Today we will take some harder looks at the apply situation in the states and around the world. We will also have a look at some of the other security and business news for the week.
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This week in Business News, GM recalls every Chevy Bolt, Samsung does some fishy things, and Western Digital loves Class Action Lawsuits. Also a study discusses what people would give up to keep working from home. We also cover some silly news in the world this week.
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00:00 Chevy Bolt Recall
02:10 Samsung Breaks Camera
03:36 Samsung TV Kill Switch
06:12 Western Digital NAND Swap
08:48 To Work From Home
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15:23 China Privacy Law?
16:13 Nevermind This Lawsuit
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This week in the Privacy News, Google enables end-to-end encrypted messages, a new smart lock connects to Amazon, and Facebook starts testing ads in VR. Ireland has a new dystopian search bill and the new trend in smart devices is a "Check Engine" light for your body. We also look at recent data breaches and explain why we need to keep as much data as possible off the Internet.
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00:00 Google End-to-End Encryption
03:27 Alexa Smart Lock
06:52 Oculus VR Ads
08:38 Ireland Forces Password Reveals
10:02 Check Health Light
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13:11 McDonalds Breach
14:52 VW Breach
17:30 Linux Polkit Vulnerabilities
18:08 Nuclear Weapons Contractor Breach
19:14 Big Tech Data Breach
20:27 Vigilante Maleware
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There is a new startup tech that is scraping the internet for pictures and selling that information to police departments. Is this abuse that needs regulated? We will talk about it today.
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This video is a brief walk through of LegacyOS, a distro for older computers that is packed full of software that is designed to work on old computers. It is based on Antix and maintained by the developers of PuppyLinux.
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Security / Privacy
https://www.dreamhost.com/blog/narrowing-the-scope/
https://blog.lookout.com/igexin-malicious-sdk
https://hackernoon.com/advisory-accuweather-ios-app-sends-location-information-to-data-monetization-firm-83327c6a4870
http://news.softpedia.com/news/accuweather-still-sharing-user-data-without-consent-despite-update-517514.shtml
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/08/court-locating-suspect-via-stingray-definitely-requires-a-warrant/
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/21/business/dealbook/phone-hack-bitcoin-virtual-currency.html
http://www.zdnet.com/article/sonos-accept-new-privacy-policy-speakers-cease-to-function/
http://blog.sonos.com/en/sonos-privacy/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_content=cta-SV&utm_campaign=privacypolicy
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/08/leak-of-1700-valid-passwords-could-make-the-iot-mess-much-worse/
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/08/wanted-weaponized-exploits-that-hack-phones-will-pay-top-dollar/
Bad Business
https://consumerist.com/2017/08/24/appeals-court-deals-blow-to-streaming-service-that-lets-you-filter-out-nudity-swearing/
https://consumerist.com/2017/08/22/more-than-a-third-of-americans-have-been-unknowingly-enrolled-in-auto-pay-plans/
OK Then
https://consumerist.com/2017/08/24/bizarre-kfc-vr-escape-roomtraining-exercise-haunted-by-ghost-of-anti-robot-col-sanders/
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The new Ubuntu 20.04 is out and there are a lot of good things it brings to the table. There are also a few bugs, but we want to ask if it is good enough to replace my Arch system from both a new and an advanced user perspective.
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Tonight we will look at this weeks privacy, business, and security news.
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This is my bare metal review of Fedora 29 Plasma. Overall I give it good marks. A little more difficult to get up and running, but solid when you do.
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This week in the Weekly News Roundup, a real facial recognition case has staggering concern, a new scam is Virtually Kidnapping loved ones, and ChapGPT is being used for malware. We also visit SillyVille.
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