Homeland Security mass US citizen face-scanning program rolled out in Orlando
"The face scan expansion is costing the Orlando airport authority $4 million. The program should be rolled out at other airports in other U.S. cities in the next year."
Google’s ‘principles’ on AI weapons, mass surveillence, and signing out
"At some point the wolf cannot say 'I won’t eat you' to sheep any longer with a straight face, because everybody knows for a fact that it eats sheep daily."
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."
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."
Nineteen ICE agents call for dissolution of agency
"They were concerned that the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration was preventing them from carrying out the agency’s other duties."
88% of Missing Sex Trafficked Kids Come from US Foster Care
"Children are being needlessly ripped from homes at such an alarming rate that hundreds of parents in one state have gone so far as to create a counter-kidnapping organization to stop it."
Immigrant Kids Are Suffering Trauma That Will Last Years
"Developmental trauma — trauma experienced in childhood — is much more difficult to heal than trauma suffered as an adult."
Trump urges Congress to restrict Chinese investment in U.S. tech companies
"New legislation 'will enhance our ability to protect the United States from new and evolving threats posed by foreign investment.'"