Day: July 19, 2022

Hacker Liberates Hyundai Head Unit, Writes Custom Apps | Hackaday

Posted on by Robin Edgar

[greenluigi1] bought a Hyundai Ioniq car, and then, to our astonishment, absolutely demolished the Linux-based head unit firmware. By that, we mean that he bypassed all of the firmware update authentication mechanisms, reverse-engineered the firmware updates, and created subversive update files that gave him a root shell on his own unit. Then, he reverse-engineered the Read more about Hacker Liberates Hyundai Head Unit, Writes Custom Apps | Hackaday[…]

Records reveal the scale of Homeland Security’s phone location data purchases

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Investigators raised alarm bells when they learned Homeland Security bureaus were buying phone location data to effectively bypass the Fourth Amendment requirement for a search warrant, and now it’s clearer just how extensive those purchases were. TechCrunch notes the American Civil Liberties Union has obtained records linking Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement Read more about Records reveal the scale of Homeland Security’s phone location data purchases[…]

Apple Pay illegally profited by walling off contactless payments, lawsuits in EU, US allege

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A proposed class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of payment card issuers accuses Apple of illegally profiting from Apple Pay and breaking antitrust laws. Iowa’s Affinity Credit Union is listed as the plaintiff in the complaint, filed today in the US District Court for the Northern District of California. The lawsuit alleges that by restricting contactless Read more about Apple Pay illegally profited by walling off contactless payments, lawsuits in EU, US allege[…]

“Parallel Reality” Display Shows Different Info to Different People at Same Time

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Imagine if you, me and a dozen other people were standing in a room staring at the same screen—but the screen showed something different to each of us, simultaneously. A California-based tech company called Misapplied Sciences has made this possible. They’ve developed a “parallel reality” display “enabled by a new pixel that has unprecedented capabilities,” Read more about “Parallel Reality” Display Shows Different Info to Different People at Same Time[…]