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Angry Tech News #83: Thereupon Classified

Post author By Ryan Bemrose
Post date June 6, 2024

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Microsoft’s new Recall feature obsoletes all other spyware,
You are participating in a worldwide wifi tracking network,
and the end of ICQ (yeah, it was still around)

Windows Recall
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsofts-new-windows-11-recall-is-a-privacy-nightmare/
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/20/24159258/microsoft-recall-ai-explorer-windows-11-surface-event
https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs/2024/05/statement-in-response-to-microsoft-recall-feature/
https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-11/302928/windows-11-recall-is-not-a-privacy-concern
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/copilot-plus-pcs
Wifi is not your friend
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/05/why-your-wi-fi-router-doubles-as-an-apple-airtag/
ICQ is shutting down
https://uk.pcmag.com/mobile-apps/152479/icq-one-of-the-oldest-instant-messengers-is-shutting-down
Proof of concept for exfiltrating Recall data
https://www.wired.com/story/total-recall-windows-recall-ai/

Tags apple, findmy, icq, microsoft, recall, wifi, windows

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Angry Tech News #81: Subscribe Firstborn

Post author By Ryan Bemrose
Post date January 31, 2024

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Google admits what we all know, Apple faces the music (or at least a few notes), and HP and Ubisoft seek rent

Links

Google admits it collects user data in incognito mode
https://www.engadget.com/google-now-admits-it-could-collect-data-in-chromes-incognito-mode-103807146.html
Apple concedes almost an inch
https://www.engadget.com/apple-updates-us-app-store-guidelines-allowing-developers-to-link-to-third-party-payments-235836357.html
HP: “Our long-term objective is to make printing a subscription”
https://www.pcgamer.com/our-long-term-objective-is-to-make-printing-a-subscription-says-hp-ceo-gunning-for-2024s-worst-person-of-the-year-award/
Ubisoft says gamers should just accept not owning their games
https://www.techspot.com/news/101534-ubisoft-wishes-gamers-would-accept-not-owning-their.html

Tags apple, chrome, epic, google, hewlett-packard, incognito, ubisoft

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Angry Tech News #80: Artist Proxy

Post author By Ryan Bemrose
Post date January 3, 2024

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 24:19 — 22.3MB)

Apple wants to control your digital life, Google wants to control the entire internet, and artists finally get a weapon in the war against AI

Links

AI data poisoning tool “Nightshade”
https://www.zdnet.com/article/data-poisoning-tool-lets-artists-fight-back-against-ai-scraping-heres-how/

Apple makes biometrics authoritative with “Stolen Device Protection” feature
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/12/12/ios-17-3-stolen-device-protection-feature/

Google’s latest move to control the whole world-wide-web
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-chromes-new-ip-protection-will-hide-users-ip-addresses/

Tags ai, apple, google, privacy, proxy, security

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Angry Tech News #76: Snappy Spyware

Post author By Ryan Bemrose
Post date September 12, 2023

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 26:55 — 24.7MB)

Spyware hacked for good, Apple OS hacked for bad, Windows hacked, but it makes things better, OpenAI confirms AI detectors are crap, and Automobiles are now officially the worst product category for privacy

Links

WebDetetive spyware hacked
https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/26/brazil-webdetetive-spyware-deleted/

Windows bug improves performance
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/windows-file-explorer-bug-ironically-boosts-browsing-performance

Blastpass vuln in Apple OS’s
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/apple-patches-clickless-0-day-image-processing-vulnerability-in-ios-macos/
https://citizenlab.ca/2023/09/blastpass-nso-group-iphone-zero-click-zero-day-exploit-captured-in-the-wild/

OpenAI: “Do AI Detectors Work?”
https://help.openai.com/en/articles/8313351-how-can-educators-respond-to-students-presenting-ai-generated-content-as-their-own

Mozilla reviews automakers for privacy practices
https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/its-official-cars-are-the-worst-product-category-we-have-ever-reviewed-for-privacy/

Tags apple, explorer, openai, privacy, spyware, webdetetive, windows, zero-day

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Angry Tech News #71: Watchdog Trolling

Post author By Ryan Bemrose
Post date August 1, 2023

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Google presents an existential threat to the open web. Plus, gaming news!

Links

Ubisoft update
https://www.techspot.com/news/99529-ubisoft-now-claims-wont-delete-inactive-accounts-purchased.html

Web Environment Integrity
https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/issues/28
https://vivaldi.com/blog/googles-new-dangerous-web-environment-integrity-spec/

Modern Warfare II matchmaking servers taken down due to worm
https://www.techspot.com/news/99573-hackers-infecting-modern-warfare-2-players-self-spreading.html
Blizzard: Any mod to Diablo IV will get a permanent ban
https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/d4/t/a-notice-regarding-unauthorized-game-modifying-software-in-diablo-iv/102121
Activision trolling cheaters, bans 14k accounts
https://www.techspot.com/news/99594-call-duty-bans-more-than-14000-cheaters-24.html
Pizza-scented controllers
https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2023/07/24/pizza-scented-xbox-and-tmnt-mutant-mayhem-controller/

Tags activision-blizzard, apple, call-of-duty, drm, google, microsoft, pizza, ubisoft

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Angry Tech News #65: Granny Echolocation

Post author By Ryan Bemrose
Post date June 24, 2023

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 21:32 — 19.7MB)

Apple trademarks images of fruit, SMS can track you (duh), ChatGPT really wants to be helpful, even when its handlers won’t let it, and the EU Parliament sticks its fingers in the battery market

Links

Apple is trying to trademark all images of apples
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/apple-vs-apples-trademark-battle
ChatGPT tricked into giving out Win11 activation keys
https://www.techspot.com/news/99126-chatgpt-can-tricked-supplying-windows-11-keys-but.html
“Freaky Leaky SMS” vuln uses SMS delivery reports to locate recipient
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sms-delivery-reports-can-be-used-to-infer-recipients-location/
New onerous EU battery rules
https://www.carscoops.com/2023/06/large-carmakers-come-together-for-eus-battery-passport-plan/
https://www.pcmag.com/news/eu-smartphones-must-have-user-replaceable-batteries-by-2027

Tags apple, betteries, chatgpt, electric-vehicles, smartphones, sms, trademark

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Angry Tech News #60: Conductive Rookie

Post author By Ryan Bemrose
Post date May 23, 2023

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 40:17 — 36.9MB)

Toyota data breach affects millions of cars, Windows 11 installs stuff you don’t want, Public Service Announcements from Apple & Google, and the electrified road idea that just won’t go away

Links

Toyota breach leaks 10 years of car location data
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/toyota-car-location-data-of-2-million-customers-exposed-for-ten-years/
Sweden threatens to build electric roads
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/sweden/ar-AA1bjFB4
Apple urges users to patch iOS due to three zero-day vulnerabilities
https://www.techspot.com/news/98769-apple-urges-users-upgrade-their-ios-following-new.html
Google to shut down old accounts
https://www.techspot.com/news/98714-google-start-deleting-inactive-accounts-later-year.html
Windows 11 has tiktok
https://bigtechquestion.com/2023/03/13/software/windows/tiktok-installed-windows-11-pc/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows11/comments/11vt8x3/has_tiktok_been_getting_automatically_installed/
Youtube ad costs
https://foundr.com/articles/marketing/youtube-ads-cost-breakdown