White House Proposes Ban of Chinese, Russian Connected Vehicles and Software The Department of Commerce on Monday announced it is proposing a rule which would ban the sale or import of connected vehicles containing specific software and hardware produced by China or Russia or with a “sufficient nexus” to them. While it has national security […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The FTC has been investigating Amazon (Twitch), Meta (Facebook), YouTube, Twitter, Snapchat, TikTok, Discord, Reddit and Whatsapp (Meta). The probe began in 2020 investigating their data collection methods, how they track personal and demographic info and the impact of that on kids. FOUR YEARS into it, the FTC released a report. FTC chair Lina Khan […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The NFL wants to improve security. That is probably a good concept. As a result, they are shifting away from ID cards, which are easily forged or stolen to facial recognition. But not everyone is happy. The NFL wants all personnel, including cops providing security, to provide them with facial scans to get into sensitive […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Trump Threatens Zuckerberg With Life in Prison Trump said he is watching Zuckerberg and if he does anything illegal this time he will spend the rest of his life in prison. If I remember right, isn’t Trump the person who is railing about the administration weaponizing the Justice Department against political enemies. This sounds like […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Okay, let me start with this post is going to be a bit geeky. If you are not into geek, you can probably skip it. Telegram is a social media platform mostly used in countries where the likes of Meta and Twitter are banned. People use it for similar reasons. Sort of. Over the weekend […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Unfortunately, data breaches are with us to stay, at least for the near term. I’d like to think that they will end soon, but I don’t think that is going to happen. Today web site FlightAware warned that some customers’ information has been ‘exposed’, including social security numbers. FlightAware claims to be one of the […]
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