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Texas sues TP-Link, alleging it masks Chinese ties and poses cyber risk
Texas sues TP-Link, alleging it misleads consumers by masking its Chinese ties and supply chain, posing cybersecurity risks.
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Texas sues TP-Link, alleging it misleads consumers by masking its Chinese ties and supply chain, posing cybersecurity risks.
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Fulu offers $10K+ bounty for a way to store Ring doorbell footage locally, cutting Amazon cloud ties.
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A UK medical center displayed system usernames and passwords on a public whiteboard, highlighting a major security flaw despite guidelines. This underscores human error as a key vulnerability, with passkeys suggested as a more secure future alternative.
Canonical's `upki` project brings browser-grade PKI to Linux, focusing on certificate revocation via CRLite. v0.1.0 is out, with future plans for CT enforcement and Merkle Tree Certs.
The author forgot a Bitwarden master password word. They reverse-engineered the local client's crypto to brute-force the missing word, highlighting a potential crypto design flaw.
Many Android alternatives remove Google for privacy, like GrapheneOS (Pixel) or /e/OS (various phones, Fairphone). True alternatives like Linux-based OSes are less ready for daily use. iOS is an option, but still tied to Apple.