It wasn’t hard to hijack TransUnion credit reports. I did it to myself.
PIRG staff discovered that they could talk TransUnion’s customer service representatives into resetting passwords and changing account contact information with bare-bones proof of identity.
#TransUnion #PIRG #socialengineering #customerservice #security #cybersecurity #hackers #hacking
📅 Next OPIRG Collaboration Lunch is Tuesday, January 7 @ 12-1:30 pm ET (on Zoom) with free screening of a portion of Peace Love (Unicorns) & Communism https://linktr.ee/Peaceloveunifilm with special guest, documentary director & producer, Adeola Egbeyemi!
🔗 If you are interested in attending, please register at https://ontariopirg.org/collab-lunches/
📢 We will watch part of the feature film together, and then pose questions and open conversations on PIRGs as a vessel for collective memory (campaigns, lessons, etc), issues with student unions in organizing, repression and conflict, ways that University institutions disrupt student organizing: tactics of delay, recuperation and pacification but also, trying to find hope amidst all of these issues!
🍎OPIRG Provincial's collaboration lunches are an opportunity for PIRGs and the wider community to connect and share campaigns, actions, and research work happening throughout Ontario!
#PIRG #OPIRG #OPIRGProvincial #Film #Peace #Love #Unicorns #Communism #Activism #StudentMovement #CanPoli #ONPoli
As Skies Fill With Space Junk, Nonprofit Urges US to Pause StarLink Launches
Asking the government to delay launches for protracted environmental review is likely to be controversial—and rile up the companies that want to blast off indiscriminately
#PIRG #space #spacejunk #satellites #lightpollution #starlink #WasteX #spacex #internet #environment
https://www.wired.com/story/pirg-starlink-environmental-review-space-garbage/
Lawmakers push for repair scores to reduce electronic waste
Thu, 12/21/2023
"Legislators across the country are demanding more information for residents about longevity and repairability of tech devices, which they said is critical in promoting transparency and addressing the #EnvironmentalImpact of #ElectronicWaste.
"The call for action came in a letter signed by 58 state legislators from 28 states. The letter was organized by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group [#PIRG] and pushed for the development of voluntary #RepairScores for #laptops, #phones and other tech products.
Lucas Gutterman, campaign "director for the group, said consumers often face a lack of information regarding whether a product is long-lasting or easily fixable.
"'Repair scores solve that problem. They create transparency in the marketplace. They're like an energy guide label for repairability that gives us a 1 through 10 score that tells you how fixable that product is before you buy it.'
"'Repair scores solve that problem,' Gutterman contended. 'They create transparency in the marketplace. They're like an energy guide label for #repairability that gives us a 1 through 10 score that tells you how #fixable that product is before you buy it."
"He explained some states have already introduced bills to include repair scores on products, but they are asking the Federal Trade Commission [#FTC] to make it a nationwide standard. In #NorthCarolina, Rep. Pricey Harrison, D-Guilford, and Rep. Julie Von Heafen, D-Wake, signed on in support.
"Gutterman noted the repair scores go beyond giving consumers what they need to make sure their devices have longevity and could be a major player in pushing companies to make longer-lasting products, saving customers money and helping protect the environment.
"'Because it reduces electronic waste,' Gutterman emphasized. 'Which is the world's fastest growing #WasteStream and can be very difficult to #recycle, having really negative effects on our #environment.'
"He added repair scores have already been adopted in other countries, allowing consumers to see factors such as the availability of #SpareParts, #EaseOfRepair and #ManufacturerSupport."
https://kiowacountypress.net/content/lawmakers-push-repair-scores-reduce-electronic-waste
#Transparency #InformedConsumers #EWaste #RightToRepair #RepairReuseRecycle #PlannedObsolescence #Windows10 #SmartPhones #Laptops #Electronics
Une pétition pour Windows 10
La fin de support de Windows 10 approche doucement, mais sûrement.
#Microsoft #Windows10 #PIRG #petition #Nadella #Windows11 #ecologie
Lilbits: Killing Windows 10 in 2025 could turn millions of PCs into eWaste (or at least compromise their security) #Chips, #Ewaste, #InkAnywhere, #MeteorLake, #Microsoft, #Pirg, #RaptorLakeRefresh, #Windows10, #Windows11, #WindowsInk, #WindowsInkAnywhere
Google extends Chromebook software update policy to 10 years #Aue, #Aup, #AutomaticUpdates, #Chromebooks, #Chromeos, #Google, #Pirg
https://liliputing.com/google-extends-chromebook-software-update-policy-to-10-years/
Proctor leads #PIRG's #RightToRepair work. He's a comrade. He's got these firms'' numbers. He's a tireless fighter:
> I believe in truth in advertising. If you're gonna sell somebody something, sell it to them. If you are gonna lease something to somebody, lease it to them. If you tether their future purchases to a secret "agreement" that you baked into the technology that they don't know about, that is deceptive. Not to mention, tinkering and fixing are American traditions.
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#Chromebooks Are Trash (Literally)
A new report from U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. #PIRG) #Education Fund finds that Chromebooks’ cheap design and short lifespan means people are treating them as #disposable, and is creating piles of #ewaste.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjv8mw/chromebooks-are-trash-literally
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