The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update, Early in the Morning, for the week ending August 6th 2024

Episode 202. This week we start with a new use for your face and end with a cautionary tale about keeping a safe distance when looking for true love.
Then we get up early in the morning and discover that in trying to keep you secure, Microsoft gave you a broken multi factor authenticator.  (thanks Microsoft).
After that, it’s more love, but a love you will have to suppress if Ford’s patent takes off.
A new scheme from DARPA that could be almost as revolutionary as that experiment they did connecting university mainframes.
TikTok steals from the children and nothing gets a mother more angry.
A new Chinese hacking group compromises an Internet service provider so that when you do your machine updates, you get… malware!
And then we share another wonderful app from Microsoft that this time allows your boss to keep tabs on your every move. (Again, thanks Microsoft).
Gotta get up early in the morning!

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