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The Amazon Fire Tablet may not be one the best tablets money can buy, but more than a year after its launch, it’s still one of the cheapest tablets that’s actually good enough to consider worth buying.
Normally priced at $50, Amazon has a habit of offering the Amazon Fire at deep discounts from time to time. Over the 2016 Thanksgiving holiday weekend, for example, you can snag one for $33.33.
Continue reading Playing with Fire: Hacking Amazon’s $50 Fire tablet at Liliputing.
The Amazon Fire Tablet may not be one the best tablets money can buy, but more than a year after its launch, it’s still one of the cheapest tablets that’s actually good enough to consider worth buying.
Normally priced at $50, Amazon has a habit of offering the Amazon Fire at deep discounts from time to time. Over the 2016 Thanksgiving holiday weekend, for example, you can snag one for $33.33.
Continue reading Playing with Fire: Hacking Amazon’s $50 Fire tablet at Liliputing.
Kein Umbau erforderlich: Ein Programm kann Kopfhörer und andere Lautsprecher ohne Verstärker als Mikrofon verwenden – ohne das Wissen des Nutzers. (Security, Sound-Hardware)
Kein Umbau erforderlich: Ein Programm kann Kopfhörer und andere Lautsprecher ohne Verstärker als Mikrofon verwenden - ohne das Wissen des Nutzers. (Security, Sound-Hardware) Names and social security numbers accessed by “unknown individuals”—probe underway.
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A data breach at the US Navy has exposed the social security numbers and names of more than 130,000 current and former sailors, officials confirmed late on Wednesday—adding that "unknown individuals" had accessed the sensitive information.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise told the US Navy that one of its laptops operated by a contractor had been "compromised," however it didn't provide any further information about how the breach—affecting 143,386 sailors—had occurred.
"The Navy takes this incident extremely seriously—this is a matter of trust for our sailors," said chief of naval personnel vice admiral Robert Burke. "We are in the early stages of investigating and are working quickly to identify and take care of those affected by this breach."
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The $50 Amazon Fire tablet has been one of the best bargains for folks looking for a cheap tablet since it launched in 2015. But every now and again you can pick one up for an even better price… and right now is one of those times.
Amazon is selling the Fire Tablet for just $33.33 as one of its Black Friday week specials.
There are also deep discounts on other Amazon tablets, eReaders, media streamers and other devices.
Continue reading Amazon’s (Hackable) Fire tablet is on sale for $33.33 again at Liliputing.
The $50 Amazon Fire tablet has been one of the best bargains for folks looking for a cheap tablet since it launched in 2015. But every now and again you can pick one up for an even better price… and right now is one of those times.
Amazon is selling the Fire Tablet for just $33.33 as one of its Black Friday week specials.
There are also deep discounts on other Amazon tablets, eReaders, media streamers and other devices.
Continue reading Amazon’s (Hackable) Fire tablet is on sale for $33.33 again at Liliputing.
At Ars Technica Live, we discuss infosec for citizens, journalists, and protesters.
Marquis-Boire is slightly unusual among infosec researchers because his background is in political science. He got interested in hacking because he discovered open source software and loved the idea. As a college student he was part of a hacker group in New Zealand and was lucky enough to get a full time job doing similar things after he graduated. His work has taken him from smaller projects to Google and now to doing research on state-sponsored surveillance and hacking with organizations like Electronic Frontier Foundation and First Look Media.
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Pine64 launched a single-board computer called the Pine A64 last year. It features an Allwinner A64 ARM Cortex-A53 processor and sells for $15 and up.
Now the company has introduced a laptop that uses the same processor and supports just about any Android or Linux-based software that can run on the Pine A64,.
The laptop is called the Pinebook, and there are two options available: an $89 version with an 11.6 inch display or a $99 model with a 14 inch screen.
Continue reading Pinebook is a Linux laptop with an ARM CPU for $89 and up at Liliputing.
Pine64 launched a single-board computer called the Pine A64 last year. It features an Allwinner A64 ARM Cortex-A53 processor and sells for $15 and up.
Now the company has introduced a laptop that uses the same processor and supports just about any Android or Linux-based software that can run on the Pine A64,.
The laptop is called the Pinebook, and there are two options available: an $89 version with an 11.6 inch display or a $99 model with a 14 inch screen.
Continue reading Pinebook is a Linux laptop with an ARM CPU for $89 and up at Liliputing.
Dissenting judge: “It is time for the stingray to come out of the shadows.”
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A federal appeals court ruled against a criminal defendant who challenged the warrantless use of a stingray that was used to locate him.
The Wednesday decision marks the first time that questions regarding the proper use of stingrays, also known as cell-site simulators, have reached the federal appellate level.
In the United States v. Patrick, suspect Damian Patrick had an outstanding warrant for a probation violation and was found via the use of a stingray in Milwaukee in 2013.
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Sicherheitslücken bei Routern dürfen nicht zu Lasten von Nutzern gehen. Wer sein voreingestelltes individuelles WPA2-Passwort nicht ändert, verletzt laut BGH nicht seine Sorgfaltspflicht. (
Konami hat eine kostenlose Erweiterung für PES 2017 veröffentlicht, die unter anderem das Stadion und Fangesänge von Borussia Dortmund enthält. Auch das Aussehen einiger Spieler wurde überarbeitet. (
Strengere Sicherheitsvorschriften sollten bei den Kreditkartenunternehmen gut ankommen, oder? Visa stellt sich in einem Statement gegen geplante neue Regeln. Diese würden Kunden nur vom Kaufen abhalten, aber nicht mehr Sicherheit bringen. (
