[Medianews] Scammers try a new way to steal online shoppers’ payment-card data

2019-11-26 Thread Monty Solomon
Scammers try a new way to steal online shoppers’ payment-card data Skimmers host fraudulent third-party processor that looks just like the real thing. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/11/scammers-try-a-new-way-to-steal-online-shoppers-payment-card-data/

[Medianews] Suspect can’t be compelled to reveal “64-character” password, court rules

2019-11-26 Thread Monty Solomon
Suspect can’t be compelled to reveal “64-character” password, court rules Prosecutors say forced disclosure permitted by “foregone conclusion.” Justices disagree. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/11/police-cant-force-child-porn-suspect-to-reveal-his-password-court-rules/ _

[Medianews] Is it time to turn away from touchscreens in our cars?

2019-11-26 Thread Monty Solomon
Is it time to turn away from touchscreens in our cars? We look at some other ideas for interacting with our vehicles. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2019/11/should-gestures-and-speech-take-over-from-touchscreens-in-our-cars/ ___ Medianews mailing list

[Medianews] Inside Apple’s iPhone Software Shakeup After Buggy iOS 13 Debut

2019-11-26 Thread Monty Solomon
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-21/apple-ios-14-features-changes-testing-after-ios-13-bugs ___ Medianews mailing list Medianews@etskywarn.net http://etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo/medianews_etskywarn.net

[Medianews] Sacha Baron Cohen is the latest powerful voice to misunderstand Section 230

2019-11-26 Thread Monty Solomon
https://www.theverge.com/interface/2019/11/26/20982078/sacha-baron-cohen-adl-speech-facebook-section-230 ___ Medianews mailing list Medianews@etskywarn.net http://etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo/medianews_etskywarn.net

[Medianews] Analysis suggests Disney+ doesn't stream 'The Mandalorian' in true HDR

2019-11-26 Thread Monty Solomon
https://www.engadget.com/2019/11/26/disney-the-mandalorian-hdr-quality/ ___ Medianews mailing list Medianews@etskywarn.net http://etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo/medianews_etskywarn.net

[Medianews] [SPAM] Another One Bytes the Dust: Court Dismisses Flash Drive False Advertising Suit Based On Back-Of-Package Clarifying Disclosures

2019-11-26 Thread Monty Solomon
Plaintiff Dinan’s false-advertising theory was based on the fact that the tech world uses two different systems to measure data-storage capacity. In the binary system, a gigabyte contains 1,073,741,824 (2^30) bytes. By contrast, in the decimal system, a gigabyte contains just 1,000,000,000 (10