Ouch
https://www.propublica.org/article/cybersecurity-expert-finds-another-flaw-in-georgia-voter-portal
The flaw would have allowed anyone to submit a voter registration cancellation request for any Georgian using their name, date of birth and county of residence — information that is easily discoverable online.
I really hope y'all are locking your shit down!
The government isn't playing!
Trump shooter used Android phone from Samsung; cracked by Cellebrite in 40 minutes - 9to5Mac
https://9to5mac.com/2024/07/18/trump-shooter-android-phone-cellebrite/
"NEO carries an onboard computer and antenna array that will allow officers the ability to create a ‘denial-of-service’ event to disable ‘Internet of Things’ devices that could potentially cause harm while entry is made."
There is a weirdly racist trend where people blame hypothetical minorities when systems fail because management cuts corners. We saw it with the Boeing door collapse and now with the Crowdstrike crash.
There is no mythical "DEI engineer" doing sloppy work at these companies.
It's down to leadership cutting corners to make a buck. A software update causing a crash that takes down all of your customers is due to inadequate testing. It's not because some anonymous minority wrote the code.
Marcus "MajorLinux" Summers
Electronic Frontier Foundation
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Dare Obasanjo
Mojo ♻️