How I upgraded my water heater and discovered how bad smart home security can be ( arstechnica.com )
I continue to be amazed that anybody connects their appliances to the internet.
Slack users horrified to discover messages used for AI training ( arstechnica.com )
FTC Warns Car Makers Regarding Privacy ( arstechnica.com )
It's not quite enough for me, personally, but this is a small step in the right direction....
It could soon be illegal to publicly wear a mask for health reasons in NC ( arstechnica.com )
Google Search adds a “web” filter, because it is no longer focused on web results ( arstechnica.com )
Google Search adds a “web” filter, because it is no longer focused on web results ( arstechnica.com )
Linux maintainers were infected for 2 years by SSH-dwelling backdoor with huge reach ( arstechnica.com )
Apple, SpaceX, Microsoft return-to-office mandates drove senior talent away ( arstechnica.com )
I hate to go as cliche as "surprising absolutely no one," but really, this is not a surprise.
Major ChatGPT-4o update allows audio-video talks with an “emotional” AI chatbot ( arstechnica.com )
Elon Musk’s X can’t invent its own copyright law, judge says ( arstechnica.com )
Elon Musk’s Neuralink reports trouble with first human brain chip ( arstechnica.com )
Robot dogs armed with AI-aimed rifles undergo US Marines Special Ops evaluation ( arstechnica.com )
Professor sues Meta to allow release of feed-killing tool for Facebook ( arstechnica.com )
The tool is nearly ready to be released, Zuckerman told Ars, but the University of Massachusetts Amherst associate professor is afraid that Facebook owner Meta might threaten legal action if he goes ahead. And his fears appear well-founded. In 2021, Meta sent a cease-and-desist letter to the creator of the original Unfollow...
Dell responds to return-to-office resistance with VPN, badge tracking ( arstechnica.com )
Surely the clearest path to retaining only the best.
Novel attack against virtually all VPN apps neuters their entire purpose ( arstechnica.com )
Novel attack against virtually all VPN apps neuters their entire purpose ( arstechnica.com )
Pulling this off requires high privileges in the network, so if this is done by intruder you're probably having a Really Bad Day anyway, but might be good to know if you're connecting to untrusted networks (public wifi etc). For now, if you need to be sure, either tether to Android - since the Android stack doesn't implement...
Novel attack against virtually all VPN apps neuters their entire purpose ( arstechnica.com )
Novel attack against virtually all VPN apps neuters their entire purpose ( arstechnica.com )
Microsoft plans to lock down Windows DNS like never before. Here’s how. ( arstechnica.com )
Maximum-severity GitLab flaw allowing account hijacking under active exploitation ( arstechnica.com )
The BASIC programming language turns 60 ( arstechnica.com )
I was definitely a Commodore kid, and BASIC was my first language. Maybe it's nostalgia, but I still like BASIC for hobby stuff.
Microsoft’s VASA-1 can deepfake a person with one photo and one audio track ( arstechnica.com )
Ars Technica | Not-a-Linux distro review: SerenityOS is a Unix-y love letter to the ’90s ( arstechnica.com )
Here are links to the website, GitHub, and Wikipedia pages....
FTC fines Razer for every cent made selling bogus “N95 grade” RGB masks ( arstechnica.com )
Nation-state hackers exploit Cisco firewall 0-days to backdoor government networks ( arstechnica.com )
