An open cloud database sets the stage for phishing attacks for users of the subscription service. Nearly 7.5 million Adobe Creative Cloud users are left open to phishing campaigns after their records were left exposed to the internet. Adobe Creative Cloud, which has an estimated 15 million subscribers, is a monthly service that gives users… Continue reading 7 milioni di account Adobe Creative Cloud violati [EN]
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IOT, Whirpool user data exposed in clear text [EN]
Another day, another shining example of why connecting everything from your Barbie dolls to tea kettles to the internet was a bad idea. This week it's Whirlpool that's under fire after a researcher discovered that the company had failed to secure a database containing 28 million records collected from the company's “smart” appliances. The database… Continue reading IOT, i dati degli utenti di Whirpool esposti in chiaro [EN]
Do Google searches like a hacker would
The search engine that we use every day to carry out any type of search also hides a dark side. If interrogated properly, Google can become an extremely effective weapon. Querying a search engine means entering the search terms into the Google bar and pressing the "Enter" key. And by knowing what to ask for, you can get it from… Continue reading Fare ricerche su Google come farebbe un hacker
Because the man who “turned on” the internet 50 years ago doesn't like how it turned out
The Internet has changed the world. It's banal to say it now, but it's a revolution that began fifty years ago, exactly. Among the many epochal phenomena in human history, we even know the precise minute in which it began: at 10.30 pm on October 29, 1969. At that moment the first message was sent between a computer and a… Continue reading Perché all’uomo che ha “acceso” internet 50 anni fa non piace com’è andata a finire
Why a “social credit” system is scary [EN]
It's Free Speech Week. So let's take a look at the worst enemy of freedom of speech: mass surveillance and its consequences. The modern form of mass surveillance, online surveillance, is easy, cheap and instantaneous.Continue reading on Tutanota.com
What is a web tracker? [EN]
Let's say you're on an outdoor pizza oven website dreaming about someday owning one. Mmm pizza. Next you switch gears and visit a fitness site; low and behold an ad for the pizza oven you were just looking at is there, too. Then you go to YouTube to see how easy it would be to… Continue reading Cosa è un web tracker? [EN]
Can we be recognized by how we move?
A new study used machine learning to find out, hypothesizing that the way we move our muscles is a kind of digital fingerprint Continue reading on Ilpost.it
Google and Facebook read your license plates [EN]
For years I've gone back and forth over the practice of obscuring license plates on photos on the internet. License plates are already publicly-viewable things, so what's the point in obscuring them, right? Well, now I think there actually is a good reason to obscure your license plates in photos because it appears that Google… Continue reading Google e Facebook leggono le vostre targhe [EN]
Alternatives to Google Chrome
Tired of Google Chrome? Are you looking for real alternatives to Google Chrome, fast and that respect your privacy?