All I need is a good chop shop an I’m in business. (Digital hotwiring)
https://thehackernews.com/2022/10/european-police-arrest-gang-that-hacked.html
European Police Arrest a Gang That Hacked Wireless Key Fobs to Steal Cars
Law enforcement authorities in France, in collaboration with Spain and Latvia, have disrupted a cybercrime ring that leveraged a hacking tool to steal cars without having to use a physical key fob.
"The criminals targeted vehicles with keyless entry and start systems, exploiting the technology to get into the car and drive away," Europol said in a press statement.
It’s the thought that counts.
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2022/10/qatar-spyware.html
Qatar Spyware
Everyone visiting Qatar for the World Cup needs to install spyware on their phone.
Everyone traveling to Qatar during the football World Cup will be asked to download two apps called Ehteraz and Hayya.
Briefly, Ehteraz is an covid-19 tracking app, while Hayya is an official World Cup app used to keep track of match tickets and to access the free Metro in Qatar.
In particular, the covid-19 app Ehteraz asks for access to several rights on your mobile., like access to read, delete or change all content on the phone, as well as access to connect to WiFi and Bluetooth, override other apps and prevent the phone from switching off to sleep mode.
The Ehteraz app, which everyone over 18 coming to Qatar must download, also gets a number of other accesses such as an overview of your exact location, the ability to make direct calls via your phone and the ability to disable your screen lock.
The Hayya app does not ask for as much, but also has a number of critical aspects. Among other things, the app asks for access to share your personal information with almost no restrictions. In addition, the Hayya app provides access to determine the phone’s exact location, prevent the device from going into sleep mode, and view the phone’s network connections.
Despite what the article says, I don’t know how mandatory this actually is. I know people who visited Saudi Arabia when that country had a similarly sketchy app requirement. Some of them just didn’t bother downloading the apps, and were never asked about it at the border.
Imagine similar laws not limited to abortion issues.
New California Laws Enhance Reproductive Health Privacy Protections
On September 27, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a pair of bills designed to prevent medical information and other data held by California entities from being used in out-of-state abortion prosecutions.
The first bill, AB 2091, prohibits health care providers from releasing, in response to out-of-state subpoenas, requests, or to law enforcement, medical information related to an individual seeking or obtaining an abortion. AB 2091 applies if the requesting entity or individual seeks to interfere with the person’s rights under California’s Reproductive Privacy Act, and does not prevent the disclosure of information for medical purposes.
The second bill, AB 1242, prohibits law enforcement and California corporations from sharing information related to a lawful abortion with out-of-state entities. The office of the California Attorney General explained that AB 1242 would block other states from obtaining cell tower data from California companies to track women traveling to California to seek an abortion. In addition, the bill would prevent out-of-state agencies from serving California companies with a search warrant to procure individual users’ data, unless the investigators attest that the evidence is not related to an inquiry into abortion services.
Do you look your age? In addition to age verification the video should be enough to create ‘deep fakes’ of the user.
Instagram expands AI-powered age verification program to India and Brazil
Instagram, facing scrutiny from safety advocates, started testing a program in the U.S. earlier this year to verify users’ age of those claiming to be 18 or older. It uses techniques including authentication via running video selfies through an artificial intelligence system. The Meta-owned service is now ready to roll out this program to two key overseas markets: India and Brazil.
These countries together have about 400 million monthly active users on Instagram, according to market intelligence platform Sensor Tower, data of which an industry executive shared with TechCrunch. The social network said in an updated blog post that it plans to roll out this age verification program to the U.K. and EU before the end of the year.
Users can verify their age by providing an ID. Instagram has a list of documents it accepts for verification.
Perspective.
https://www.gartner.com/en/articles/gartner-top-10-strategic-technology-trends-for-2023
Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2023
Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2023 comprise trends that we expect to impact enterprise strategies in the coming three years by enabling organizations to address four key priorities:
Optimizing resilience, operations or trust
Scaling vertical solutions, product delivery or everywhere
Pioneering customer engagement, accelerated responses or opportunity
Pursuing sustainable technology solutions
Download now: Your Detailed Guide to Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends 2023
(Related)
https://venturebeat.com/ai/deloitte-state-of-ai-report-2022-calls-out-underachievers/
Deloitte State of AI Report 2022 calls out underachievers
Deloitte released the fifth edition of its State of AI in the Enterprise research report today, which surveyed more than 2,600 global executives on how businesses and industries are deploying and scaling artificial intelligence (AI) projects.
Most notably, the Deloitte report found that while AI continues to move tantalizingly closer to the core of the enterprise – 94% of business leaders agree that AI is critical to success over the next five years – for some, outcomes seem to be lagging.
Download now: https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/consulting/articles/state-of-ai-2022.html
Could be an interesting hack…
Game-Changing ABA-Approved Online Law Schools Make Becoming a Lawyer Easier and More Affordable
Jaen, Ulysses and Miller, Rebekah, The Future of Legal Education: Game-Changing ABA-Approved Online Law Schools Make Becoming a Lawyer Easier and More Affordable (April 30, 2022). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4234790 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4234790
“As the ABA allows law schools to implement a distance education program for legal education, opportunities for potential lawyers will grow due to numerous factors, including lower costs and more versatility of when and how they complete their education. This group of future lawyers will be better able to serve their local communities because they can remain at home rather than moving away for three years to go to law school, which allows them to remain more active in their community and in touch with the legal needs of their neighbors and city. Further, these lawyers will be better off financially post-graduation because their legal education will cost less due to the distance aspect and their living expenses will cost less due to remaining at home versus moving away. Thus, they will be better able to focus on the why of practicing law versus the need for income to pay off debt weighing more important than anything else. “
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