SPLC “field guide” errors prompt lawsuits against tech companies it partners with
"Silicon Valley relies on the SPLC to police 'hate speech'."
Be on the Lookout: Amazon Turns its Gaze to Surveillance
"AWS already has a sprawling Pentagon business, and it is the odds-on favorite for a new contract that could be worth $10 billion."
Rootkit-Based Adware Wreaks Havoc Among U.S. Windows 10 Users
"When it was released back in 2015, one of the main perks of Windows 10 was the improved security features that made it harder for rootkits to get a foothold on Microsoft's new OS."
VPNFilter malware infecting 500,000 consumer devices is worse than we thought
"The FBI recommended that all owners of consumer-grade routers, switches, and network-attached storage devices reboot their devices. While the advice likely disrupted VPNFilter’s advance and bought infected users time, it may also have created the mistaken belief that rebooting alone was enough to fully remove VPNFilter from infected devices."
Expect a police raid if ‘remote detonator’ is your Wi-Fi network name
"Nothing can be done to make the Wi-Fi naming wit change his or her alarming network name, [Saginaw Township Police Chief Donald] Pussehl said: it’s speech that’s protected under the First Amendment."
LTE wireless connections used by billions aren’t as secure as we thought
"The attacks work because of weaknesses built into the LTE standard itself. The most crucial weakness is a form of encryption that doesn’t protect the integrity of the data."
Swann home security camera sends video clips to random people
"Swann is owned by the Infinova Group, a US-based security camera specialist with offices across the globe."
N.S.A. Says It’s Purging Millions of Illegally Gathered Call and Text Records
"The agency had collected the data from a system it created under the USA Freedom Act. Congress enacted that law in 2015 to end and replace a once-secret program that had systematically collected Americans’ domestic calling records in bulk."
Today in History: Passage of the Lee Resolution for Ties with Great Britain to be “Totally Dissolved”
Today in 1776, the Second Continental Congress passed the Richard Henry Lee resolution, which called for ties between Great Britain and the American states to be “totally dissolved.” The vote was unanimous amongst the colonies, all of which had one vote regardless of size, with New York abstaining. Initially reluctant to support this measure, South…
Now In Effect: Iowa and Florida Laws Expand Healthcare Freedom
(July 2, 2018) – Yesterday, laws went into effect in Florida and Iowa that will help facilitate healthcare freedom outside of government regulatory schemes. Florida state Rep. Daniel Burgess (R-Zephyrhills) sponsored House Bill 37 (H37) and the Iowa House of Delegates Human Resources Committee sponsored House Bill 2356 (HF2356). These new laws specify that direct primary care agreements (sometimes…