It would require taking over and stranding 20% of a city’s cars to freeze traffic, and only 10% to impede ambulances, physicists calculate.
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Listening in: Humans hear the private info Siri accidentally records
Apple Watch and HomePod have the highest rate of inadvertent recordings, a whistleblower says.
Hacked Bluetooth hair straighteners are too hot to handle
The Glamoriser Smart Bluetooth straightener offers up yet another example of how not to add a risky product to the Internet of Things (IoT).
Hey, Google, why are your contractors listening to me?
Humans are listening to our recordings – some made by mistake – to improve speech recognition. But they’re not as anonymous as Google says.
Apple aims privacy billboard at Google’s controversial smart-city
It’s outside of Sidewalk Labs HQ in Toronto, where Google’s sister company is working on stuffing the city with data-collecting sensors.
Why are they “smart” locks if more money buys you less security?
Smart locks are cool and useful – but they are also a great reminder that cybersecurity is all about value, not cost.
IoT vendor Orvibo gives away treasure trove of user and device data
Researchers at web privacy review service vpnMentor discovered the data in an exposed ElasticSearch server online. It contains two billion items of log data from devices sold by Shenzen, China-based smart IoT device manufacturer Orvibo.
Medtronic rushes to replace insulin pumps after flaws found
Medtronic is immediately recalling of all MiniMed 508 & Paradigm insulin pumps after researchers uncovered serious security flaws.
Used Nest cams were letting previous owners spy on you
Google says it’s fixed the issue, but we haven’t heard details on how many, and which, products were affected.
Critical flaws found in Amcrest security cameras
The Amcrest 721 family of security cameras features six security flaws discovered back in 2017 by a researcher at security outfit Synopsys.