Episode #227: Wyze Suffers Broken Access Control; Introducing the Small Business Cyber Resiliency Act; It's Not Just A Vehicle; It's A Data Mine on Wheels; How Will Elon Musk's X Reshape the Digital Landscape?; This Day, September 12, in Tech History
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Wyze Suffers Broken Access ControlЁЯЗжЁЯЗ║ Edwin Kwan, Sydney, Australia тЖЧUsers reported on Reddit on Friday that when they log into Wyze's web viewer, their web feeds disappeared and they had access to other people's camera feeds instead. The company revealed that they had been aware of a security vulnerability for three years. It's Not Just A Vehicle; It's A Data Mine on WheelsЁЯЗ║ЁЯЗ╕ Kadi McKean, Alexandria, Virginia тЖЧIn the ever-evolving landscape of digital privacy, one product category stands out as a poster child for disregard: cars. Cars have officially earned the problematic honor of being the worst reviewed product category in terms of privacy.Introducing the Small Business Cyber Resiliency ActЁЯЗ║ЁЯЗ╕ Katy Craig, San Diego, California тЖЧU.S. Senator Jim Risch, along with bipartisan support, has introduced the Small Business Cyber Resiliency Act. If passed, this legislation could be a significant step forward in protecting the often vulnerable small business sector from cyber threats.How Will Elon Musk's X Reshape the Digital Landscape?ЁЯЗ║ЁЯЗ╕ Hillary Coover, Washington, DC тЖЧElon Musk's company, X, formerly Twitter, is tightening its grip on data scraping by updating its Terms of Service. Starting on September 29th, X will ban all data scraping and crawling activities without "prior written consent."This Day, September 12, in Tech HistoryЁЯЗ║ЁЯЗ╕ Marcel Brown, St. Louis, Missouri тЖЧSeptember 12th, 1962. In a speech given at Rice University, President John F. Kennedy gives his famous "We choose to go to the Moon" speech, in which he uttered the famous phrase " I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to earth." It took just under 7 years before man set foot on the Moon in July of 1969.
