Richmond city council caught manufacturing consent for Flock cameras. Netgear authorized to sell new routers. Allbirds is now an AI company.
We have a consent problem. Driver impairment tech is here. Age verification is a lie. Reddit hauled in front of a grand jury to identify who hurt ICE’s fee-fees. Apple fixes but used to access Signal messages.
Pwn: French Agence National des Titres Sécurisés (ANTS)
Fail: Purolea Cosmetics Lab
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White House app is tracking you. French government moves to Linux. Copilot is enshittifying Github. Sony stops taking orders for memory cards. Sam Altman’s detractors are fired up.
Alerts: TP Link Routers pwnt, Allen-Bradley PLCs vulnerable.
Focus: A firsthand story of Google Maps enshittification, maybe?
Listener letter: Julie Bernstein
Opsec: Turn off notifications for Signal Private Messenger.
Fail: Two outlooks and neither one working . . . in spaaaaaaaaaace!
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Windows to stop requiring a Microsoft account. 4Chan is not in the mood to discuss it. Cloudflare says “screw you guys, I’m going home.” GrapheneOS says no.
Alert: Samsung laptops may lose access to the C: drive.
FCC Bans foreign-made routers. Troy, NY to stop contributing to Flock’s central database. Representatives ask Tulsi Gabbard to warn about VPN use. The Intercept has a guide on protecting your devices from ICE. Instagram stops offering end to end encryption.
Pwns: BankID, Kash Patel
Fail: Intoxalock
Links:
How to Keep ICE Agents Out of Your Phone at the Airport
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