Techlore Surveillance Report T-Mobile Breach Exposes US Customer Data - Surveillance Report 52
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Aug 30, 2021 The podcast dives into the massive T-Mobile data breach affecting 54.6 million customers and highlights essential security measures like credit freezes. It also discusses alarming leaks, including a terrorist watch list and exposed PowerApps portals. Attacks on IoT security and challenges in self-driving car technology are covered, as well as dramatic phishing cost increases for companies. The episode touches on the UK approving live facial recognition and controversies surrounding data handling with PayPal and children's privacy. Humor unfolds as a malware author accidentally reveals himself.
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Prioritize Patching After Public Disclosures
- Patch and update promptly because disclosed vulnerabilities are exploited quickly.
- Treat public disclosures (like Citrix) as triggers to prioritize urgent updates.
AI Can Be Fooled By Physical Light Attacks
- Optical adversarial attacks can alter machine perception without human notice.
- Physical‑world manipulations (lighting) remain a serious risk for autonomous systems.
Quantize Locations To Prevent Triangulation
- Triangulation can reveal precise user locations on dating apps; providers should quantize locations.
- If you develop location features, snap locations to a grid before computing distances.