PRANKED by Windows!? - August 22, 2022

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NEWS SOURCES:

 

HA! GOT ‘EEM

Windows security update locking users out of their PCs

https://www.pcgamer.com/latest-windows-security-update-is-locking-users-out-of-their-pcs/

https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/15/bitlocker_microsoft/

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/topic/kb5012170-security-update-for-secure-boot-dbx-august-9-2022-72ff5eed-25b4-47c7-be28-c42bd211bb15

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/finding-your-bitlocker-recovery-key-in-windows-6b71ad27-0b89-ea08-f143-056f5ab347d6

 

VERY PRIVATE, NOT

Has Apple fixed their VPN security flaw or not?

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1450693-2-years-on-ios-vpns-still-leak-your-ip-addresses-with-no-bug-fix-in-sight-update-apple-says-its-expected-behaviour/

https://9to5mac.com/2022/08/19/iphone-vpn-app-security-debate-continues-as-apple-says-its-fixed-and-protonvpn-says-not/

https://blog.disconnect.me/ios-vpn-leak-advisory/

https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/19/apple_ios_vpn/

recommends 2 routers https://lmg.gg/s5RWP

some VPNs give notice https://disconnectblogimages.s3.amazonaws.com/advisory.jpg

 

SONY’S LONG CON

Class action lawsuit claims Sony “ripped off” anyone who bought a Playstation game since 2016

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1450830-first-apple-then-google-a-now-sony-is-being-sued-for-their-30-fee-on-the-playstation-marketplace/

https://news.sky.com/story/sony-playstation-being-sued-for-5-billion-amid-claims-it-ripped-off-nine-million-consumers-12678949

https://playstationyouoweus.co.uk/

https://www.eurogamer.net/sony-sued-for-5bn-for-ripping-people-off-on-playstation-store

this issue has been dismissed before https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/07/judge-dismisses-lawsuit-over-alleged-monopoly-pricing-on-playstation-store/

 

QUICK BITS

 

RIGHT TO REPAIR (A CERTAIN WAY)

Apple’s Self Service Repair Store now covers M1 Macbooks

https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/22/apple-adds-select-macbooks-to-self-service-repair-offerings/

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/08/apple-expands-self-service-repair-to-mac-notebooks/

https://www.inputmag.com/tech/apple-m1-macs-diy-repair-program

 

LOOK OUT

Microsoft adding more mobile ads too

https://www.thurrott.com/cloud/271168/outlook-mobile-now-show-ads-to-all-free-users

https://twitter.com/yonicksmith/status/1559616392067940352

https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-more-ads-outlook-ios-android-apps/

 

PARENTS ARE DISGUSTING

Google reports parents to police over medical photos of their kids

https://gizmodo.com/google-csam-photodna-1849440471

https://twitter.com/helvetica/status/1561334079236325378

https://www.pcmag.com/news/nyt-parents-lose-google-accounts-over-abuse-image-false-positives

 

LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO BECOME THE VILLAIN

Adobe Photoshop alternative pulls an Adobe, switches to subscription model

https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/22/23316413/clip-studio-paint-subscription-plan-angry-artists-digital-illustration

https://www.gamerbraves.com/clip-studio-paint-announces-subscription-plan-and-everyone-disliked-that/

https://twitter.com/Hell_Yena/status/1561586361966403584

 

GRANDMA’S IN FOR A SHOCK

Electrocuting the brain helps Alzheimer’s patients

https://www.statnews.com/2022/08/22/brain-stimulation-electricity-boosts-short-and-long-term-memory/

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-022-01132-3

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-62606510