Day: August 1, 2019

Facebook Plans on Backdooring WhatsApp

Bruce Schneier: This article points out that Facebook’s planned content moderation scheme will result in an encryption backdoor into WhatsApp: “In Facebook’s vision, the actual end-to-end encryption client itself such as WhatsApp will include embedded content moderation and blacklist filtering algorithms. These algorithms will be continually updated from a central cloud service, but will run…


Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw review — shallow fun outstays its welcome – CNET

Spoiler-free review: The Rock and Jason Statham face off, but Vanessa Kirby steals the show. …read more Source:: CNet


Back to school electronics on sale: Get this 49-inch TCL Roku TV for $220 – CNET

Plus some nice back-to-school deals on headphones, a Bluetooth speaker and an SSD. …read more Source:: CNet


Best Democratic debate memes, night 2: Biden beatdown and the ‘Asian man who likes math’ – CNET

Clorox the Oval Office! Plus, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris go at it. And at it. And that’s no malarkey. …read more Source:: CNet


Cisco To Pay $8.6 Million To Settle Whistle Blower Case

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Honda Motors Exposed 40GB Of Employee Data

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You’re Probably Not Going To Get $125 From The Equifax Settlement

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Edward Snowden Is Releasing A Memoir Later This Year

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New Mirai Botnet Lurks In The Tor Network

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Verizon CEO promises ‘real 5g’ to counter T-Mobile skepticism – CNET

Hans Vestberg says Verizon will have “real” 5G widely available when it’s needed. …read more Source:: CNet