av Mikael Winterkvist | jan 31, 2019 | Lästips
Thefacebook is an online directory that connects people through social networks at colleges. We have opened up Thefacebook for popular consumption at Harvard University. You can use Thefacebook to: search for people at your school; find out who are [sic] in your classes; look up your friends’ friends; see a visualization of your social network.”
On 4 February 2004, this rather clunky announcement launched an invention conceived in the dorm room of a Harvard student called Mark Zuckerberg, and intended to be an improvement on the so-called face books that US universities traditionally used to collect photos and basic information about their students. From the vantage point of 2019, Thefacebook – as it was then known – looks familiar, but also strange. Pages were coloured that now familiar shade of blue, and “friends” were obviously a central element of what was displayed. However, there was little on show from the wider world: the only photos were people’s profile pictures, and there was no ever-changing news feed.
Källa: Death of the private self: how fifteen years of Facebook changed the human condition
av Mikael Winterkvist | jan 28, 2019 | Lästips
APNewsBreak: Undercover agents target cybersecurity watchdog
Detta är den märkliga historien om forskare som upptäckt att israelisk spionprogramvara använts för att avlyssna kretsen runt den mördade saudiske journalisten Jamal Khashoggi. Efter det att forskarnas undersökning publicerats så har de bjudits in till möten med okända personer som försökt förhöra sug om deras verksamhet och de har övervakats av okända, hemliga agenter. Associated Press har publicerat historien.
NEW YORK (AP) — The researchers who reported that Israeli software was used to spy on Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s inner circle before his gruesome death are being targeted in turn by international undercover operatives, The Associated Press has found. Twice in the past two months, men masquerading as socially conscious investors have lured members of the Citizen Lab internet watchdog group to meetings at luxury hotels to quiz them for hours about their work exposing Israeli surveillance and the details of their personal lives. In both cases, the researchers believe they were secretly recorded.
Källa: APNewsBreak: Undercover agents target cybersecurity watchdog
av Mikael Winterkvist | jan 25, 2019 | Lästips
The Intercept: Everybody Does It: The Messy Truth About Infiltrating Computer Supply Chains
Nej, det handlar inte om Googles, Facebooks eller någon annans datainsamling. Det handlar om försök att ta sig in vid tillverkningen av våra prylar och få in spionageutrustning i dem. I första hand inte riktat mot privatpersoner utan det handlar om att få in avlyssningsutrustning i produkter som kan komma att an vändas av företaget, myndigheter och i sammanhang där det kan finnas ett direkt intresse från främmande makt.
The danger of China compromising hardware supply chains is very real, judging from classified intelligence documents, even if a Bloomberg story on the matter is highly disputed.
Källa: Everybody Does It: The Messy Truth About Infiltrating Computer Supply Chains
av Mikael Winterkvist | jan 21, 2019 | Lästips
DEBATT. Smarta produkter är på väg att bli en del av vardagen. Det innebär fler lyssnande öron och en närmast total kartläggning av våra liv. Lagstiftare och företag behöver nu täppa till flera avgörande säkerhets- och integritetsbrister, skriver Sinan Akdag, Sveriges Konsumenter.
Allt fler produkter kopplas i dag upp mot internet och varandra i det som kallas för Sakernas internet, eller Internet of Things. Det kan gälla kylskåp, kaffebryggare, värmepannor och hemlarm som alla kan röststyras via smarta högtalare. Vissa uppgifter kan till och med utföras automatiskt. Förhoppningen är att denna utveckling ska leda till ökad resurseffektivitet och en förenklad vardag för oss konsumenter.
Källa: ”Uppkopplade saker kartlägger hela ditt liv” | SvD
av Mikael Winterkvist | jan 19, 2019 | Lästips
Interactive: More than half of the world’s population is now online, but that does not mean we are all seeing the same thing. More than half of the world’s population is now online, but that does not mean we all see the same thing. From being filtered by the government to being delivered by post, the internet can vary enormously depending on where you live. Here are four illustrated examples.
Källa: The internet, but not as we know it: life online in China, Russia, Cuba and India
av Mikael Winterkvist | jan 14, 2019 | Lästips
When Apple lost more than $75 billion in market value this past week after a surprise announcement that it is expecting lower iPhone sales than originally projected, the company put most of the blame for its troubles on China, where a slowing economy and the trade war with the United States have hurt sales.
But a bigger issue for Apple might exist much closer to home, in a small, leafy town in Ohio.
That’s where my mom lives. She’s a relatively tech-savvy retiree and a longtime Apple fan who has used many of the company’s products over the years. I learned to type on an Apple IIGS at her office, and she was an early adopter of the original turquoise iMac. These days, she uses her iPhone to check Facebook and Instagram, talk with her friends and relatives, and play solitaire and Words With Friends.
Källa: Apple’s Biggest Problem? My Mom
