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Hackers Can Access Your Mobile And Laptop Cameras And Record You – Cover Them Up Now
Whether you use Zoom, Skype or Microsoft Teams, the webcam on your home PC or laptop device has probably never been as active as it is during this pandemic.
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Houseparty’s Alleged Hack Still Teaches Us A Lesson About Data
A number of unsubstantiated claims have alleged popular video chat app Houseparty had been breached leading to their Netflix and Spotify accounts being accessed by unknown hackers. While Houseparty denied it it ever happened, blaming it instead on a smear campaign, it serves as a reminder for the majority of us who remain apathetic about…
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Alaska Automated Its Weather Stations And Created A Snow Data Disaster
Twice a day at National Weather Service Offices nationwide, personnel release weather balloons to measure atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity and wind speed. In Nome, Alaska, Bob TenEyck or his partner would do that at 3 a.m., a few hours after measuring the snow depth and snowfall. For 112 years, these snow measurements in Nome were…
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Technologists Are Crowdsourcing A ‘Coronavirus Handbook’ To Track Resources
A team of technologists based in London has mobilised to amass a crowdsourced document calling itself the Coronavirus Handbook, a massive collection of resources related to COVID-19 and covering everything from remote working and public advice to datasets and statistics related to the outbreak.