Link Dump - August 2019

[notshi]

internet of shit

• [ ] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/06/20/ge_lightblulb_reset/ <-- 2 months old :(

THE WEB

• [ ] https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/29/github-ban-sanctioned-countries/ GitHub confirms it has blocked developers in Iran, Syria and Crimea
• [ ] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/08/dominos-takes-its-case-for-non-accessible-design-to-the-supreme-court/
• [ ] https://new.blog.cloudflare.com/terminating-service-for-8chan/
• [ ] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/08/8chan-is-all-the-way-down-its-dns-its-always-dns/#p3
• [x] https://www.slashfilm.com/moviepass-scandal/ MoviePass Changed Some Users’ Passwords on Purpose So They Couldn’t Use the Service
• [ ] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/08/verizon-selling-tumblr-to-automattic-the-owner-of-wordpress-com/
• [ ] https://bitbucket.org/blog/sunsetting-mercurial-support-in-bitbucket

YOUPOOP

• [ ] https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/16/youtube-shuts-down-music-companies-use-of-manual-copyright-claims-to-steal-creator-revenue
• [x] https://boingboing.net/2019/07/23/double-edged-swords-r-us.html Play copyrighted music during Nazis rallies so they can't be posted to Youtube
• [x] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ytoUuO-qvg eh

Security

• [ ] https://knobattack.com/
• [ ] https://gizmodo.com/you-might-want-to-uninstall-vlc-immediately-1836641101
• [ ] https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/aug/12/three-blackout-near-misses-in-three-months-says-national-grid
• [ ] https://www.neowin.net/news/more-than-40-windows-drivers-found-to-contain-privilege-of-escalation-vulnerabilities/
• [ ] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/08/06/monzo_pins_reset/
• [ ] https://mobile.twitter.com/virginmedia/status/1162756227132198914 Posting it to you is secure, as it's illegal to open someone else's mail. ^JGS lulz
• [ ] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/08/found-world-readable-database-used-to-secure-buildings-around-the-globe/
  • [ ] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/aug/18/manchester-city-face-calls-to-reconsider-facial-recognition-tech

World of stfu lol / lulzhack

• [ ] https://hackaday.com/2019/08/10/those-elevator-emergency-call-buttons-are-actually-pretty-janky/
• [x] https://arstechnica.com/cars/2019/08/wiseguy-changes-license-plate-to-null-gets-12k-in-parking-tickets/#p3
• [ ] https://gizmodo.com/buttplug-hacker-talks-security-consent-and-why-he-hac-1837252628
• [x] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/08/19/emojis_get_you_laid/

AI

• [x] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-49270325 NHS to set up national artificial intelligence lab, hopefully it's not just WebMD+Alexa
• [x] https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/08/people-dont-want-to-see-workers-replaced-by-a-robot-themselves-excepted/

Hardware

• [x] https://news.sky.com/story/japan-successfully-tests-flying-car-which-hovers-steadily-for-a-minute-11777975
• [ ] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/08/05/uk_gov_offers_cash_for_coastguard_drones/
• [ ] https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/07/samsung-details-galaxy-fold-fixes-promises-re-launch-in-september/
• [ ] https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/08/british-airways-testing-vr-headsets-for-first-class-passengers-this-year/

Boyband (Zuck, Bezos, Musk, Khosrowshahi [Uber])

• [ ] https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2019/08/facebook_plans_.html
• [ ] https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2019/08/more_on_backdoo.html tl;dr ^^ was bollocks
• [ ] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/aug/13/facebook-messenger-user-recordings-contractors-listening
• [ ] https://www.bellingcat.com/news/americas/2019/08/15/amazons-online-bezos-brigade-unleashed-on-twitter/
• [ ] https://twitter.com/rulesObeyer/status/1161820065773182976 Amazon FC Ambassadors are cutest of borgs
• [ ] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/08/06/wyden_amazon_letter/
• [ ] https://arstechnica.com/cars/2019/08/uber-freezes-engineering-hires-amid-mounting-losses/
• [x] https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-doubles-down-on-theory-about-nuking-mars-2019-8
• [x] https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/08/elon-musks-neuralink-both-an-evolution-and-a-plan-for-radical-change/

Big Brother

• [ ] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jul/26/how-baseless-fears-over-5g-rollout-created-a-health-scare
• [ ] https://theintercept.com/2019/07/26/europe-border-control-ai-lie-detector/
• [ ] https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190722/06551042630/steve-bannon-latest-to-abuse-consumer-location-data.shtml
• [ ] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/aug/05/alexa-allows-users-to-disable-human-review-of-voice-recordings
• [ ] https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-08-03-e3-accidentally-leaks-personal-details-of-journalists-youtubers-and-analysts
• [ ] https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/all-media/facial-recognition-epidemic-in-the-uk/
• [ ] https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/honda-exposes-company-data

Environment

• [x] https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKBMD/bulletins/255a0d1 free use till oct 2021, we just have to buy an electric vehicle
• [x] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/aug/02/electric-scooter-eco-friendly-greenhouse-gases just not this electric vehicle
• [ ] https://instagram.com/birdgraveyard/
• [ ] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/technology-49249884 Hyundai releases car with solar panel roof
• [ ] https://www.newscientist.com/article/2209895-journal-criticised-for-study-claiming-sun-is-causing-global-warming/ uhm bradford uni
• [x] https://gizmodo.com/ups-has-been-delivering-cargo-in-self-driving-trucks-fo-1837272680 whoop
• [ ] https://www.sciencealert.com/the-world-s-first-solar-road-has-turned-out-to-be-a-disappointing-failure/amp
• [x] https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/08/wind-power-prices-now-lower-than-the-cost-of-natural-gas/

MISC

• [ ] http://planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/ls2-deploys-sail.html

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