Data broker

March 2023

March 2023


Vol. 6, Iss. 11
Robin’s Newsletter #247
Vol. 6, Iss. 11

BlackLotus malware can circumvent Secure Boot, infect UEFI. The FBI has been buying US citizen's location data. People are better at identifying fake news if you pay them.

August 2021

August 2021


Vol. 4, Iss. 35
Robin’s Newsletter #167
Vol. 4, Iss. 35

Microsoft's $20BN investment is on its own products, and they need the investment. Future of the UK's 'post-Brexit' data protection regime and new Information Commissioner. Samsung can remotely disable its smart TVs.

April 2021

April 2021


Vol. 4, Iss. 15
Robin’s Newsletter #147
Vol. 4, Iss. 15

Facebook's *ahem* 'data scraping' incident sets the stage for debate on responsible design and engineering. AWS bomb threat. Censorship by QoS. TUI's algorithm gender bias led to 'serious incident' calculating takeoff loads.