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Angry Tech News #38: Iconic Faceprint

TikTok, Twitter, and Ubisoft screw their users, European government screws everyone, a way to defeat air gaps, yet another NPM supply chain attack, and a new product that will help you reach your inner cyborg!

Links:

TikTok bends over your privacy
https://www.engadget.com/fcc-commissioner-google-facebook-ban-tik-tok-064559992.html
https://www.pandasecurity.com/en/mediacenter/security/tiktok-privacy-faceprints/

Firefox starts stripping tracking tags from URLs
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-firefox-privacy-feature-strips-urls-of-tracking-parameters/

Smart contact lenses
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2022/05/18/mojo-visions-smart-contact-lens-ready-for-real-world-testing/

Ubisoft shows who really owns your games
https://www.pcgamesn.com/assassins-creed-liberation-steam

Twitter has no ethics
https://therecord.media/twitter-apologizes-for-abusing-user-security-information-after-150-million-ftc-settlement/

Iconburst NPM supply chain attack
https://blog.reversinglabs.com/blog/iconburst-npm-software-supply-chain-attack-grabs-data-from-apps-websites

DMA, DSA pass EU parliament
https://epic.org/european-parliament-adopts-dsa-dma/

ETSC mandates black boxes
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/today-all-new-vehicles-eu-will-have-surveillance-black-boxes

Using SATA cable to defeat air gaps
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/air-gapped-systems-leak-data-via-sata-cable-wifi-antennas/

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Angry Tech News #6: Boiler Chloride

User-hostile browsers, Iron batteries, Sniper dogs, a BC town with a huge BTC deal, and listener feedback

Links:

Firefox searchbar ads
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/firefox-now-shows-ads-as-sponsored-address-bar-suggestions/

Chrome idle detection
https://www.howtogeek.com/756338/mozilla-says-chromes-latest-feature-enables-surveillance/

ESS technology
https://essinc.com/iron-flow-chemistry/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/cnbc/ar-AAPnQtV
https://cleantechnica.com/2020/04/25/how-long-can-lithium-ion-energy-storage-actually-last/

Gun-toting robot dog
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/42717/robot-dogs-can-now-have-6-5mm-assault-rifles-mounted-on-their-backs

Mintgreen press release
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/north-vancouver-to-be-worlds-first-city-heated-by-bitcoin-301400596.html