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Submission + - More than 1.5 million Canadian Crime Stoppers tips leaked (www.cbc.ca)

Submitted by doconnor
doconnor writes: Crime Stoppers data was stolen last March by hacktivist collective Internet Yiff Machine. In a manifesto, the group said it wanted to disprove the claim by P3 Global Intel — the company hired by Crime Stoppers to manage its tips — that the platform was "anonymous" and "secure."

A copy of the hacked data was made available to researchers and journalists, including CBC, by Distributed Denial of Secrets, a U.S. non-profit that archives and publishes hacked and leaked documents it deems to be in the public interest.

Submission + - AI generated summer reading list printed in newspapers with nonexistant books (thestar.com)

Submitted by doconnor
doconnor writes: The list, published as part of a “summer guide” insert in the Chicago Sun-Times on May 18 and the Philadelphia Inquirer on May 15, included 15 recommended novels, “new and old,” that promised to “deliver the perfect summer escape.” People on social media were quick to point out that 10 of the entries were novels that do not exist. In an interview with 404media, Buscaglia said that he was “completely embarrassed” by the errors and takes full responsibility. “I can’t believe I missed it because it’s so obvious,” he said. “No excuses.” Buscaglia said that he uses AI “for background at times,” but always double checks the material.

Submission + - Thunderbird annouces OpenPGP support (mozilla.org)

Submitted by doconnor
doconnor writes: On the Mozilla Thunderbird blog it was announced that for the future Thunderbird 78 release, planned for summer 2020, they will add built-in functionality for email encryption and digital signatures using the OpenPGP standard. This addresses a feature request opened on Bugzilla almost 20 years ago and has been one of the top voted bugs for most of that period.
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Submission + - Ulysses spacecraft on its last legs (nasa.gov)

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doconnor writes: "JPL announced that Ulysses' mission will be ending after 17 years. The power generated by the decay of a radioactive isotope has been slowly decreasing. To conserve power its main transmitter was shut off. Unfortunately due to a fault in its power supply it cannot be turned back on. The team plans to continue operating the spacecraft in its reduced capacity, using the alternate S-band transmitter, for as long as they can over the next few weeks."

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