privacy
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This Unassuming Little Device Can Hack Your Smart Home
This strange little device may look unassuming — after all, it’s a nod to William Gibson’s famous cybernetic dolphin, Jones. But Flipper Zero, a pocket-sized, dolphin-themed hacking tool, can actually open NFD-based locks, hack access points, and even send keyboard commands to unsuspecting laptops and PCs.
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Clubhouse Promises To Get Its Security Under Control (Again)
Clubhouse — the invitation-only audio app best known for courting everyone from Elon Musk to Mark Zuckerberg — has promised to implement new safeguards after suffering its second high-profile security snafu this month.
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The Pandemic Was An Excuse To Trample Your Digital Rights
A once-in-a-century pandemic has given cover for governments, businesses and organisations to use technology in new or expanded ways to their benefit. As a result, 2020 was a year that saw Australians’ digital rights tested and encroached on in unprecedented ways. Australian advocacy group Digital Rights Watch has released its State Of Digital Rights report…
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Tim, It’s Pronounced Facebook
It’s been a big day in privacy land for Apple, but among a flurry of privacy-related announcements from the Cupertino-based company, the juiciest was perhaps a speech by CEO Tim Cook at CPDP 2021. In the roughly 15-minute opening keynote, Cook took several, savage potshots at a certain social media company that might be gearing…