Google lets Android users skip the password when logging in*
It could soon become easier for Android users to securely log into Web accounts. Starting today, Google is rolling out a service that lets people on version 7 and later …
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Verizon demands $880 from rural library for just 0.44GB of roaming data
A small library that lends out mobile hotspots is facing a tough budget decision because one of its borrowers accidentally ran up $880 in roaming fees, and Verizon refuses to …
A Boeing code leak exposes security flaws deep in a 787’s guts
Enlarge / American Airlines Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft with registration N818AL landing at Athens International Airport.
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Late one night last September, security researcher Ruben Santamarta …
Blogger says she got an injunction for a post published five days earlier
The blogger behind a widely followed data-breach reporting service said an online counseling service has obtained an injunction barring her from publishing an article that went live five days earlier. …
Verizon: 5G speeds on low-spectrum bands will be more like “good 4G”
Enlarge / A Verizon booth at Mobile World Congress Americas in Los Angeles in September 2018.
5G won’t be much different from 4G outside dense urban areas, a Verizon executive …
ISP Frontier is failing so badly it won’t take questions from investors
Enlarge / A Frontier Communications service van.
Frontier Communications yesterday reported lower revenue and a $5.45 billion goodwill impairment charge, and it warned investors that its revenue will continue to …
Self-driving car service open sources new tool for securing firmware
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Developing and maintaining secure firmware for tablets, cars, and IoT devices is hard. Often, the firmware is initially developed by a third party rather than in-house. And it …
Skype, Slack, other Electron-based apps can be easily backdoored
Enlarge / No need to knock, Electron left the code unlocked.
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LAS VEGAS—The Electron development platform is a key part of many applications, thanks to its cross-platform capabilities. …
What all the stuff in email headers means—and how to sniff out spoofing
Enlarge / Come to think of it, maybe you shouldn’t open this one at all.
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I pretty frequently get requests for help from someone …
Disney’s new streaming bundle priced to compete with “standard” Netflix plan
Enlarge / Here they come, all together in a streaming bundle.
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The Walt Disney Company’s latest quarterly earnings call included an announcement to …