TechCrunch●Covered by 2 sources
The EU politician investigating Pegasus got hacked with Pegasus
Citizen Lab found that a government customer of NSO Group used Pegasus to break into the phone of a European politician who was sitting on the EU committee investigating the spyware industry. One Parliament member calls it a direct attack on the rule of law, which is a hard framing to argue with when the tool you're probing turns up in your own pocket.
So what? ↓When the person whose literal job is holding spyware to account can't keep it off his own phone, the pitch that this stuff only targets criminals and terrorists collapses, and so does any comfort you had about your own device.
Source: TechCrunch
404 Media●Covered by 2 sources
Apple's 'Hide My Email' has one job, and it can be tricked into un-hiding your email
The person who reported the flaw in Apple's Hide My Email, the feature that generates a throwaway address to shield your real one, says it could let attackers uncover the actual email it's supposed to conceal, and that users deserve to know their hidden addresses may be discoverable.
So what? ↓You reach for a feature whose entire purpose is one thing, keeping your real email private, so a bug that defeats exactly that thing isn't a footnote, it's the product quietly not working.
Source: 404 Media
Amazon●Covered by 2 sources
Amazon quietly gave the 2023 Fire HD 10 an extra gig of RAM and a $15 tax
The 32GB Fire HD 10 now ships with 4GB of RAM (up from 3GB) and a bumped price of $154.99, from $139.99. Everything else is untouched, the same 10.1-inch 1,920 x 1,200 screen, 2GHz eight-core chip, and 13-hour battery, and the 64GB model is still stuck on 3GB.
So what? ↓This is the rare gadget update where you pay 15 more dollars for one specific spec on one specific configuration, so if you buy the wrong storage size you get zero of the upgrade you paid attention for.
Source: Amazon