April Underwood, 37, is the vice president of product at enterprise software company Slack, one of the hottest tech companies in the Bay Area. As the head of product, she partners with engineering leadership to oversee a team of around 350 people and is responsible for product vision and strategy at a company that boasts more than 5 million daily active users and a valuation of more than a billion dollars.Curious kidUnderwood grew up in Amarillo, Texas, the daughter of parents who studied architecture. She was never pressured to pursue any particular career, although her family had a geeky streak. An uncle who worked at Texas Instruments encouraged her to play with the “Speak and Read,” “Speak and Spell” and “Speak and Math” toys when she was a kid. Another uncle gave her toys focused on learning binary. She wound up excelling at Advanced Placement chemistry and was later accepted to the University of Texas, Austin, for chemical engineering.

With the launch of the iPad Pro, Apple unveiled its new Smart Connector technology to allow accessory makers to more seamlessly integrate with the device. Two years after the first iPad Pro’s release, however, the Smart Connector hasn’t necessarily gained a whole lot of traction. A new report from Fast Company this week offers some insight into Apple’s efforts to have accessory makers adopt the Smart Connector…Spigen TEKA RA200 Airpods Earhooks CoverWhen pressed for why they haven’t adopted Smart Connector, many accessory makers cited wait times and high prices for Smart Connector components. Some touted Bluetooth as a more viable alternative. Incipio explained that with Logitech’s Smart Connector keyboard already on the market, it’s waiting to create something with a differentiating feature:

APPROPRIATELY PARANOID TRAVELERS have always been wary of hotel Wi-Fi. Now they have a fresh justification of their worst wireless networking fears: A Russian espionage campaign has used those Wi-Fi networks to spy on high-value hotel guests, and recently started using a leaked NSA hacking tool to upgrade their attacks.Since as early as last fall, the Russian hacker group known as APT28, or Fancy Bear, has targeted victims via their connections to hacked hotel Wi-Fi networks, according to a new report from security firm FireEye, whoch has closely tracked the group’s intrusions, including its breach of the Democratic National Committee ahead of last year’s election.

Last month, FireEye says those hackers, believed to be associated with the Russian military intelligence service GRU, have begun to use EternalBlue, the leaked NSA hacking tool, as one technique to broaden their control of hotel networks after gaining an initial foothold via phishing or other techniques.

SVT Nyheter kan avslöja att det säkerhetsskyddsavtal som Transportstyrelsen tecknat med IBM kan vara ogiltigt. Det skulle innebära att hemlig information som rör rikets säkerhet fortfarande inte skyddas juridiskt.När Transportstyrelsen la ut IT-driften på IBM år 2015 skrev man samtidigt ett säkerhetsskyddsavtal, något som krävs för att hemlig information ska få hanteras utanför myndigheter. I det här fallet handlar det om den högsta nivån av säkerhetsskyddsavtal som täcker in information kring rikets säkerhet. Men säkerhetsavtalet som Transportstyrelsen tecknat med IBM döms ut av Daniel Stattin, professor i juridik vid Uppsala universitet.– Det skulle det ha skrivits under av firmatecknare och inte bara av vd. Det innebär att avtalet är ogiltigt, säger Daniel Stattin.

A former head of MI5 has spoken out against curtailing use of encryption in messaging apps despite warning that Islamist terrorism will remain a threat for up to another 30 years.Jonathan Evans said the terrorist threat to Britain was a “generational problem”, and suggested the Westminster Bridge attack in March may have had an energising effect on extremists.

But Lord Evans, who retired from the security service in 2013, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that he would not support a clampdown on use of encryption.

His comments came after Amber Rudd, the home secretary, argued that internet companies were not doing enough to tackle extremism online. She has previously singled out the use of encryption as a problem.

I dag finns ingen åldersgräns för att kunna samtycka till behandling av personuppgifter. Trots att en stor andel svenska barn använder sociala medier. Men detta kommer ändras i och med EU:s nya dataskyddsförordning träder i kraft nästa år.Idag uppger 58 procent av nio till tolvåringarna i Sverige att de använder sociala medier, enligt en undersökning från Statens medieråd. Detta trots att Facebook, Instagram och Snapchat har trettonårs-gräns, enligt företagens användarvilkor.När man godkänner användarvillkoren i en app ger man sitt samtycke till att appen tar del av vissa av ens personuppgifter. Uppgifter som kan vara känsliga.– I den lag som vi har idag finns inte några uttryckliga regler om att barn måste ha en viss ålder för att kunna samtycka själva. Där emot har vi sagt att som en tumregel kan barn under femton år generellt sett inte antas ha sådan mognad att man förstår vad man samtycker till, säger Elisabeth Jilderyd, jurist på Datainspektionen.