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Re:Hezbollah Communications Devices Explodes on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @11:09AM (#41568440)

> Hard to see how a remote exploit could detonate the battery

If that is the case - we have a problem...

Re:The Queen's Doll's House on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @10:12AM (#40866121)

> (...) and these models must account for how physical properties scale.

Tom Scott made a video about similar facility in Poland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jplrbxI5GN8

Qualcomm’s new always-on smartphone camera is a privacy nightmare

Posted by msq on Thursday December 02, 2021 @02:43PM
from the theverge.com dept.

https://www.theverge.com/22811740/qualcomm-snapdragon-8-gen-1-always-on-camera-privacy-security-concerns

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AI-Piloted Fighter Jets

Posted by msq on Friday June 25, 2021 @11:50AM
from the schneier.com dept.

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/06/ai-piloted-fighter-jets.html

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European Parliament confirms new online censorship powers

Posted by msq on Thursday April 29, 2021 @08:37AM
from the edri.org dept.

https://edri.org/our-work/european-parliament-confirms-new-online-censorship-powers/

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Unauthorized tracking code illegally installed on Android phones

Posted by msq on Saturday April 10, 2021 @05:48AM
from the noyb.eu dept.

https://noyb.eu/en/buy-phone-get-tracker-unauthorized-tracking-code-illegally-installed-android-phones

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Israeli Surveillance Companies Are Siphoning Masses of Location Data from Apps

Posted by msq on Saturday December 12, 2020 @07:40AM
from the forbes.com dept.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2020/12/11/exclusive-israeli-surveillance-companies-are-siphoning-masses-of-location-data-from-smartphone-apps/

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U.S. Company Faces Backlash After Belarus Uses Its Tech to Block Internet

Posted by msq on Sunday September 13, 2020 @06:22AM
from the bloomberg.com dept.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-11/sandvine-use-to-block-belarus-internet-rankles-staff-lawmakers

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George Davila Durendal: I Created an A.I. Clone of Jesus

Posted by msq on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @08:09AM
from the medium.com dept.

https://medium.com/@GDurendal/i-created-an-a-i-clone-of-jesus-4263339c327

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People Running Folding Home Created the World's Biggest Supercomputer

Posted by msq on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @04:07AM
from the sciencealert.com dept.

https://www.sciencealert.com/so-many-people-are-running-folding-home-that-it-s-created-the-world-s-biggest-supercomputer

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Tech companies face bipartisan congressional uproar over encryption

Posted by msq on Thursday December 12, 2019 @02:27AM
from the politico.com dept.

https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/10/tech-companies-bipartisan-congress-encryption-080704

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Phill Cassey outlines one proactive step to support diversity in his workplace

Posted by msq on Saturday November 16, 2019 @02:37PM
from the nature.com dept.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03487-3

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The phpCE 2019 conference in Dresden has been cancelled and won't be continued

Posted by msq on Sunday August 25, 2019 @05:26PM
from the 2019.phpce.eu dept.

https://2019.phpce.eu/en/

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Shoppers filmed in aisles by researchers analysing buying behaviour

Posted by msq on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @02:04PM
from the itv.com dept.

https://www.itv.com/news/2019-04-23/shoppers-filmed-in-aisles-by-researchers-analysing-buying-behaviour-report/

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Audio samples – speech synthesis directly from text

Posted by msq on Thursday December 28, 2017 @07:20AM
from the google.github.io dept.

https://google.github.io/tacotron/publications/tacotron2/index.html

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The industry lobby battle against ePrivacy

Posted by msq on Saturday October 21, 2017 @02:26PM
from the corporateeurope.org dept.

https://corporateeurope.org/power-lobbies/2017/10/big-data-watching-you

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YouTube Content ID could become an actual law in EU

Posted by msq on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @06:05PM
from the youtube.com dept.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qqkLStOLIY

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The Missing Career Path for the Technical Expert

Posted by msq on Sunday October 15, 2017 @10:25AM
from the betonyourself.com dept.

https://www.betonyourself.com/articles/the-missing-career-path-for-the-technical-expert

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The high level API s**t is what's killing the (Firefox) platform

Posted by msq on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @02:52AM
from the downthemall.net dept.

http://www.downthemall.net/re-downthemall-and-webextensions-or-why-why-i-am-done-with-mozilla/

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ISO Rejects NSA Encryption Algorithms

Posted by msq on Thursday September 21, 2017 @09:25AM
from the schneier.com dept.

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2017/09/iso_rejects_nsa.html

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Re:An update on the state of the Reddit repositories on Saturday September 02, 2017 @06:30AM (#15155244)

Developing every busy application with multiple branches is a pain. Sounds like a cheap excuse.

As summarized on r/programming:

> Translation: We needed you guys back then. We don't now.

TunnelBear Completes Industry-First Consumer VPN Public Security Audit

Posted by msq on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @02:22AM
from the tunnelbear.com dept.

https://www.tunnelbear.com/blog/tunnelbear_public_security_audit/

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Researchers Find a Malicious Way to Meddle with Autonomous Cars

Posted by msq on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @04:12PM
from the blog.caranddriver.com dept.

http://blog.caranddriver.com/researchers-find-a-malicious-way-to-meddle-with-autonomous-cars/

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Re:Google senior engineer wrote manifesto against diversity, employees... on Saturday August 05, 2017 @02:57PM (#14937273)

Seems like it wasn't a quote from the mentioned document, just a comment from a Google employee.

And considering that recently Dawkins was deplatformed in Berkeley for 'abusive speech' I will hold with comments until - if ever - this doc will be available.

Engineering Education: Social Engineering Rather Than Actual Engineering

Posted by msq on Saturday August 05, 2017 @02:28PM
from the jamesgmartin.center dept.

https://www.jamesgmartin.center/2017/08/engineering-education-social-engineering-rather-actual-engineering/

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LastPass Premium now costs twice as much

Posted by msq on Thursday August 03, 2017 @06:19PM
from the engadget.com dept.

https://www.engadget.com/2017/08/03/lastpass-premium-costs-twice-as-much/

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U.S. senators to introduce bill to secure 'internet of things'

Posted by msq on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @04:01PM
from the reuters.com dept.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-congress-idUSKBN1AH474

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Re:Amazon's new refunds policy will 'crush' small businesses, outraged... on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @12:51PM (#14912227)

Always talk to Amazon customer support if the independent seller is making a fuss about warranty or return.

Twitter can detect crime up to an hour faster than police

Posted by msq on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @03:41AM
from the engadget.com dept.

https://www.engadget.com/2017/06/27/Twitter-monitoring-crime-riots-faster-police/

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Fired Employee Hacks and Shuts Down Smart Water Readers in Five US Cities

Posted by msq on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @04:46AM
from the bleepingcomputer.com dept.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fired-employee-hacks-and-shuts-down-smart-water-readers-in-five-us-cities/

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