Day: January 25, 2024

Dutch COVID-19 testing firm Coronalab exposed 1.3 million patient records

Posted on by Robin Edgar

A password-less database containing an estimated 1.3 million sets of Dutch COVID-19 testing records was left exposed to the open internet, and it’s not clear if anyone is taking responsibility. Among the information revealed in the publicly accessible and seemingly insecurely configured database were 118,441 coronavirus test certificates, 506,663 appointment records, 660,173 testing samples and Read more about Dutch COVID-19 testing firm Coronalab exposed 1.3 million patient records[…]

Hubble finds water vapor in small exoplanet’s atmosphere

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope observed the smallest exoplanet where water vapor has been detected in its atmosphere. At only approximately twice Earth’s diameter, the planet GJ 9827d could be an example of potential planets with water-rich atmospheres elsewhere in our galaxy. GJ 9827d was discovered by NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope in 2017. Read more about Hubble finds water vapor in small exoplanet’s atmosphere[…]

The US really really wants private companies out of EU AI Human Rights treaty – because you can trust them more than governments?

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[…] The Council of Europe (CoE), an international human rights body with 46 member countries, is approaching the finalisation of the Convention on Artificial Intelligence, Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law. Since the beginning, the United States, the homeland of the world’s leading AI companies, has been pushing to exclude the private sector Read more about The US really really wants private companies out of EU AI Human Rights treaty – because you can trust them more than governments?[…]

iPhone Apps Secretly Harvest Data When They Send You Notifications, Researchers Find

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iPhone apps including Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, and X/Twitter are skirting Apple’s privacy rules to collect user data through notifications, according to tests by security researchers at Mysk Inc., an app development company. Users sometimes close apps to stop them from collecting data in the background, but this technique gets around that protection. The data is Read more about iPhone Apps Secretly Harvest Data When They Send You Notifications, Researchers Find[…]