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Google says it's preparing for the quantum apocalypse, when traditional encryption methods are broken by quantum computers, by 2029—which is much sooner than originally expected
By Andy Edser published
News Well, it's been fun folks. Thanks for all the fish.

Asus says it's confident in its 'strong product security' after FCC foreign-made router ban, also *checks notes* fixes major security hole in its routers
By Andy Edser published
News Well, there's that principle in action I guess.

The FCC says foreign routers 'pose an unacceptable risk' and now require special approval to be sold in the US
By Jacob Fox published
News Such routers will be able to have 'conditional' approval.

'We see everything': Report says Meta's AI smart glasses footage is reviewed by human contractors who see far more than they bargained for, which has led to a new lawsuit against the company
By Andy Edser published
News 'People can record themselves in the wrong way and not even know what they are recording. They are real people like you and me.'

South Korean authorities seized $5.6 million worth of crypto then accidentally posted pictures of the super-secret recovery phrase, resulting in the loss of... $4.8 million worth of crypto
By Andy Edser published
News Aaaand it's gone. Mostly.

Malwarebytes says a fake Google Account security page is distributing 'what may be one of the most fully featured browser-based surveillance toolkits we have observed in the wild'
By Andy Edser published
News A particularly nasty RAT.

Google says it's disrupted a super-serious 'global espionage campaign' that uses *checks notes* Google Sheets to covertly intercept telecoms data
By Andy Edser published
News It's not the sexiest spy story I've ever heard, I'll be honest.

Anthropic says it has identified thousands of 'fraudulent accounts' taking Claude and 'extracting its capabilities to train and improve their own models'
By Andy Edser published
News 'Industrial-scale distillation' is underway, apparently.
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