Data for some German artists and YouTube celebrities also included. …read more Source:: ZDNet

A generation that tried the PGP plugin weeps Those who remember trying to configure the Thunderbird of old to work with PGP – an effort akin to learning how to run an Enigma machine while blindfolded – will be watching with interest: the project’s coders promise that 2019 will be the year of easy encryption.……

The L3 protection level of Google’s Widevine DRM technology has been cracked by a British security researcher who can now decrypt content transferred via DRM-protected multimedia streams. ZDNet’s Catalin Cimpanu notes that while this “sounds very cool,” it’s not likely to fuel a massive piracy wave because “the hack works only against Widevine L3 streams,…

Simply the best! Worse than all the rest! Something for the Weekend, Sir? Don’t you just love it at this time of the year when Some Experts predict the new technologies most likely to catch on over the next 12 months? Me neither.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

The critical security flaws can lead to privilege escalation and code execution. …read more Source:: ZDNet

If you grew up watching the Pokémon TV series, you’d naturally be familiar with the cries of all your favourite Pocket Monsters. Most of the creatures in the anime tend to say their own name, over and over again. Pour one out for the legions of parents who, upon hearing a distant “PIKA PIKA!”, still…

Start the New Year with a spot of feng shui On Call Welcome to the first Friday, and the first On Call of the new year – we hope your celebrations haven’t left you too worse for wear.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Welcome back, can’t wait to crack on, oh, it’s Friday already Happy new year. As you read this, we hope you’re well past any New Year’s Day hangovers, that you’ve caught up on your post-Chrimbo email backlog, and are fully limbered up for the first meetings of the year… all just in time to tiptoe…

Conservation nonprofit Resolve is using AI-equipped cameras to act as remote park rangers and help spot wildlife poachers before they kill endangered animals. “Today, Resolve announced a new custom-made device called TrailGuard AI, which uses Intel-made vision chips to identify animals and humans that wander into view,” reports The Verge. “The cameras will be placed…

Dutch consumer club names 42 easy-to-fool cameras Smartphones have boasted facial recognition for some time, but tests in the Netherlands suggest it still falls short of properly securing many devices.… …read more Source:: TheRegister