A lotta vapes are reportedly chock full of lead, so kids probably shouldn’t be puffing clouds in the bathroom stall, but was there any reason to design the most exploitable version of a product to alert school administrators about it?
The manufacturer was happy to expand to Section 8 (USA, subsidized) housing in spite of script kiddies, rogue employees, or legit employees working under new guidelines being able to root into the Motorola Halo 3C and use its fully-functioning microphones to invade privacy.
The frog is boiling slowly: pay more for your car insurance when your insurer buys your driving data today; risk your home insurance when you don’t install this “fire prevention” spyware tomorrow.

DEF CON 33 - Unmasking the Snitch Puck: IoT surveillance tech in the school bathroom - Reynaldo, nyx: YouTube
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  • LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world
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    24 hours ago

    Ah the pleasant names they give these things: The Patriot Act, The Big Beautiful Bill, No Child Left Behind, giving citizens the illusion these will improve the country and improve everyone’s lives but it couldn’t be more opposite.

    • floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      2·
      23 hours ago

      Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act doesn’t hit the same, especially after knowing what they would pass for “terrorism”