Étiquette : united states (Page 6 of 12)

17 avril 2018 / noflux

«Voters in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin, all states with tight races, were the most targeted. Specifically, voters in Wisconsin were targeted with gun ads about 72 percent more often than the national average. She also found that white voters received 87 percent of all immigration ads. It makes sense that swing states would be more heavily targeted overall leading up to an election. And Kim didn’t analyze the Russians trolls’ targets independently from the other unregulated ads, given the small sample size of 19 groups».

Source : How Russian Facebook Ads Divided and Targeted US Voters Before the 2016 Election | WIRED

17 avril 2018 / noflux

« Il ne s’agit pas d’une infiltration de haut vol dans des systèmes gouvernementaux très sécurisés, mais d’une large campagne de prise de contrôle d’appareils (routeurs, commutateurs…) mal sécurisés mais indispensables au bon fonctionnement des réseaux internes des administrations et des entreprises, y compris les plus sensibles. Selon les autorités américaines, les pirates ont profité de défauts criants de sécurité dans ces appareils. ‘[Leur] état [de sécurité] actuel, couplé à une campagne du gouvernement russe pour les exploiter, menace la sécurité et la santé économique des Etats-Unis’, écrit ainsi le DHS dans son alerte».

Source : Washington et Londres accusent la Russie d’avoir attaqué des millions de matériels connectés

17 avril 2018 / noflux

«T-Mobile USA has agreed to pay a $40 million fine after admitting that it failed to complete phone calls in rural areas and used « false ring tones » that created the appearance that the calls were going through and no one was picking up».

Source : T-Mobile deceived customers with “false ring tones” on failed phone calls | Ars Technica

16 avril 2018 / noflux

«Une IA n’est rien d’autre que le projet qu’elle sert, dans les conditions définies par ceux qui l’ont programmée, sur la base des données qui lui ont été fournies et ces trois conditions dessinent le modèle d’IA que nous voulons voir exister. Et en la matière, rien ne serait pire que de laisser ces choix à des entreprises privées ou à des systèmes autocratiques» – Emmanuel Macron.

Source : Comment l’Union européenne veut unir ses forces dans l’intelligence artificielle – Politique – Numerama

6 mars 2018 / noflux

How to fix the Future

«One of Andrew Keen most intriguing arguments compares the power of the US tech giants today and the motor industry in the 1950s. At that time, the big three US manufacturers, Ford, GM and Chrysler, were busily churning out flashy and popular cars and controlled 96 per cent of the US market between them. Then in 1965 a young lawyer named Ralph Nader wrote Unsafe at Any Speed, assailing the car manufacturers for turning out lethal products that prioritised style over safety and created carnage on the country’s roads».

Source : The utopia project: can Silicon Valley fix the future?

26 février 2018 / noflux

«The European Union is preparing legislation to force companies to turn over customers’ personal data when requested even if it is stored on servers outside the bloc, a position that will put Europe at loggerheads with tech giants and privacy campaigners».

Source : Europe seeks power to seize overseas data in challenge to tech giants

22 février 2018 / noflux

by Alex Castro - Death of the Net Neutrality

«Net neutrality rules will officially be off the books starting April 23rd. The date was revealed today after the Federal Communication Commission’s order revoking net neutrality was published in the Federal Register. You can read the full order here».

Source : Net neutrality rules die on April 23rd – The Verge

20 février 2018 / noflux

Credit Adam Maida

«Most Americans are understandably shocked by what they view as an unprecedented attack on our political system. But intelligence veterans, and scholars who have studied covert operations, have a different, and quite revealing, view. ‘If you ask an intelligence officer, did the Russians break the rules or do something bizarre, the answer is no, not at all,” said Steven L. Hall, who retired in 2015 after 30 years at the C.I.A., where he was the chief of Russian operations. The United States “absolutely” has carried out such election influence operations historically, he said, “and I hope we keep doing it.’»

Source : Russia Isn’t the Only One Meddling in Elections. We Do It, Too. – The New York Times

20 février 2018 / noflux

«In this case, Schafer suspects the use of pro-gun control hashtags like #guncontrolnow are being used sarcastically, particularly since they’re often paired with the anti-gun control links. Since the Twitter accounts Hamilton 68 tracks often target right-wing audiences, Schafer believes the trolls are using the message to attract more eyeballs. ‘That allows them to then push content that is more directly related to the Kremlin’s geopolitical agenda’»

Source : Pro-Gun Russian Bots Flood Twitter After Parkland Shooting | WIRED

8 février 2018 / noflux

Opération Shadow Web

«Les criminels impliqués dans de telles combines croient qu’ils peuvent nous échapper en se cachant derrière leurs écrans d’ordinateur, ici et à l’étranger, mais comme le montre cette affaire, le cyberespace n’est pas à l’abri de la justice» – Derek N. Benner.

Source : Démantèlement du forum illégal InFraud : treize arrestations, dont une en France

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