Cyber Fix: Episode 6

Welcome to Cyber Fix, your dopamine-infused tech news update.
My name is Gabriel, here to help get other information junkies up to speed with important tech news. Stay tuned for a light-hearted exploration of hostile cyberspace and what we can do about it.

Cyber Fix is on hiatus, you may now listen to full episodes on PeerTube

Tech Disasters

• Hackers leak 2.7 billion data records with Social Security numbers
• Inside the “3 Billion People” National Public Data Breach
• Microsoft confirms August updates break Linux boot in dual-boot systems
• Zero-click Windows TCP/IP RCE impacts all systems with IPv6 enabled, patch now
• Google fixes ninth Chrome zero-day tagged as exploited this year
• Google Pixel 9’s AI photo features

Solutions Roundup:

• Total Linux Desktop PCs Now Over 56 Million
• Logseq
• Surveillance Watch
• Hypersyn: A Peer-to-Peer System for Mutual Credit
• RFK Jr. and CHD Get Green Light to Sue Biden Administration for Censorship

Control Grid Updates:

• Shocker: French make surprise arrest of Telegram founder at Paris airport
• Is Telegram really an encrypted messaging app?
• How does Telegram process data requests?
• The Crypto- Keepers
• The UN General Assembly and the Fight Against the Cybercrime Treaty
• EFF and Partners to EU Commissioner: Prioritize User Rights, Avoid Politicized Enforcement of DSA Rules
• Disney says man can’t sue over wife’s death because he agreed to Disney+ terms of service

Finer Details:

• I ain’t scared of no nanobots

Honorable Mentions:

• Phishing in PWA applications (iOS & Android)
• Communities on Nostr with Ditto
• The Cloud Is a Prison. Can the Local-First Software Movement Set Us Free?
• OpenSSH Backdoors
• Blog Posts vs. Social Posts
• Modes of reading the independent web
• BREAKING: Telegram Founder Pavel Durov ARRESTED
• Privacy Labor

Music Credits:

• Y&V - Lune
• Valcos - A New Light
• Killercats - Kaibu
• Sad Dubstep Music

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