February 05, 2018

What online sex toys can teach you about secure coding

Like other IoT security flubs, this one is full of elementary errors that you're just not supposed to make any more.

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February 02, 2018

California says no, you can’t cover your license plate

The now-rejected SB-712 bill was meant to protect location data privacy from the spying electronic eyes of automated license plate readers

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February 02, 2018

Deepfakes AI porn GIFs purged from Gfycat platform

Redditors are brainstorming where else they can upload nonconsensual, AI-made celebrity porn.

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February 01, 2018

Facebook sued for not stopping killer who gave 4 minute notice

The killer called it an "Easter day slaughter," fatally shot a 74-year-old father of 10, then posted a video of the shooting to Facebook.

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February 01, 2018

Facebook bans cryptocurrency ads

"Click here to learn about our no-risk cryptocurrency that enables instant payments to anyone in the world"? How about no?

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January 31, 2018

Ban Facebook Messenger for Kids, urge children’s health advocates

A coalition of 97 advocates cites Facebook's numerous missteps, including research into targeting kids as young as 14 who feel "worthless."

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January 31, 2018

My cryptocoin startup vanished and all I got was this lousy penis

Cryptocoin startup Prodeum exit-scammed its investors out of millions of dollars, leaving just one thing behind on its website.

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January 30, 2018

Deepfakes AI celebrity porn channel shut down by Discord

Reddit, birthplace of AI-generated deepfakes, hasn't made any such move to do the same, though it too has a policy against involuntary porn.

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January 30, 2018

Bitcoin exchange robbed by real-life bank robbers with real-life guns

How very analog!

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