Apple Reports Your Mental State

The Article

Apple Reports Your Mental State
This week in Privacy News, Google will remove permissions from unused apps, Facebook still pushes troll farms on people, and Chrome implements idle detection API. Also, Apple is researching ways to discern your emotional state using their phone and watch sensors. We also look at some security news.

Tim Cook Threatens Leakers
This week in Business News, Microsoft releases some updates to Windows 11 Update, the Verge discusses the iPhone notch, and Amazon starts banning many Chinese brands. Also, Mozilla pushes another test on his users without consent, and Tim Cook threatens to hunt down Apple leakers. We conclude with a couple SillyVille Articles.

The Articles

Privacy
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/09/google-is-backporting-an-android-11-privacy-feature-to-android-6/

https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/09/16/1035851/facebook-troll-farms-report-us-2020-election/

https://www.techspot.com/news/91390-google-chrome-94-arrives-controversial-idle-detection-api.html

https://www.techspot.com/news/91358-apple-reportedly-researching-ways-iphone-monitor-common-mental.html
https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-wants-iphones-to-help-detect-depression-cognitive-decline-sources-say-11632216601

Security
https://www.techspot.com/news/91383-own-one-11-netgear-routers-if-patch-immediately.html

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/09/nation-state-espionage-group-breaches-alaska-department-of-health/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/ransomware-fbi-revil-decryption-key/2021/09/21/4a9417d0-f15f-11eb-a452-4da5fe48582d_story.html

https://www.guardicore.com/labs/autodiscovering-the-great-leak/

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/09/5-9-million-ransomware-attack-on-farming-co-op-may-cause-food-shortage/

Business
https://www.techspot.com/news/91305-microsoft-confirms-windows-11-requires-tpm-20-all.html

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/09/windows-11-setup-warns-that-you-arent-entitled-to-updates-on-unsupported-pcs/

https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/17/22678603/iphone-13-notch-2021-face-id-touch-id

https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/17/22680269/amazon-ban-chinese-brands-review-abuse-fraud-policy

https://www.ghacks.net/2021/09/17/firefox-experiment-is-testing-bing-as-the-default-search-engine/

https://www.techspot.com/news/91391-apple-ceo-tim-cook-company-hunt-down-every.html

Silly
https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/18/22679256/harley-davidson-serial-1-ebike-s1-mosh-tribute-exclusive

https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/23/22689322/google-photos-locked-folder-passcode-protected-sensitive-images