Not every problem is best solved with software. As software continues to take over everything around us, problems like the ones afflicting the Boeing 737 Max are going to multiply.
Great article from IEEE Spectrum on how software affects how a pilot can fly a 737 Max.
It has become a lot safer in most instances to use airport and hotel WiFi. Story at Wired.
Wired has an in depth article about Notpetya, the cyberattack in 2017 that cost businesses more than $10 billion dollars, and that few have talked enough about.
In Indiana we’ve had fee free credit freezes available to us for a long time. Now the rest of the country catches up. There is likely not one single thing you can do to protect yourself from hacking (and from yourself) than freezing your credit. Freezing your credit makes it much more difficult for attackers to harm you, even if they have your data, as they can’t open up new lines of credit in your name. Also, you won’t end up picking up a new bass boat on your way home from work, as you’ll have to think about thawing your credit before you agree to take on any debt.
According to a new CSIS report, law enforcement needs more help accessing available unencrypted data from service providers.
Snoopware installed by 11 million+ iOS, Android, Chrome, and Firefox users. All of this software was installed by users who thought they were installing software to eliminate spyware. See the full article at Ars Technica here.