CISS 100 – Computing & Information Sciences
Prof James G. Looby – Site/Servers 100% Wind Powered
Source: Chinese Man Finds Spying System on Smart TV
Just a FYI – I gave my daughter a small inexpensive drone for Xmas and the iPhone app tried to scan my network and connect to the Internet. I quickly deleted the app and my daughter uses the drone without cell phone control.
Source: Facebook data on 533 million users reemerge online for free – Los Angeles Times
You’ve heard me speak about how people are documenting their sensitive information and lives on Social Media and how this can be used against them for social engineering, identity theft, etc. attacks. I was able to quickly locate this trove of sensitive user information on the Deep Web.
Source: U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs Facebook appeal in user tracking lawsuit
Again, please recall Facebook admitted to sharing tracking data with Google/YouTube and Twitter in 2020 US Senate hearings.
Source: Google’s Nest alarm system has a microphone, unknown to consumers – CBS News
A few other notes and observations. The microphone is not even listed in the device electronic schematics. Google is a tech leader so what is the likelihood they just forgot to include this component? Note, after this was revealed, Google allowed users to opt out and turn the microphone off but in the EULA, users that turn the microphone off will no longer receive product updates (security patches, bug fixes, etc.).
Recommended watch: Harvard Prof Zuboff