According to Ortis, briefed him about a “storefront” that was being created to attract criminal targets to an online encryption service. A storefront, said Ortis, is a fake business or entity, either online or bricks-and-mortar, set up by police or intelligence agencies....
AI facial recognition scanned millions of driver licences. Then an innocent man got locked up (www.abc.net.au)
Your Cheap Android TV Streaming Box May Have a Dangerous Backdoor (www.wired.com)
China's Xi says reunification with Taiwan is 'inevitable' in New Year's address (www.france24.com)
CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens hand out medical records to cops without warrants (arstechnica.com)
Paris mayor quits X platform, calling it a 'gigantic global sewer' (www.reuters.com)
An American tourist is arrested for smashing ancient Roman statues at a museum in Israel (apnews.com)
Perfectly legal for cars to harvest your texts, call logs (www.theregister.com)
US student held in Dubai for weeks for tapping security officer’s arm (www.theguardian.com)
Stockholm to ban petrol and diesel cars from centre from 2025 (www.theguardian.com)
Why does China claim almost the entire South China Sea? (www.aljazeera.com)
Some Pirate Sites Received More Visitors After Being Blocked (torrentfreak.com)
India's biggest data breach? Hacking gang claims to have stolen 815 million people's personal information (www.bitdefender.com)
Oil prices have risen. That's making gas more expensive for US drivers and helping Russia's war (apnews.com)
Alleged RCMP leaker says he was tipped off that police targets had 'moles' in law enforcement (www.cbc.ca)
According to Ortis, briefed him about a “storefront” that was being created to attract criminal targets to an online encryption service. A storefront, said Ortis, is a fake business or entity, either online or bricks-and-mortar, set up by police or intelligence agencies....
Argentina presidential election: far-right libertarian Javier Milei wins after rival concedes (www.theguardian.com)
Finland shuts more Russia border points, says asylum inflow must stop (www.reuters.com)
The Internet Enabled Mass Surveillance. A.I. Will Enable Mass Spying. (slate.com)
Giant naked hill figure revealed as Hercules—and he aided medieval armies (www.newsweek.com)
Anger across Italy as killing of student highlights country’s femicide rate (www.theguardian.com)
New Delhi smog grows more intense as farm fires rage (www.reuters.com)
IDF evidence so far falls well short of al-Shifa hospital being Hamas HQ (www.theguardian.com)
3,500-Year-Old Book of Spells to Guide The Dead Uncovered With Egyptian Mummies (www.sciencealert.com)
Italy refuses Munich museum’s request to return ancient Roman statue bought by Hitler (www.nbcnews.com)
Your ex isn't the only one stalking your social media posts. The Feds are, too (www.theregister.com)
Mythical hellhound and sea-centaurs painted on 2,200-year-old tomb discovered in Italy (www.livescience.com)