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Tech News Flash: Wednesday -- July 10, 2019

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Zoom Flaw Turns Mac Cam into Spy Cam
The Router's Obstacle-Strewn Route to Home IoT Security
FBI, ICE Turn Drivers' Licenses Into Facial Recognition Gold
Anticipating the Merger of Apple and Oracle
Mageia 7 Pushes Linux Desktop Boundaries

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Today's Story Highlights

Zoom Flaw Turns Mac Cam into Spy Cam
A security researcher has found a flaw in the popular video conferencing
app Zoom that could be used to turn on the camera on a Macintosh
computer without a user's permission. The vulnerability allows any
website to forcibly join a user to a Zoom call, with their video camera
activated, without a user's permission, explained Jonathan Leitschuh, a
senior software engineer at Gradle.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86116.html

The Router's Obstacle-Strewn Route to Home IoT Security
It is newly minted conventional wisdom that not a single information
security conference goes by without a presentation about the abysmal
state of IoT security. While this is a boon for researchers looking to
make a name for themselves, this sorry state of affairs is definitely
not beneficial for anyone who owns a connected device. IoT device owners
aren't the only ones fed up, though.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86115.html

FBI, ICE Turn Drivers' Licenses Into Facial Recognition Gold
State motor vehicle departments have become a rich source of facial
recognition data for and FBI and Immigration and Customs Enforcement
agents. Researchers at Georgetown Law's Center on Privacy & Technology
reportedly used public records requests to gather a cache of documents
that show the agencies have turned state DMV databases into the
foundation of a vast surveillance infrastructure.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86113.html

Anticipating the Merger of Apple and Oracle
After reading about the departure of Jony Ive, I'm trying to wrap my
head around Apple without a design focus. Now this isn't as hard as you
might think, given the last truly successful Apple product came out
around a decade ago and was called the "iPad." It is also somewhat
ironic that Apple just effectively relaunched the iPod, the product that
Steve Jobs rode to Apple's massive success.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86110.html

Mageia 7 Pushes Linux Desktop Boundaries
Mageia 7 redefines the concept of traditional Linux. It is a solid
operating system well suited to both newcomers and seasoned Linux users
alike. The Mageia distro is a powerhouse Linux OS filled with features
and options unmatched in other Linux versions. Mageia Linux is a fork of
the now-defunct Mandriva Linux. The first Mageia version was released in
September 2010.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86111.html

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