The Art of Surveillance: Exposed by Dries Depoorter
Provocative tech artist Dries Depoorter exposes the many ways you’re being watched. The post The Art of Surveillance: Exposed by Dries Depoorter appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers......»»
ACM, Ethics, and Corporate Behavior
theodp writes: In the just-published March 2022 issue Communications of the ACM, former CACM Editor-in-Chief Moshe Y. Vardi takes tech companies -- and their officers and technical leaders -- to task over the societal risk posed by surveillance capit.....»»
Missouri Governor"s Office Responsible For Teacher Data Leak
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Krebs on Security: Missouri Governor Mike Parson made headlines last year when he vowed to criminally prosecute a journalist for reporting a security flaw in a state website that exposed personal information o.....»»
Missouri governor’s wild claims about journalist debunked in police report
No "hacking" required: State website exposed teacher SSNs in HTML for 10 years. Enlarge / Missouri Gov. Mike Parson at a press conference in May 2019. (credit: Getty Images | Jacob Moscovitch ) A newly released police report.....»»
WordPress plugin vulnerability exposed millions of websites to attack
Severe security flaw found in a backup and restore WordPress plugin......»»
YouTubers expose Newegg, causing a returns policy change
Newegg was just exposed by YouTube tech outlet Gamer Nexus for attempting to sell a broken product, refusing refunds upon return, and keeping the said product......»»
Secondary cratering on Earth: The Wyoming impact crater field
Several dozen small impact craters, 10-70-m in size, have been discovered in southeastern Wyoming. A team of U.S. and German geoscientists found these ancient craters in exposed sedimentary layers from the Permian period (280 million years ago). Afte.....»»
Thousands of Npm Accounts Use Email Addresses With Expired Domains
An academic research project found that thousands of JavaScript developers are using an email address with an expired domain for their npm accounts, leaving their projects exposed to easy hijacks. From a report: The study, performed last year by rese.....»»
High levels of hazardous chemicals found in Canadian nail salons
A recent University of Toronto study, in collaboration with Parkdale Queen West Community Heath Center and the Healthy Nail Salons Network, shows that nail technicians in discount salons are exposed to several chemicals widely used as plasticizers an.....»»
Steven Soderbergh"s "Kimi" is an electric thriller with an encrypted message of hope
Whether we like it or not, we live in an age rife with nonconsensual surveillance. Be it CCTV, unwanted airtags, tracking apps, third-party data buys, hacked webcams, or virtual assistants, there's always the chance that someone has an eye or ear on.....»»
NASA beams back unexpected selfie of the Webb telescope from 1 million miles away
We thought we'd never see the giant James Webb Space Telescope ever again.The space observatory has traveled to its distant cosmic outpost, nearly a million miles from Earth. It doesn't carry any surveillance cameras dedicated to monitoring the instr.....»»
Mosquito surveillance program finds invasive species taking root in three Iowa counties
Iowans might notice some new uninvited guests crashing their summer barbecues this year......»»
Judge restores protections for gray wolves across much of US
A judge restored federal protections for gray wolves across much of the U.S. on Thursday, after their removal in the waning days of the Trump administration exposed the predators to hunting that critics said would undermine their rebound from widespr.....»»
Poorest people bear growing burden of heat waves as temperatures rise
People with lower incomes are exposed to heat waves for longer periods of time compared to their higher income counterparts due to a combination of location and access to heat adaptations like air conditioning. This inequality is expected to rise as.....»»
Babies in bike trailers exposed to higher levels of pollutants than their parents, study finds
Babies and children sitting in bicycle trailers breathe in more polluted air than the adults riding the bikes that pull them—but trailer covers can help halve air pollution levels, according to research from the University of Surrey......»»
Genomic surveillance helps prepare for rabies outbreaks in bats
The COVID-19 pandemic and the significant impact of emerging variants have shown the importance of understanding viruses in as much detail as possible......»»
Breach of Washington State Database May Expose Personal Info of Millions
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Associated Press: The Washington State Department of Licensing said the personal information of potentially millions of licensed professionals may have been exposed after it detected suspicious activity on.....»»
Reuters reports zero-click iPhone exploit was also used by another Israeli surveillance firm, in addition to NSO Group
In November, Apple sued NSO Group over its repeated use of zero-click iPhone exploits to help malicious actors spy on iPhone users. Since then, many political activists have said they have been notified by Apple that they were targeted by NSO Group&.....»»
Exposed corporate credentials threatening the pharma sector
Constella Intelligence released a report which includes new and additional findings pertaining to exposures, breaches, and leakages within the pharma sector, specifically focusing on employees and executives from the top twenty pharma companies on th.....»»
US Government Expands Sewage-System Testing for Data on Spread of Pathogens Including Covid-19
CNN reports that wastewater-based epidemiology "has proven to be so reliable in dozens of pilot projects across the U.S. that the government has invested millions to create the National Wastewater Surveillance System, or NWSS, a network of 400 testin.....»»
CDC turns to poop surveillance for future COVID monitoring
Sewage can detect surges and variants before testing, CDC says. Enlarge / Aeration System, Hill Canyon Wastewater Treatment Plant, Camarillo, Ventura County, California. (credit: Getty | Universal Images Group) The Centers for.....»»