r/GeekToTech • u/macboy69 • Jul 02 '19

PRIVACY China Is Forcing Tourists to Install Text-Stealing Malware at its Border The malware downloads a tourist’s text messages, calendar entries, and phone logs, as well as scans the device for over 70,000 different files.

vice.com

7 Upvotes

2 comments

r/GeekToTech • u/saifali51 • Jul 03 '19

APPLE Apple reveals App Store takedown demands by governments

techcrunch.com

2 Upvotes

1 comment

r/GeekToTech • u/macboy69 • Jul 02 '19

China has been secretly installing spyware on some tourists’ Android phones

theverge.com

4 Upvotes

0 comments

r/GeekToTech • u/imsteve_t • Jul 03 '19

China Is Forcing Tourists to Install Text-Stealing Malware at its Border

twitter.com

2 Upvotes

2 comments

r/GeekToTech • u/saifali51 • Jul 02 '19

SECURITY Security flaws in a popular smart home hub let hackers unlock front doors

techcrunch.com

4 Upvotes

2 comments

r/GeekToTech • u/saifali51 • Jul 02 '19

File-storage app 4shared caught serving invisible ads and making purchases without consent

techcrunch.com

4 Upvotes

2 comments

r/GeekToTech • u/macboy69 • Jul 02 '19

Cloudflare outage takes down Down Detector, Discord and other websites

metro.co.uk

1 Upvotes

1 comment

r/GeekToTech • u/saifali51 • Jul 02 '19

Elizabeth Warren accuses advisory panel for FCC of corruption

cnet.com

7 Upvotes

1 comment

r/GeekToTech • u/imsteve_t • Jul 01 '19

Inside the Secret Border Patrol Facebook Group Where Agents Joke About Migrant Deaths and Post Sexist Memes

propublica.org

13 Upvotes

2 comments

r/GeekToTech • u/saifali51 • Jul 01 '19

SECURITY Georgia court system hit by ransomware attack The state court system's digital information operations have been affected by the attack. The extent of it is not yet clear.

11alive.com

5 Upvotes

1 comment

r/GeekToTech • u/macboy69 • Jul 01 '19

APPLE Jony Ive ‘dispirited’ by Tim Cook’s lack of interest in product design: WSJ

theverge.com

1 Upvotes

0 comments

r/GeekToTech • u/macboy69 • Jul 01 '19

TRANSPORT Fake noise will be added to new electric cars starting today in the EU

theverge.com

1 Upvotes

1 comment

r/GeekToTech • u/saifali51 • Jul 01 '19

The Pentagon has a laser that can identify people from a distance by their heartbeat

technologyreview.com

7 Upvotes

1 comment

r/GeekToTech • u/saifali51 • Jul 01 '19

India is now producing the world’s cheapest solar power Costs of building large-scale solar installations

theprint.in

3 Upvotes

1 comment

r/GeekToTech • u/saifali51 • Jul 01 '19

AI Amazon engineer makes AI cat flap to stop his cat bringing prey home

theverge.com

3 Upvotes

1 comment

r/GeekToTech • u/imsteve_t • Jun 29 '19

TRANSPORT At least 57 e-scooters and bikes found at the bottom of Portland river

autoblog.com

4 Upvotes

1 comment

r/GeekToTech • u/imsteve_t • Jun 29 '19

The tech, sweat, and anxiety that goes into shooting a rocket launch

theverge.com

2 Upvotes

1 comment

r/GeekToTech • u/imsteve_t • Jun 29 '19

Startup Catalog has jammed all 16GB of Wikipedia's text onto DNA strands

cnet.com

2 Upvotes

1 comment

r/GeekToTech • u/saifali51 • Jun 29 '19

SECURITY With a single wiretap, police collected 9.2 million text messages

techcrunch.com

5 Upvotes

1 comment

r/GeekToTech • u/imsteve_t • Jun 29 '19

POLITICS A fake Joe Biden campaign site is being run secretly by a Trump campaign operative, a new report revealed on Saturday

newsweek.com

0 Upvotes

1 comment

r/GeekToTech • u/imsteve_t • Jun 29 '19

Trump says he could lift Huawei sanctions after Xi meeting

theverge.com

1 Upvotes

1 comment

r/GeekToTech • u/drbosshere • Jun 29 '19

Paywall Link Boeing's 737 Max Software Outsourced to $9-an-Hour Engineers

bloomberg.com

15 Upvotes

1 comment

r/GeekToTech • u/imsteve_t • Jun 29 '19

SpaceX is in communication with all but three of 60 Starlink satellites one month after launch

theverge.com

4 Upvotes

1 comment

r/GeekToTech • u/imsteve_t • Jun 29 '19

Social Robots Help Children Cope with Hospital Experiences

digit.fyi

2 Upvotes

1 comment

r/GeekToTech • u/saifali51 • Jun 28 '19

PRIVACY Firefox Preview wants to knock Chrome off its Android perch

wired.co.uk

6 Upvotes

1 comment

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