canopic jug writes:Let's Encrypt, the non-profit certificate authority which provides X.509 certificates for Transport Layer Security encryption at no charge, has an update on the progress towards universal acknowledgement of its root certificate in software and firmware. The cross signature which it has purchased will expire next September, so there is a hard deadline for finalization. There are only a few barriers remaining, one of which is the old versions of Android still in use.
Michigan Votes to Require Warrants for Police to Seize and Search Digital DevicesRunaway1956 writes in with an IRC submission:Michigan votes to require warrants for police to seize and search digital devices:
upstart writes in with an IRC submission:New technology allows cameras to capture colors invisible to the human eye: Applications in cancer detection, security and even gaming:
upstart writes in with an IRC submission:HKU scientists reveal an antirheumatic metallodrug canresurrect "last-resort" antibiotics to kill multi-drug resistant superbugs:
rigrig writes:Researchers have demonstrated they can read what people are typing during video calls by looking at shoulder movements.This horrifying Zoom hack will deter you from ever side-chatting again:
hoeferbe writes:California voters decided on Tuesday to keep Uber, Lyft and other app-based ride-hailing and delivery service drivers classified as independent contractors. Coverage from Associated Press and Forbes.
NotSanguine writes:Wired has a piece by Tom Simonite that discusses an area of monopoly/monopsony which mostly gets ignored amid the discussions of FAANG's (Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google) anti-competitive activities.From the article: