Cyber Fix: Episode 7

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.

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Part 1

No Joke: Exploding Pagers & Radios

• Death by Remote

• Experts: Lebanon Pager Explosions Likely Not Lithium Batteries Alone

• Targeted Pagers Explode Across Lebanon

• Turning Everyday Gadgets into Bombs is a Bad Idea

Digital Blunders:

• first Trump Bitcoin transaction takes minutes to complete and they’re unsure if it even went through

• Crypto fans beware — hundreds of Android apps found using OCR to steal login details

• Bumble to leverage AI to help users with profile creation and conversations

Solutions Roundup:

• The first release candidate of FreeCAD 1.0 is out

• Building the world you want to live in

• Fairphone 5 review

• The plan is simple

• Exodus for Android: Finds trackers embedded in all your apps

• Radicle 1.0

• Building a browser using Servo as a web engine!

Part 2

Tech News:

• End-to-End Encryption Coming for iPhone-to-Android RCS Messages

• IncogNET is now an accredited registrar for .ST

• Discord launches end-to-end encrypted voice and video chats

• Ex-Cop Wields Law That Only Protects Cops To Sue Data Broker For Selling His Personal Data

Precrime Roundup:

• Phones & Precrime

• Billionaire Larry Ellison says a vast AI-fueled surveillance system can ensure ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’

• PwC tells employees it will use location data to police ‘back-to-office’ rule

• Emails show cops knew buying drones broke state law. They did it anyway

• Australian Intelligence Official Threatens To Ban Private Messaging

Control Grid updates:

• Chainalysis Successful Deanonymization Attack on Monero

• Canadian Conservatives Propose Bill for Online Digital ID Verification and Anonymity Restrictions

• Can AI make you less gullible or is it a conspiracy?

• This is about Sovereignty

Music Credits:

• Y&V - Lune
• Valcos - A New Light
• Killercats - Kaibu
• Ephixa & Jim Yosef - Everlasting [NCS Release]

Honorable Mentions:

• Bank of Canada shelves idea for digital Loonie

• FTC Staff Report Finds Large Social Media and Video Streaming Companies Have Engaged in Vast Surveillance of Users…

• Is Tor still safe to use?

• NGI Assure Programme Successfully Concluded

• X reverses course in Brazil

• What is a Compute Module? Why should you care about it?

• OIG audit calls for more clarity from CISA, DHS on disinformation mission