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Slack Vs Microsoft Teams — Which App Is Better For Your Privacy & Security? [Mozilla Foundation]

Slack makes it easy for employers to read your private messages, but Microsoft Teams takes employee surveillance to the next level. Teams offers employers easy access to stats about what you’re doing on the platform via its user activity reports dashboard. The dashboard shows how much time you spend messaging others, participating in calls and even how much you’re screen-sharing. Invasive!

You should be wary of both Slack and Microsoft Teams but Teams is teeming with privacy worries for the average employee. Work wisely.

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BitLocker encryption broken in less than 43 seconds with sub-$10 Raspberry Pi Pico — key can be sniffed when using an external TPM

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There are some functions like that, like Passkey signing. For Bitlocker, the encryption/decryption key is transferred to the CPU (and RAM) in order for it to operate. The problem described here has been around for a while, but putting it on a key like that makes the attack method available to "everyone". There has been a solution for a while too: 1) put in pre-boot Bitlocker PIN, and 2) use integrated TPM like the article mentions.

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Android users in S’pore to be blocked from installing unverified apps as part of anti-scam trial

Meanwhile, other laws in Singapore (with some exceptions):

  • No Smoking in Public. Fines up to $200, increasing to $1,000 if taken to court.
  • E-Cigarettes are Prohibited. Fines up to $10,000, imprisonment up to 6 months; subsequent offence up to $20,000, mprisonment up to 12 months.
  • No Eating or Drinking on Public Transport. Fine up to $500.
  • No Playing Musical Instruments in Public. Fine up to $1,000.
  • No Connecting to Someone Else’s Wi-Fi. Fine up to $10,000, imprisonment up to 3 years; subsequent offence up to $20,000, imprisonment up to 5 years.
  • No Importing or Selling Chewing Gum. Importation fine up to $100,000 or imprisonment up to 2 years; subsequent offence up to $200,000 or imprisonment up to 3 years. Sale fine up to $2,000.
  • No Drinking After 10.30pm. Fine up to $1,000 (first offence), up to $2,000 and/or imprisonment up to 3 months (repeat offence).
  • Don’t Feed the Pigeons. Fine up to $500.
  • Don’t Feed Any Wildlife. Fine up to $5,000, or up to $10,000 for subsequent offences.
  • Flush the Toilet. Fine up to $1,000.
  • No Littering. Fine up to $2,000 (first conviction), $4,000 (second conviction), $10,000 (subsequent convictions).
  • No Singing Explicit Lyrics. Imprisonment up to three months and/or a fine.

Life is grand!

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[Malwarebytes Blog] Android banking trojans: How they steal passwords and drain bank accounts

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I agree with you. The article give a good warning about downloading applications in general, but hand-wave how they escalated from "file/photo" access to capturing your data. The recent Anatsa malware's details seem to imply accessibility service. This is a Thread Fabric article about Anatsa malware: https://www.threatfabric.com/blogs/anatsa-trojan-returns-targeting-europe-and-expanding-its-reach