Connected Apps, Loss of Services

Connected Apps, Loss of Services
This week, Walmarts finalizes Vizio purchase to grow its ad business, and Google is not doing anything about the malvertising scammers while prioritizing identifying your emotions with AI. Also, connected services are shut down remotely, and an AI village proselytizes for the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Privacy
https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/05/uber-will-need-to-fingerprint-drivers-in-california-to-transport-teens/

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/dec/04/chinese-hackers-american-cell-phones
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/12/americans-urged-to-use-encrypted-messaging-after-large-ongoing-cyberattack

https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/03/walmart-completes-23b-acquisition-of-vizio-to-help-grow-its-ad-business/

Security
https://securityaffairs.com/171553/cyber-crime/15-spyloan-android-apps-on-google-play.html

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/scams/2024/12/repeat-offenders-drive-bulk-of-tech-support-scams-via-google-ads

AI Overlords
https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/02/the-race-is-on-to-make-ai-agents-do-your-online-shopping-for-you/

https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/05/google-says-its-new-open-models-can-identify-emotions-and-that-has-experts-worried/

Business
https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/02/ads-might-be-coming-to-chatgpt-despite-sam-altman-not-being-a-fan/

https://solarboi.com/2024/11/17/sol-ark-oem-disables-all-deye-inverters-in-the-us/

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/12/nightmare-zipcar-outage-is-a-warning-against-complete-app-dependency/

Silly
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14153061/Irish-man-Dubai-jail-ninja-emoji.html

https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/03/why-does-the-name-david-mayer-crash-chatgpt-digital-privacy-requests-may-be-at-fault/