Governments around the world, at best, tolerate encryption. If they thought they could outlaw it, they would. Public pronouncements that it is “about the children” or other fairy tales not withstanding, it is about them not being able to snoop at will. That is something that they have been able to do pretty freely until […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The FTC announced today its first ever settlement with a data broker for selling location data. The FTC alleged that the data broker, Outlogic, formerly known as X-Mode Social, sold precise consumer location data and allowed third parties to track visits to health care providers, houses of worship and other sensitive destinations. The FTC claims […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]You Haven’t Migrated to WiFi 6 Yet? It is Already Obsolete. Here is WiFi 7 WiFi 7 or, officially, IEEE 802.11be is faster and more spectrum efficient that previous WiFi versions. WiFi 7, they say, is 3 times faster than either WiFi 5 or 6, which makes it useful for things like gaming apps. Of […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Item 1 – Apple is reported to be in negotiations with news companies and other publishers (like NBC and Conde Nast) to “license” their back catalog of content for their AI projects. Apple is offering, supposedly, up to $50 million to license their content, but, at least for now, the content creators were not fans […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]No, it is not a trick question. They, and the advertisers that they sell to, need names and profiles. Lots of names and profiles. Millions and millions of them, so they can slice them very finely. Male, 18-20, likes soccer, shops at Walmart, wears Crocs, etc. etc. Really, really fine grain. And what is the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I don’t usually blog about an individual hacker takedown but this one – it is worth talking about. Certainly not the end of hacking but a significant win for the federales. Last month Interpol talked about Operation HAECHI IV. It was a six month takedown effort that involved 34 countries and funding from South Korea. […]
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