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When buying your #network #connected #devices, make sure that vendors #support matches your #expectations. Devices might be #EoL ⚰️ even thought they are still being sold 💰. #Maintenance is hard - our decade old Turris 1.0 still receives #updates (contrary to the industry standards) and it is not easy 💪. Sometimes you can #reflash the device with your own #firmware to fix the #security issues, so prefer devices from vendor that pushes their #hardware support #upstream. vulncheck.com/blog/zyxel-telne

VulnCheckZyxel Telnet Vulnerabilities - Blog - VulnCheckVulnCheck and partner GreyNoise discovered Zyxel-related vulnerabilities being targeted in the wild. In this blog, VulnCheck describes the vulnerabilities CVE-2024-40891 and CVE-2025-0890.

Why I avoid #smart #technology (see link)...& I just don't need everything #connected. I have a #smartphone but #location & #bluetooth aren't on when I'm out. Often the #phone is off, nobody makes #womens #pockets to fit them & it seems a waste of a hand to carry it. #Cost, #privacy, constant #updates, & so much more to consider but most don't seem to. Just because it's possible doesn't mean it's all good. theguardian.com/technology/202

The Guardian · Is your air fryer spying on you? Concerns over ‘excessive’ surveillance in smart devicesBy Robert Booth

Smart TVs are like “a digital Trojan Horse” in people’s homes

48-page report urges FTC, FCC to investigate connected TV industry #data #harvesting.

Unprecedented tracking techniques aimed at pleasing advertisers have resulted in #connected #TVs (CTVs) being a "privacy nightmare," according to Jeffrey Chester, report co-author and CDD executive director, resulting in calls for stronger regulation.

The 48-page report, "How TV Watches Us: Commercial Surveillance in the Streaming Era"
cites Ars Technica, other news publications, trade publications, blog posts, and statements from big players in streaming
—from #Amazon to #NBCUniversal and #Tubi, to #LG, #Samsung, and #Vizio.

It provides a detailed overview of the various ways that streaming services and streaming hardware target viewers in newfound ways that the CDD argues pose severe #privacy #risks.

The nonprofit composed the report as part of efforts to encourage regulation.

Today, the CDD sent letters to the FTC, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), California attorney general, and California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA), regarding its concerns.

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/1

Ars Technica · Smart TVs are like “a digital Trojan Horse” in people’s homesBy Scharon Harding

In the 1980s as railroads abandoned thousands of miles of track following deregulation,
Congress provided for “#railbanking,” seeking to preserve rail corridors while allowing for interim use as trails.

Today, there are nearly 26,000 miles of rail-trails in the U.S., according to RTC.

• More than $830 million in U.S. Department of Transportation funds announced last week under the ⭐️Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods ⭐️grant program went to #trails, #walking and a #biking #infrastructure, according to the Rails to Trails Conservancy, a nonprofit advocacy organization.

• Among the projects selected for the Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods program are at least four that will 🔸repurpose former railroad lines into trails.🔸

• Additional funding of nearly $45 million is now available under the ⭐️Active Transportation Infrastructure Investment ⭐️program for planning and construction of #connected #pedestrian and #bicycle #networks within communities or along transportation spines between communities, regions or states.

smartcitiesdive.com/news/conne

Smart Cities Dive · Communities build walking, biking trails along old railroad lines with federal grantsBy Dan Zukowski

Doomscrolling: What bad news does to us

We consume an endless amount of bad news: war, natural catastrophe, the climate crisis. This is what it’s doing to us.

Doomscrolling is all about negativity bias. Humans have an inclination toward negativity.

Criticism has a stronger influence on behavior & #cognition than praise. Same is true for bad news over good news

dw.com/en/doomscrolling-what-b

Deutsche Welle · Doomscrolling: What bad news does to usBy Hannah Fuchs

@zimowski
First, you should put all of the #hashtags you're following in your #profile, and follow the people who regularly #toot those hashtags.
Next, follow the people whose toots are frequently boosted by the people you're following (hint: If you see a boosted toot, someone you're following boosted it).
Then, whenever you see a toot that you enjoy, be sure to #favorite, #boost, and #comment on it.
And finally, keep doing all of the above on an infinite loop until your network is large enough to keep you #informed, #connected, #entertained, etc.

Remember, there's #NoAlgorithm here to show you stuff that "it thinks" you might like. You have to #TakeControl of your own destiny here. Leveraging your #CommonInterests with others is a great way to immerse yourself in any new culture, even if you don't actually know anyone there yet. If you're #friendly, #curious, and #engage enthusiastically with people here, you'll find your network growing quickly before you know it.

@DataDrivenMD