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Thoughts and musings of David Greenberg, a polymath

Cybersecurity

New Android Trojan Crocodilus Abuses Accessibility to Steal Banking and Crypto Credentials

March 29, 2025

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new Android banking malware called Crocodilus that’s primarily designed to target users in Spain and Turkey. “Crocodilus enters the scene not as a simple clone,…

Technology

Not Content With Its Billions Of Web Scrapings, Clearview Tried To Buy Millions Of Mugshots And SSNs

March 28, 2025

Clearview saw an opening in the facial recognition market and took full advantage of it. While most tech firms offered face-matching tech of dubious accuracy, Clearview went further, matching its…

Technology

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Chief Equivocation Officer

March 28, 2025

Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts,…

Technology

Beyond Orwell: The Trump Administration’s Assault On Political Language

March 28, 2025

The fallout over several Trump administration officials, all of them high-ranking, discussing military operations of a sensitive nature in a Signal chat and inadvertently welcoming a journalist to that chat…

Technology

What Is It, Exactly, That Being An American Means to You?

March 28, 2025

Is it a flag on your porch? A sense of pride during the national anthem? A particular vision of freedom or prosperity? Perhaps it’s a story you tell yourself about…

Technology

Trump’s “Best Security People” Can’t Figure Out Basic Security

March 28, 2025

This hasn’t been a good week for those who believed that Donald Trump would bring in the “best, most competent” people around. Fresh off the revelation that a bunch of…

Technology

Daily Deal: DevDojo Pro, Premium Content, Tools, and Courses for Devs

March 28, 2025

This DevDojo Pro subscription gives you access to a set of tools to help you build your next great idea. Start with the Page Creator, where you’ll find Tailwind CSS…

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ICE Arrested And Detained A US Citizen For Hours Because He Looked Mexican

March 28, 2025

Trump — just like the last time he was in office — is still pretending his bigoted anti-immigrant policies are only in place to ensure the US can rid itself…

Technology

Trump’s FCC Starts Harassing Public Broadcasters With Bogus Investigations

March 28, 2025

If you hadn’t noticed, consolidated corporate media hasn’t been meeting the challenges of the current moment very well. There’s generally two reasons: one, these media outlets tend to reflect the…

Technology

The Consequences Of An RFK Jr. HHS Appointment Are Smacking Our Children In The Face

March 27, 2025

The reemergence of measles, a disease once declared officially eradicated in the United States, didn’t start with the second Trump presidential term. It didn’t even begin with Trump’s first term.…

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