An Apple engineer who helped launch the iPod said he helped the US government build a secret version of the device that could covertly collect data.
— Arstechnica
Tag: Arstechnica
Babies Know, They Don’t Know
It looks like babies at the age of 19-21 months already have a concept of when they don’t know something and ask for help if it’s available.
Leaky Apps
How much data are the most popular apps on Android and iOS leaking to third parties (i.e. people who have nothing to do with the app you’re using). A LOT!
Encrypt All Your Devices
Ars Technica has compiled a guide for how to encrypt laptops and phones. There are brief descriptions for all the relevant systems.
Moral parents, moral babies
Ars again covers interesting research on the psychology toddlers. This time: toddlers with parents with lower tolerance to injustice show stronger differences in EEG-readings when watching prosocial vs. antisocial behavior.
It also has a discussion on how difficult it is to do a “psychological” assessment of toddlers’ behavior and derive concrete explanations or conclusions from them.
Getting Fired Over a Privacy-Invading Management App
ADN: Cracking Russian Crypto
https://alpha.app.net/riyad/post/17764524
The AMD of Authors
This depiction of George R. R. Martin on Ars Technicast Episode 37 made my day. 😀
He’s perpetually slipping the stuff back. He’s the AMD of authors. He can never make a launch date.
ADN: How the Soviet Buran Shuttle Pragramme Came to Be
https://alpha.app.net/riyad/post/12201710