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Angry Tech News #3: Polkadot Biometrics

Microsoft goes paswordless, Apple seeks to cure depression, another root cert expires, and China goes nuclear on crypto

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IdenTrust vs. the Internet
https://scotthelme.co.uk/lets-encrypt-old-root-expiration/
https://crt.sh/?Identity=%25&iCAID=16418

Microsoft vs. Passwords

https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2021/09/15/the-passwordless-future-is-here-for-your-microsoft-account/
https://puri.sm/posts/microsoft-ruined-passwords-now-aims-for-a-passwordless-future/

Apple vs. the mentally ill
https://www.rt.com/usa/535475-apple-mental-illness-detector-hypocrisy/
http://www.bing.com/news/search?q=Using+an+array+of+sensor+data+that+includes+mobility%2c+physical+activity%2c+sleep+patterns%2c+typing+behavior+and+more%2c+researchers+hope+they+can+tease+out+digital+signals+associated+with+the+target+conditions+so+that+algorithms+can+be+created+to+detect+them+reliably%2c+the+people+said.+Apple+hopes+that+would+become+the+basis+for+unique+features+for+its+devices%2c+according+to+the+people+and+documents

China vs. Progress
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-central-bank-vows-crackdown-cryptocurrency-trading-2021-09-24/

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Angry Tech News #2 – Friday, 17 Sep 2021

Apple vs Epic, Apple vs kiddie porn, Apple vs. the Environment, ProtonMail isn’t so private after all, and Tesla offers FSD only to drivers who don’t need it.

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Epic v. Apple verdict
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.364265/gov.uscourts.cand.364265.812.0_2.pdf

Apple abuses CSAM filter
https://www.apple.com/child-safety/

Apple censors Russian voting app
https://9to5mac.com/2021/09/17/apple-giving-into-russia-csam/

Apple shareholders pushing for right to repair
https://9to5mac.com/2021/09/16/aapl-shareholder-resolution-repair/

Protonmail gives up IP address of user
https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/06/protonmail-logged-ip-address-of-french-activist-after-order-by-swiss-authorities/

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/protonmail-scandal-tarnishes-swiss-privacy-reputation-/46952640

Tesla releases FSD b10 only for “good” drivers
https://electrek.co/2021/09/17/tesla-make-sure-good-driver-before-giving-access-full-self-driving-beta/

BONUS: Excited Tesla driver cheers drunken AI https://streamable.com/grihhc

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Angry Tech News #1 – Friday, 10 September 2021

Ray-Ban re-releases Google Glass, a trio of laws directed at tech companies, NASA takes the fight to the asteroids, and China doubles down on killing the video game industry

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Ray-Ban re-releases Google Glass
https://www.axios.com/facebook-ray-ban-wayfarer-stories-5f113bfa-797f-4e2d-b99c-7d65a8726607.html

Texas passes HB-20 to regulate social media censorship based on viewpoint
https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/billtext/html/HB00020F.htm

California AB-701 slaps Amazon
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB701

Australia High court makes websites liable for user comments
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-24/court-finds-media-liable-for-facebook-comments-by-public/11240826

NASA is going to slam a spacecraft into an asteroid
https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/09/09/1035166/dart-nasa-spacecraft-asteroid-protection-dimorphos/

China reportedly bans all new video games
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/tech/china-announces-blanket-ban-new-24943641

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Angry Tech News #0 – Friday, 3 September 2021

Chinese government restricts video games to 3hrs per week for kids. Reddit continues its crusade against communities that don’t join the hivemind. Samsung shows that when you buy a TV, it’s not really yours. Security researcher turns memory bus into a wifi antenna.

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Chinese mandate – kids under 18 limited to 3hrs/wk of video games
http://www.news.cn/english/2021-08/30/c_1310157506.htm

2019 Chinese restrictions on video gaming
https://www.npr.org/2019/11/06/776840260/china-introduces-restrictions-on-video-games-for-minors

Writing games for China market under new restrictions
https://nikopartners.com/game-regulations-in-china-everything-you-need-to-know/

Reddit has banned r/NoNewNormal
https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/pek9e6/why_are_subreddits_going_privatepinning_protest/

Reddit admin “worstnerd” posted an “Analysis of Covid Denial”
https://www.reddit.com/r/redditsecurity/comments/pfyqqn/covid_denialism_and_policy_clarifications/

Samsung to remotely brick TVs stolen from warehouse
https://www.theregister.com/2021/08/24/samsung_tv_block/

ThreatPost reports “noted air-gap researcher Mordechai Guri created a proof-of-concept”
https://threatpost.com/air-gap-attack-turns-memory-wifi/162358/