Why is a 22GB database containing 56 million US folks' personal details sitting on the open internet using a Chinese IP address? Seriously, why?

by useless_aether to /s/privacy from theregister.co.uk

Not LibreOffice too? Beloved open-source suite latest to fall victim to the curse of Catalina

by Mnemonic to /s/FLOSS from theregister.co.uk

"Now there's nothing stopping the PATRIOT Act allowing the FBI to slurp web-browsing histories without a warrant. Thanks for nothing, Bernie Sanders"

by Robin to /s/news from theregister.co.uk

BASED article 'women are in fact much closer genetically to being chimps than men are. Some have even interpreted the research to mean that men are "more evolved" than women. Technically speaking this is correct'

by letsgobish29 to /s/Incels from theregister.co.uk

Australian state will install home surveillance hardware to make sure if you're in virus isolation, you stay there

by Robin to /s/news from theregister.co.uk

'Unfixable' boot ROM security flaw in millions of Intel chips could spell 'utter chaos' for DRM, file encryption, etc (flaw in ME = open backdoor)

by zyxzevn to /s/Hacking from theregister.co.uk

MI5 officers are not 'immune', they just have the 'power' to not be punished... That's cleared that up then.

by Robin to /s/corruption from theregister.co.uk

MI5 officers are not 'immune', they just have the 'power' to not be punished... Huh?

by Robin to /s/news from theregister.co.uk

2016: An 18 year old convicted under French anti-terror laws for his choice of SSID (=Wifi network name)

by Robin to /s/WarOfTerror from theregister.co.uk

How many GE engineers does it take to change a smart lightbulb?...

by Robin to /s/technology from theregister.co.uk

Bad news: 'unblockable' web trackers emerge. Good news: Firefox with uBlock Origin can stop it. Chrome, not so much

by useless_aether to /s/privacy from theregister.co.uk

One man’s mistake, missing backups and complete reboot: The tale of Europe’s Galileo satellites going dark

by useless_aether to /s/Europe from theregister.co.uk

The sound of silence is actually the sound of a malicious smart speaker app listening in on you

by useless_aether to /s/privacy from theregister.co.uk

ATTK of the Pwns: Trend Micro's antivirus tools 'will run malware – if its filename is cmd.exe'

by Mnemonic to /s/TechSec from theregister.co.uk

"America's nuke arsenal to swap eight-inch floppy disks for solid-state drives"

by Robin to /s/technology from theregister.co.uk

Blood money is fine with us, says GitLab: Vetting non-evil customers is 'time consuming, potentially distracting'

by Mnemonic to /s/programming from theregister.co.uk

"Oh dear... AI models used to flag hate speech online are, er, racist against black people"

by Robin to /s/technology from theregister.co.uk

''After accusing Redmond of paying money to skirt legal process, the US government asked Microsoft to pay it money rather than go through the legal process. Lesson learned.'

by Robin to /s/corruption from theregister.co.uk

Hong Kong ISPs Beg Chinese Government Not to Impose Great Firewall on Them

by Kangbanger to /s/communismwatch from theregister.co.uk

The fragility of modern systems: - a 13-minute power cut in Japan set to reduce global flash chip production by 24% per cent between August and October.

by Robin to /s/technology from theregister.co.uk

Google: We're not killing ad blockers. Translation: We made them too powerful, we'll cram this genie back in its bottle

by Mnemonic to /s/Internet from theregister.co.uk

There's a scarily good 'deepfakes' YouTube channel that's quietly growing – and it's freaking everyone out

by Optimus85 to /s/technology from theregister.co.uk

UK's Foreign Sec Rolls out Obscure Legal Doc 'Planned Espionage Act' that will Crack Down on Snowden-Style Brit Whistleblowers, Suspected Backdoored Gear

by Stankmango to /s/censorship from theregister.co.uk

Fatal hole uncovered in Cisco routers after years of research (😾😾😾) Very foolish coding... or very crafty coding?

by Robin to /s/technology from theregister.co.uk

Cocaine, psychadelics, DMT? They sure knew how to party 1,000 years ago: Archaeologists make startling discovery

by Optimus85 to /s/science from theregister.co.uk

The Year Of Linux On The Desktop – at last! Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 brings the Linux kernel into Windows

by Optimus85 to /s/Linux from theregister.co.uk

NZ Shooting manifesto/video: (i) threats of heavy prison time, (ii) bespoke malware = Is this deep state research into next generation internet censorship?

by Robin to /s/censorship from theregister.co.uk

Using JavaScript to see all open tabs. Tor users not spared

by kovri to /s/privacy from web.archive.org

[paranoia] From hard drive to over-heard drive: Boffins convert spinning rust into eavesdropping mic

by wizzwizz4 to /s/privacy from theregister.co.uk

SPOILER alert, literally: Intel CPUs afflicted with simple data-spewing spec-exec vulnerability

by magnora7 to /s/technology from theregister.co.uk

SPOILER alert, literally: Intel CPUs afflicted with simple data-spewing spec-exec vulnerability

by TheWebOfSlime to /s/news from theregister.co.uk

WWW = Woeful, er, winternet wendering? CERN browser rebuilt after 30 years barely recognizes modern web

by useless_aether to /s/Internet from theregister.co.uk

Why does that website take forever to load? Clues: Three syllables, starts with a J, rhymes with crock of sh...

by Mnemonic to /s/Internet from theregister.co.uk

Want a bit of privacy? Got a USB stick? Welcome to TAILS 3.12

by useless_aether to /s/privacy from theregister.co.uk

Germany pushes router security rules, OpenWRT and CCC push back

by Mnemonic to /s/Internet from theregister.co.uk

Tesla loyalists tell of code crashes, near-misses

by Mnemonic to /s/technology from theregister.co.uk

Macs to Linux fans: Stop right there, Penguinista scum, that's not macOS

by Mnemonic to /s/SYSADMIN from theregister.co.uk

Cambridge Analytica dismantled for good? Nope: It just changed its name to Emerdata

by magnora7 to /s/news from theregister.co.uk

Whois? More like WHOWAS: Domain database on verge of collapse over EU privacy

by f00f to /s/technology from theregister.co.uk