause and reflect. Changing social bias is an evolution, just as realizing and changing our own. But with continued effort, we can make a difference. Just as ignorance promotes prejudice, we can all learn to be kinder, gentler, and more accepting of the differences of those around us.

This week we start IT Privacy and Security with the sound off, a revelation about a new type of malware that actually checks a directory to look up its victims before attacking them, and then a type of manipulation we are sure you’ve experienced but probably never realized was so rampant.

We follow with a story about poor judgment and bad publicity and the heroic efforts of so many as they work to help others. There is news on privacy and security changes in Android 12, and yet another update for macOS.

We end on a lighter note with the story about the significance of composition in photography, stressing the importance of keeping your fingerprints away from the final product.

On this solemn day let’s learn something new. Together.

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