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Security News for the Week Ending November 8, 2019

Comcast Testing Encrypted DNS While Lobbing Against It Encrypted DNS (either DoH or DoT) has become a political hotbutton.  Recently Vice reported that Comcast is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars lobbying against it.  Mozilla is writing to Congress saying that what Comcast is saying is not true and most interestingly, Comcast is testing its […]

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Security News for the Week Ending August 2, 2019

Capital One Breached – 100+ Million Applicants Compromised Among the data compromised are 140,000 US social security numbers and 80,000 bank account numbers.  Also in the mix were one million Canadian social security numbers plus names, addresses, phone numbers, birth dates and incomes. The data included applicants who applied between 2005 and 2019.  Yes, 15 […]

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Apple Contractors “Regularly Hear Confidential Details’ on Siri Recordings

Apple uses contractors to listen to Siri recordings to figure out whether Siri responded correctly.  Apple says that these contractors are under non-disclosure agreements and the Siri conversations are not directly tied to the person’s iPhone or Apple credentials. Still, these people hear about: Confidential medical conversations People having sex Drug deals Other likely illegal […]

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