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Privacy and ads in Chrome are about to become FLoCing complicated

The Verge

The change theoretically makes it vastly more difficult for advertisers to track your activities on the web and then serve you targeted ads. The change theoretically makes it vastly more difficult for advertisers to track your activities on the web and then serve you targeted ads. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Teslas

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And if that means a bad actor can create a wireless key for your new Tesla, that price is pretty steep. These initial sets of key fobs were convenient; you could unlock your car from a few feet away. And in fact, you could map out all the possible combinations of this 40 bit key leg on a typical laptop computer.

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Samsung’s rumored Galaxy S21 phone lineup is starting to make sense

The Verge

Believe it or not, though, it’s also time to start talking about 2021’s consumer tech. Photo Illustration by Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images. The crush of new hardware to review and discuss is beginning to wind down, but there are a few more gadgets to talk about over the next week. No, not CES, but Samsung.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Reverse Engineering Smart Meters

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Similar initiatives were undertaken in Australia, India and Japan, all with the intent to roll these devices out within a relatively short amount of time. After hearing a talk, a Dallas-based hacker set out to find out what was going on inside the smart meter attached to his home, and what he found was surprising.

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How to set up two-factor authentication on your online accounts

The Verge

After numerous widespread breaches through the past few years, tech companies have been working together to develop a standard that would make passwords a thing of the past, replacing them with more secure methods like biometric or PIN-based logins that do not require transferring data over the internet. Amelia Krales / The Verge.