Technology is on fire!

[chuck83]

Nearly All Google Pixel Phones Exposed by Unpatched Flaw in Hidden Android App

 

https://www.wired.com/story/google-android-pixel-showcase-vulnerability/

 

I think I'm going to start posting technology related news here and just keep it going. There's a lot in tech in breaches and hacks going around that affect all of us.

Edited August 16 by chuck83

[chuck83]

Exclusive: US sees increasing risk of Russian ‘sabotage’ of key undersea cables by secretive military unit

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/06/politics/us-sees-increasing-risk-of-russian-sabotage-undersea-cables/index.html

 

Someone mentioned something related to the idea if the Internet or communications being cut off on another thread I think. The treat and risk is there if necessary. 😬 

[Osprey]

Well, don't take it as 100% reliable information, but I heard from a pretty reliable source that our organisation has its own optical cables between Europe and America. Isn't that interesting...

[trottigy]

https://computer.howstuffworks.com/could-attack-on-undersea-cables-disrupt-internet.htm

 

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Attacking a cable landing probably wouldn't cause much disruption in the U.S. and other technologically advanced countries in Europe and East Asia, where there are a multitude of other connections that would keep the data flowing, Hayes said. "They might slow down the internet in New York City, but they're not going to disrupt it," he says. "There are other routes to get to the same place. They can just as easily go west around the world as go east. The internet works that way."

 

But sabotage could cause outages in a region such as the Middle East, where relatively few cables are bunched in places such as the Suez Canal and the Strait of Hormuz, Hayes says. Africa, where long stretches of the continent's coast are dependent upon one or two cables, also has higher vulnerability.

 

Edited September 6 by trottigy

[Qapla]

OK - I read the posts and even looked at the links ... I didn't see anything about a fire ???

 

Now e-bikes, that's another story ...

[Cool.As.Ice]

Remember when the Samsung phones were constantly exploding? 
 

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/caught-on-cam-samsung-phone-explodes-785120835676