Month: December 2022
Geohot resigns from Twitter
George Hotz, known for being the first person to carrier-unlock an iPhone and jailbreaking the PS3, both under his hacker alias “geohot,” has resigned from his Twitter internship, he announced Tuesday evening on Twitter. “Appreciate the opportunity, but didn’t think there was any real impact I could make there,” he…
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Anker’s Eufy breaks its silence on security cam security
Why do your supposedly end-to-end encrypted cameras produce unencrypted streams at all? Under what circumstances is video actually encrypted? Do any other parts of Eufy’s service rely on unencrypted streams, such as Eufy’s desktop web portal? How long is an unencrypted stream accessible? Are there any Eufy camera models that…
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The EV tax credit rules are being delayed until March 2023 — here’s what that means for you
Besides its more obvious stated goal of reducing inflation, the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was designed to force profound changes in the electric vehicle market. The legislation revises EV tax credit rules as it seeks to build up domestic battery manufacturing so that the US doesn’t cede the…
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The police want to talk to Elon Musk’s security team over the alleged ‘stalking’ incident
Police are looking to question a member of Elon Musk’s security team after he allegedly hit the car of a person who Musk later claimed was a threat to his family. The December 13th incident took place at around 9:51PM on the 700 block of Mission Street in Pasadena, California,…
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Two men indicted for hacking a dozen Ring cameras and livestreaming swatting attacks
Two men have been accused of hacking into Ring doorbells and using their cameras to livestream swatting attacks, according to the Department of Justice. Kya Christian Nelson, 21, James Thomas Andrew McCarty, 20, and unnamed others allegedly spent a week using stolen Yahoo email addresses and passwords to access video…
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The Pixel 8 camera might adopt a new HDR technique
The Pixel 8 is a long ways off, but some snippets of camera app code identified by developer Kuba Wojciechowski are giving us an early glimpse into what Google might be planning. The code in question refers to “staggered HDR,” which isn’t a technique that Google’s Pixel camera currently uses.…
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