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Does Tor provide more benefit or harm? New paper says it depends

Tor use is likely more harmful in "free countries," researchers say. Tor isn't so sure. https://bit.ly/37Cpi0b

WarGames for real: How one 1983 exercise nearly triggered WWIII

From the archives: Say hello to the KGB software model that forecasted mushroom clouds. https://bit.ly/33rOO73

AI can run your work meetings now

"Optimizing" meetings, from automated scheduling to facial recognition to measure attention. https://bit.ly/376hnYo

Comcast raising TV and Internet prices, including a big hike to hidden fees

Internet prices to rise $3 a month; "Broadcast TV" hidden fee going up $4.50. https://bit.ly/2J743eo

SpaceX Starlink engineers take questions in Reddit AMA—here are highlights

Starlink technology and the service's future covered in Q&A on Reddit. https://bit.ly/33vwjP9

OneWeb exits bankruptcy and is ready to launch more broadband satellites

OneWeb plans satellite launches in December and throughout 2021 and 2022. https://bit.ly/2V7FIb3

Comcast to enforce 1.2TB data cap in entire 39-state territory in early 2021

Data cap comes to 12 more US states over four years after everyone else got it. https://bit.ly/3pQqXrf

Robots invade the construction site

A new generation of machines is automating a tech-averse industry. https://bit.ly/372ybjj

Abusive add-ons aren’t just a Chrome and Firefox problem. Now it’s Edge’s turn

Edge users take to social media to report their Web searches are being hijacked. https://bit.ly/3fhBBSI

Google is testing end-to-end encryption in Android Messages

End-to-end encryption is growing in popularity. Google is getting on board. https://bit.ly/396e0TU

Massive, China-state-funded hack hits companies around the world, report says

Attacks are linked to Cicada, a group believed to be funded by the Chinese state. https://bit.ly/32WWJJe

FCC takes spectrum from auto industry in plan to “supersize” Wi-Fi

45MHz freed up in 5GHz band because automakers failed to widely deploy safety tech. https://bit.ly/3lJHQkP

Cisco rolls out fix for Webex flaws that let hackers eavesdrop on meetings

Security flaws found as Web conferencing spikes because of work-at-home routines. https://bit.ly/32ViAAJ

Apple lets some Big Sur network traffic bypass firewalls

Firewalls are "100% blind" to ~50 Apple apps and processes under undocumented change. https://bit.ly/35GnbbI

Hulu raises Live TV price to $65, matching YouTube TV’s latest price hike

Hulu + Live TV went from $40 to $65 since 2017; rival services raised prices, too. https://bit.ly/2UxFr0G

Mac certificate check stokes fears that Apple logs every app you run

Amid concern that macOS logs app usage in real time, Apple issues assurances. https://bit.ly/2UAsWkN

US gov’s CISO takes leave to help Trump search for election fraud

“Voter Integrity Fund” seeks evidence to back up Trump’s baseless fraud claims. https://bit.ly/3f3zlyx

The old way of handing out corporate hardware doesn’t work anymore

It’s no longer just about issuing a laptop—the world and our requirements have changed. https://bit.ly/3lF5lLN

Hackers can use just-fixed Intel bugs to install malicious firmware on PCs

Computer makers are in the process of patching Boot Guard. Have you installed it yet? https://bit.ly/3eZ7I9A

Hackers sponsored by Russia and North Korea are targeting COVID-19 researchers

Three nation-state sponsored groups are targeting organizations throughout the world. https://bit.ly/2UnGgsM

Broadband power users explode, making data caps more profitable for ISPs

Usage increase “confirms the value” of data caps for ISP revenue, vendor says. https://bit.ly/2Ir4tw9

SpaceX Starlink has some hiccups, as expected, but users are impressed

"Link stability is a little rough," but Netflix works great, one user says. https://bit.ly/2Iu4A9W

DNS cache poisoning, the Internet attack from 2008, is back from the dead

A newly found side channel in a widely used protocol lets attackers spoof domains. https://bit.ly/32FrHVZ

SITREP: Azerbaijan’s drone war expands with Reaper-like TB2

Video: Drones built by Turkey are dominating the Azerbaijani-Armenian war. https://bit.ly/3koivLC

Ubuntu fixes bugs that standard users could use to become root

A handful of commands was all it took for untrusted users to become all-powerful. https://bit.ly/36jFy5o

Alphabet delivers wireless Internet over light beams from 20km away

Wireless network in Kenya to use light beams, like fiber but without the cables. https://bit.ly/3lmNGZ2

Intel SGX defeated yet again—this time thanks to on-chip power meter

New research sends chipmaker scrambling to fix side channel that exposes secret data. https://bit.ly/3eLkZT7

Zoom lied to users about end-to-end encryption for years, FTC says

Democrats blast FTC/Zoom settlement because users won't get compensation. https://bit.ly/3p7fG5r

GitHub’s source code was leaked on GitHub last night… sort of

GitHub wasn't actually compromised, despite appearances to the contrary. https://bit.ly/2JCVecd

Apple patches iOS against 3 actively exploited 0-days found by Google

Project Zero has reported 7 actively zerodays in the past two weeks. https://bit.ly/2JxvQVc

The feds just seized Silk Road’s $1 billion stash of bitcoin

Forfeiture comes two days after mystery party transferred 69,369 BTC out of wallet. https://bit.ly/3p01FWV

Someone has withdrawn ~$1 billion from a bitcoin wallet dormant since 2015

Wallet is likely tied to Silk Road, the underground crime bazar shut down in 2013. https://bit.ly/3mPSFlq

Google fixes two more Chrome zero-days that were under active exploit

Both desktop and Android versions are affected. https://bit.ly/3mHtmC6

SpaceX Starlink users provide first impressions and unboxing pictures

"It feels like it's from the future... I am amazed at how well it works." https://bit.ly/3oK4DyK

Dr. Strangenet—or, how I stopped worrying and embraced the WFH IT apocalypse

There's no more perimeter, everybody's Wi-Fi is broken, and yet...we're still working. https://bit.ly/2I1bYJe