TikTok Is Used to Spy on US Reporters
This week in Privacy News, a new POC attack on Android phones collects data using the phone sensors, a new vending machine works on Facial ID only, and TikTok is being used to spy on journalists, others in the US. We also look at security news.

Linux Surpassed Mac for Developers
This week in Business News, did Bitcoin mining save Texas during a cold snap? Also, Handbrake gets AV1 support, Meta and Alphabet are losing advertising market share, and developers are switching to Linux for their coding.

The Articles

Privacy
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/earspy-attack-eavesdrops-on-android-phones-via-motion-sensors/

https://notthebee.com/article/this-woman-shows-us-a-chinese-vending-machine-that-works-based-on-facial-recognition-technology-only-but-i-think-thats-actually-a-pretty-terrifying-reality/

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/22/tiktok-bytedance-workers-fired-data-access-journalists

Security
https://securityaffairs.com/140013/hacking/critical-linux-kernel-vulnerability.html

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-exploit-bug-in-wordpress-gift-card-plugin-with-50k-installs/

https://securityaffairs.com/140051/cyber-crime/search-engine-advertisement-services-abuse.html

Business
https://notthebee.com/article/this-mad-lad-claims-bitcoin-farming-saved-the-texas-energy-grid-during-this-latest-cold-snap-and-i-thought-he-was-crazy-but-now-i-believe-him-/

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/12/handbrake-video-transcoder-adds-official-av1-codec-support-in-latest-release/

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/12/meta-and-alphabet-lose-dominance-over-us-digital-ads-market/

https://www.techradar.com/news/more-developers-use-linux-than-macos

Silly
https://notthebee.com/article/rand-paul-has-released-his-annual-airing-of-grievances-for-festivus-2022-highlighting-wasteful-spending-from-this-past-year-like-giving-puppies-cocaine-and-hamsters-steroids/

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/12/ios-16-exploit-lets-you-set-the-system-font-to-comic-sans-and-other-things/

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-64116668

Banned
https://notthebee.com/article/the-twitter-files-on-covid-just-dropped-and-hoooo-boy-were-we-conspiracy-theorists-right/

https://tnc.news/2022/12/22/health-canada-activity-book-maid/

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1608251701890252801

https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/12/24/1066041/a-startup-says-its-begun-releasing-particles-into-the-atmosphere-in-an-effort-to-tweak-the-climate/