T-Mobile has announced a data breach exposing customers’ proprietary network information (CPNI), including phone numbers and call records. From a report: Starting this week, T-Mobile began texting customers that a “security incident” exposed their account’s information. According to T-Mobile, its security team recently discovered “malicious, unauthorized access” to their systems. After bringing in a cybersecurity firm to perform an investigation, T-Mobile…
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Microsoft Also Patented Tech to Score Meetings Using Filmed Body Language, Facial Expressions
Remember when Microsoft was criticized for enabling “workplace surveillance” over “productivity scores” in its Microsoft 365 office software which gave managers highly detailed profiles of each individual employee’s activity. Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes:
The Microsoft 365 Productivity Score apparently has roots in another Microsoft patent application for Systems, Methods, and Software for Implementing a Behavior Change Management Program, which also lays…
People easily distracted by their phones perform worse on memory tests
People who self-report regular media multitasking, such as texting while watching TV, had more lapses in their attention and performed worse in a memory test Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2258317-people-easily-distracted-by-their-phones-perform-worse-on-memory-tests/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
ZDNet Argues Linux-Based Windows ‘Makes Perfect Sense’
Last week open-source advocate Eric S. Raymond argued Microsoft was quietly switching over to a Linux kernel that emulates Windows. “He’s on to something,” says ZDNet’s contributing editor Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols:
I’ve long thought that Microsoft was considering migrating the Windows interface to running on the Linux kernel. Why…? [Y]ou can run standard Linux programs now on WSL2 without any trouble. That’s…
TikTok Ban: Trump Will Prohibit Transactions With ByteDance Beginning September 20
According to The Verge, “President Trump has signed a new executive order which will block all transactions with Bytedance, TikTok’s parent corporation, in an effort to ‘address the national emergency with respect to the information and communication technology supply chain.'” From the report: The move comes after months of escalating tensions, which saw Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and others at…
Trump Campaign Angry That Cell Carriers Blocked Company Texts To Voters
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: President Trump’s re-election campaign has accused Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile of “suppression of political speech” over the carriers’ blocking of spam texts sent by the campaign. The fight was described Wednesday in an in-depth article by Business Insider and other reports. “The Trump campaign has been battling this month with the biggest…