In states like California, Facebook is already violating the all-party consent requirements by recording audio 24/7. They’re also designing systems to be able to trigger recording of all background noise from external queues. Now the courts have finally considered their web widgets “Wiretaps.” Others are, too. What is it going to take before you stop copying passwords on your phone?Įveryone knows Facebook is always listening. Slack vulnerability allowed hackers to distribute malware to victims devices. Google resolved a major email spoofing vulnerability through customer services, shortly before allowing a core domain name for their Blogger service to expire. Google, the most popular purveyor of information and also the self-appointed gatekeeper to what is true and false, believes that having the complete URL is bad for you. Google Chrome is planning to hide everything in a URL other than the domain name. This has resulted in even less time for beta testing and the expected release+1 security updates. Mozilla switched to a 4-week cadence for major updates in March.
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Microsoft was caught breaching user trust, again, by hijacking your data from other browsers and importing into their forced update to their new Edge browser without your permission. From the comments, “Which is worse, a real Flash installer or a fake one? It’s a toss-up.” Macs are still getting infected through fake “Flash update” malware, even on Catalina. Piracy doesn’t pay, except for those creating the pirated apps. You’ll likely need a VM to make many of your apps work. If you were here when they switched from PowerPC to Intel you remember the issues were long and wide.
While Apple asserts that “most apps will just work,” the truth is that if it’s not a 64-bit app or it hasn’t been updated in more than a year, chances are not only won’t work on ARM but will never work on ARM. This Month in TechnologyĪpple has formally announced that they’ll be switching to ARM processors on their new hardware.