“The FBI recommended that all owners of consumer-grade routers, switches, and network-attached storage devices reboot their devices. While the advice likely disrupted VPNFilter’s advance and bought infected users time, it may also have created the mistaken belief that rebooting alone was enough to fully remove VPNFilter from infected devices.”
“The attacks work because of weaknesses built into the LTE standard itself. The most crucial weakness is a form of encryption that doesn’t protect the integrity of the data.”
“The NTIA said that its assessment rested ‘in large part on China’s record of intelligence activities and economic espionage targeting the US, along with China Mobile’s size and technical and financial resources.'”
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/03/us-government-asks-fcc-to-deny-china-mobiles-license-request.html
“The policy offers, at most, the illusion of security, purchased at an exorbitant cost to America’s moral reputation.”
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/27/opinion/trump-travel-ban-terrorism.html
“Oklahomans for Health, the folks behind the initiative ought to be feeling pretty good right about now. They have successfully passed a very enlightened medical marijuana law in the face of opposition from the state’s Republican and religious establishment.”
Read more: https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2018/jun/27/oklahoma_passes_most_progressive
“These two studies, while preliminary, contribute to a growing body of evidence that psychedelic drugs like ayahuasca, LSD and mushrooms can help people with difficult-to-treat depression.”
Read more: https://theconversation.com/amazonian-psychedelic-may-ease-severe-depression-new-study-shows-98814
“In the hands of government surveillance programs and law enforcement agencies, there’s simply no way that face recognition software will be not used to harm citizens.”
“Republicans are back on their feet, cheering the very Big Government they despised a generation ago.”
Read more: https://bonnerandpartners.com/do-you-live-next-to-one-of-these-spy-hubs/
“The growing recognition among white-collar workers that their labor is a precondition to the carrying out of unjust policies — and that if they withhold that labor, they can help bring these policies to a halt — is critical.”
“Microsoft Corp. scrubbed an online reference to its work for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as the agency faces criticism for its role in separating families at the U.S.-Mexican border.”