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July 20, 2018

Négationnisme : le faux-pas du patron de Facebook sur les fake news

La position controversée de Zuckerberg

Cisco Removes Undocumented Root Password From Bandwidth Monitoring Software

Cisco has released 25 security updates yesterday, including a critical patch for Cisco Policy Suite that removes an undocumented password for the "root" account.

Glenn Greenwald: Why privacy matters | TED Talk

TED Talk Subtitles and Transcript: Glenn Greenwald was one of the first reporters to see -- and write about -- the Edward Snowden files, with their revelations about the United States' extensive surveillance of private citizens. In this searing talk, Greenwald makes the case for why you need to care about privacy, even if you're "not doing anything you need to hide."

Dozens of PC games drop Red Shell tracking software after surveillance fears | WIRED UK

Games developers are removing data collecting software created by Red Shell after sleuthing players discovered it was recording their information

Farewell, Google Maps | In der Apotheke

Google decided to make Maps its next billion dollar business by raising prices 14 times and decreasing free usage limit almost 30 times, all with minimal notice period. Fortunately, the move energised map competitors. Apple Maps, Mapbox, TomTom - which alternative is best for mid- and larger sites?

Thermanator Attack Steals Passwords by Reading Thermal Residue on Keyboards

A person's fingers leave thermal residue on keyboard keys that a malicious observer could record and later determine the text a user has entered on the keyboard, according to a recently published research paper by three scientists from the University of California, Irvine (UCI).

Facebook to publish data on Irish abortion referendum ads | Technology | The Guardian

Social media company to provide details of spending on ads targeting Irish voters

Droppers Is How Android Malware Keeps Sneaking Into the Play Store

For the past year, Android malware authors have been increasingly relying on a solid trick for bypassing Google's security scans and sneaking malicious apps into the official Play Store.

“Who cares, I have nothing to hide” — Why the popular response to online privacy is so flawed

Would you publish your passwords?

Twitter’s vast metadata haul is a privacy nightmare for users | WIRED UK

Working with publicly available metadata from Twitter, a machine learning algorithm was able to identify users with 96.7 per cent accuracy