A padlock—whether it uses a combination, a key, or “smart” tech—has exactly one job: to keep your stuff safe so other people can’t get it. Tapplock, Inc., based in Canada, produces such a product. The company’s locks unlock with a fingerprint or an app connected by Bluetooth to your phone. Unfortunately, the Federal Trade Commission Read more about Easy-to-pick “smart” locks gush personal data, FTC finds[…]
Zoom has been banned from government business in Taiwan in the latest setback for the hugely popular video-calling app. It follows revelations that some Zoom traffic was “mistakenly” routed through China, which does not recognise Taiwan’s independence. Taiwan’s government said public bodies should not use products with security concerns “such as Zoom”. But competitors like Read more about Zoom banned by Taiwan’s government over China security fears[…]
Clearview AI, the dystopian face recognition company that claims to have amassed a database of billions of photos, signed contracts with hundreds of law enforcement agencies, and shopped its app around to the rich and powerful, has extensive links to the far right, according to a Huffington Post investigation. In fact, one of its associates Read more about Creepy Face Recognition Firm Clearview AI Sure Has a Lot of Ties to the Far Right – the extremist kinds of far right[…]
Some Docker installations are getting hammered by malware skiddies hoping to mine digital cash using other people’s CPU time. Infosec outfit Aqua – no, not the Barbie Girl band – said miscreants have spotted that a decent number of Docker deployments are lazily or inadvertently exposing the daemon API port to the public internet with Read more about If you don’t cover your Docker daemon API port you’ll have a hell of a time… because cryptocreeps are hunting for it[…]