Today in the Weekly News Roundup, MS Edge collects more data than expected, the new zip domains are already being exploited by scammers, and the SEC kills LBRY. We also visit SillyVille. #WeeklyNewsRoundup #LBRY #edge
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I spent a week on Deepin OS, and I have some thoughts. it was a very nice distro. There was nothing critical on the distro, but a bunch of little things started to drive me crazy. Overall I think this is a solid distro.
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We have talked a lot about the negative aspects of the lockdown, but we have not talked enough about what is good, so we will talk a little about that. What routines have changed for the better, and what should we keep as we move forward.
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Lots of fascinating news this week, but what tops the list is a report that Transunion misused data to label people who where not shady as terrorists and drug king pins! We will look at this article, and some on technology, business, etc.
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https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/06/security-firm-claims-malware-infection-hit-250-million-microsoft-says-it-didnt/
http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-no-known-ransomware-windows-we-tried-to-hack-it/
Scammers
https://consumerist.com/2017/06/22/robocall-scammer-faces-120m-fine-for-impersonating-tripadvisor-marriott-expedia/
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/06/credit-card-breach-at-buckle-stores/
https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/ftc-doesnt-need-your-bank-info
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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/06/rhode-island-bill-sees-highway-surveillance-cams-ticketing-uninsured-motorists/
https://www.snap.com/en-US/news/post/introducing-the-snap-map/
https://www.blog.google/products/gmail/g-suite-gains-traction-in-the-enterprise-g-suites-gmail-and-consumer-gmail-to-more-closely-align/
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-23/google-now-scrubbing-private-medical-records-from-search-results
https://www.upguard.com/breaches/the-rnc-files
Bad Business
https://consumerist.com/2017/06/21/transunion-must-pay-60m-for-mistakenly-tagging-people-as-possible-terrorists/
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/21/mcdonalds-mccafe-is-posing-a-major-threat-to-dunkin-donuts.html
https://consumerist.com/2017/06/21/walmart-telling-some-vendors-to-stop-using-amazons-web-services/
Corporatocasy
https://www.statnews.com/2017/06/22/mylan-epipen-discount-medicaid-preferred/
http://www.courthousenews.com/small-business-claims-comcasts-dirty-dealing-ruined/
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This video looks at the recent Deepin release and asks some questions about what is good and what is not.
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Today we look at how Gnome works on the PinePhone using Postmarket OS.
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The new version of Peppermint has been released, dropping Ubuntu for Debian, dropping the Mint update tools for terminal-based ones. Again the distro is a leader in light weight Linux, but this one has a few bugs to work out. Check out the pros and cons.
#PeppermintOS #Debian #XFCE
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This week in Privacy News, we see an update to Apple trackers, The Verge suggests people to store passwords on Google, and the FTC is called on to reign in people search websites. Also, Google says it will stop tracking people for individualized ads. We finish with a few security articles.
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00:00 AirTag has Anti-Stock feature
02:50 Google password manager?
04:42 FTC Regulate Personal Data Sites?
08:12 Google to Stop Tracking for Ads
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This week in Privacy News, Apple and Google Ban some trackers, Brave has a new curated news feature, and Nintendo opts everyone into data sharing. Also, several privacy-centered lawsuits are coming around including a lawsuit against several online proctoring services. We also look at some security news including a new attempt at securing DNS lookups.
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00:00 x-Mode Trackers Banned
01:56 Brave Private News Reader
03:57 Nintendo Opts You into Data Collection
05:32 Google Look
07:27 Feds Logging Website Visitors
09:03 Whatapp Complains About Apple Privacy
11:01 Chinese Crowd Facial ID
13:02 Spy Agency Collects COVID data
15:06 Proctor Services Under Fire
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20:54 iPhone WiFi Packet Hack
22:22 GE Hardcodes Passwords
23:51 Hacking or Not?
26:02 ODoH Secure DNS
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