Dr. Paul Farmer, a widely respected figure in the world of public health, died on Monday at the age of 62, according to a statement from the charity he cofounded, Partners in Health. Farmer passed away in his sleep in Butaro, Rwanda, though a cause hasn’t been announced.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s lawyer has accused the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or leaking information about a federal probe to retaliate against him, CNBC has reported. “It has become clearer and clearer that the Commission is out to retaliate against my clients for exercising their First Amendment rights—most recently by criticizing the Commission on the public docket and by petitioning this Court for relief,” said Musk attorney Alex Spiro.
It’s the latest shot fired by Musk in his ongoing dispute with the SEC that started in 2018 when he said that he had secured funding for a private buyout of Tesla at $420 a share — something many (including the SEC) interpreted as an attempt at a weed joke. The SEC fined Tesla and Musk $20 million each over that and forced Musk to step down as chairman for at least three years. Tesla also had to implement a system for monitoring Musk’s statements about the company on Twitter and other media.
Musk has been chafing against those rules lately, however. Earlier this month he accused the SEC of conducting a “harassment campaign,” and “stifling” has First Amendment free speech rights. The SEC responded earlier this week, saying its frequent check-ins with Tesla were effectively required by the court overseeing the 2018 settlement. It also rebutted Musk’s other complaint, saying that it was making progress disbursing the $40 million fine to shareholders as it had promised.
Musk’s lawyers alleged that at least one SEC member had leaked “certain information regarding its investigation,” but it didn’t say who or which information. Tesla revealed in its 2021 Q4 earnings report that the SEC subpoenaed the company and Musk, seeking information on how they’re complying with the 2018 settlement.
Musk previously ran afoul of the 2018 settlement a year later after tweeting information about Tesla vehicle production that wasn’t approved by the company’s “disclosure counsel.” His lawyers accused the SEC of violating his free speech rights then, too. Musk and Tesla eventually agreed to a revised settlement that required him to get approval in advance for any tweets or other communication from an “experienced securities lawyer.”
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Apple knew that its AirTags could potentially be used as stalking tools, and as such, even ahead of its launch, the company built several protections into place. One of those protections included a built-in speaker that would make noise to let people know of its presence, but then some people started selling modified versions online.
Apple later announced a planned update that would address some of these privacy concerns, but it seems like it might not be enough. This is according to security researcher Fabian Braunlein of Positive Security who published a blog post on how they created a cloned AirTag that essentially bypassed the security and privacy measures Apple has in place.
Based on the test that Braunlein carried out with the clone, it seems that it was able to track an iPhone user over the course of more than five days without triggering notifications to let the person know they were being tracked by an unknown AirTag. Braunlein believes that ultimately, the issue here lies with Apple’s Find My ecosystem and less with the AirTag itself.
According to the researcher, “They need to take into account the threats of custom-made, potentially malicious beacons that implement the Find My protocol, or AirTags with modified hardware. With a power bank and ESP32 being cheaper than an AirTag, this might be an additional motivation for some to build a clone instead themselves.”
Researchers Create An AirTag Clone That Bypasses Apple’s Protections
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Have you ever been involved in a Twitter conversation where someone tags you? There might be reasons for this, like maybe your friend or family member thinks that there’s a tweet you should see. Or it could be that you’re an influencer and your followers are trying to get your attention.
Regardless, sometimes being included in a conversation can be annoying and somewhat spammy, especially if the conversation is really active and you keep getting notifications on it. The good news is that according to researcher Jane Manchun Wong, Twitter is working on a feature that would let users remove themselves from conversations.
Twitter is working on an onboarding screen for “Leave this conversation” pic.twitter.com/cZYeOdo1pJ
— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) February 18, 2022
According to Wong, she shared a screenshot of a new interface on Twitter where users are prompted before they choose to remove themselves from a conversation. It lets them know when they remove themselves from a conversation, their usernames are untagged and they will no longer receive notifications.
Also, to prevent people from re-adding them to conversations, choosing to remove yourself will also prevent future mentions in that particular conversation (presumably you’ll have to do this with all new conversations). We’re not sure when this feature is expected to be rolled out, but it sounds like something that some users might be able to appreciate in the future.
Twitter Testing Allowing Users To Remove Themselves From Conversations
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