Tue. 09/07 – How Private IS ProtonMail?
What does it mean if ProtonMail regularly discloses user data to certain authorities? How private is WhatsApp if Facebook has more than 1,000 contractors moderating your messages? Heck, how secure is Bluetooth? There’s a new vulnerability. Would you want the authorities monitoring your poop thanks to new smart toilets? And a quick word on Solana.
Tech Brew Ride Home · Morning Brew
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Show Notes
What does it mean if ProtonMail regularly discloses user data to certain authorities? How private is WhatsApp if Facebook has more than 1,000 contractors moderating your messages? Heck, how secure is Bluetooth? There’s a new vulnerability. Would you want the authorities monitoring your poop thanks to new smart toilets? And a quick word on Solana.
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Links:
- ProtonMail logged IP address of French activist after order by Swiss authorities (TechCrunch)
- How Facebook Undermines Privacy Protections for Its 2 Billion WhatsApp Users (ProPublica)
- Billions of devices impacted by new BrakTooth Bluetooth vulnerabilities (The Record)
- TikTok reportedly overtakes YouTube in US average watch time (The Verge)
- SMARTWATCHES TRACK OUR HEALTH. SMART TOILETS AREN’T TOO FAR BEHIND. (WSJ)
- Ethereum Rival Solana Climbs to Seventh in Crypto Top 10 (Bloomberg)
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