Brazil was not bluffing last year, when it said that it would disconnect from the United States-controlled internet due to the NSA obscenely invasive surveillance tactics . The country is about to stretch a cable from the northern city of Fortaleza all the way to Portugal. This is a big deal. Read more…
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Brazil Is Keeping Its Promise to Disconnect from the U.S. Internet
countach44 writes that (in the words of the below-linked article) “Chicagoans are costing the city tens of millions of dollars — through good behavior.” The City of Chicago recently installed speed cameras near parks and schools as part of the “Children’s Safety Zone Program, ” claiming a desire to decrease traffic-related incidents in those area. The city originally budgeted (with the help of the company providing the system) to have $90M worth of income from the cameras — of which only $40M is now expected. Furthermore, the city has not presented data on whether or not those areas have become safer. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Speed Cameras In Chicago Earn $50M Less Than Expected
It’s no secret that everybody’s thinking about privacy and cyber security more since the world was pummeled with the unsettling, spy-novel truths of the Snowden revelations . Now, companies are starting to seize onto the zeitgeist by building more secure tools for the internet. And it sounds like Tor will be at the front of that line. Read more…
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Dreaming of a Tor Button for Firefox
innocent_white_lamb writes: The 2015 Corvette has a Valet Mode that records audio and video when someone other than the owner is driving the car. Activating the Valet Mode allows you to record front-facing video as well as capture audio from within the car so you can help keep your Corvette safe when it’s in the hands of others. Well, it turns out that recording audio from within the car may be considered a felony in some states that require notice and consent to individuals that they are being recorded. Now GM is sending notices out to dealerships and customers alerting them to this fact as well as promising a future update to the PDR system. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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2015 Corvette Valet Mode Recorder Illegal In Some States
Nicola Hahn (1482985) writes Kim Zetter of Wired Magazine has recently covered Dan Greer’s keynote speech at Black Hat USA. In his lengthy address Greer, representing the CIA’s venture funding arm, suggested that one way that the United States government could improve cyber security would be to use its unparalleled budget to buy up all the underground’s zero-day vulnerabilities. While this would no doubt make zero-day vendors like VUPEN and middlemen like the Grugq very wealthy, is this strategy really a good idea? Can the public really trust the NSA to do the right thing with all those zero-day exploits? Furthermore, recall the financial meltdown of 2008 where the public paid the bill for Wall Street’s greed. If the government pays for information on all these unpatched bugs would society simply be socializing the cost of hi-tech’s sloppy engineering? Whose interests does this “corner-the-market” approach actually serve? Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Cornering the Market On Zero-Day Exploits
You might want to be more careful in checking your credit card statements for fraudulent charges. CSO notes that Amex has had to issue three breach notifications this month, due to three separate hacks. Read more…
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Credit Cards Hacked Multiple Times at Hotels, Retailers. Check Yours
harrymcc (1641347) writes “In June 1967, a weekly newspaper called Computerworld launched. Almost exactly 47 years later, it’s calling it quits in print form to focus on its website and other digital editions. The move isn’t the least bit surprising, but it’s also the end of an era–and I can’ t think of any computing publication which had a longer run. Over at Technologizer, I shared some thoughts on what Computerworld meant to the world, to its publisher, IDG, and to me.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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After 47 Years, Computerworld Ceases Print Publication
Back in 2006 we learned about the FBI’s ability to eavesdrop on cellphones, even when they’re turned off . And guess what? Edward Snowden reminds us that government agencies can still do just that . Read more…
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The NSA Can (Still) Bug Your Phone When It’s Powered Off
Australia is suffering a spate of iPhone hijackings at the hands of a hacker called Oleg Pliss—who demands $50 via PayPal to unlock each handset. There’s currently no sign of it spreading to the rest of the world but, as ever, be vigilant. Read more…
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Australia is suffering a spate of iPhone hijackings at the hands of a hacker called Oleg Pliss–who
The B-52 bomber is one the US Air Force’s most iconic airplanes—but it’s also beginning to show its age. Now, Boeing has decided to bring it right up-to-date, though, with its new Combat Network Communications Technology (CONECT). Read more…