Episode 304: Chrome Security, 95% Accurate Acoustic Attacks, and QR Code Parking Scams

There's a lot of news about Google this week. Chrome will move to weekly security patches, because of the many vulnerabilities in the browser. Google is encrypting RCS chats by default. A $5 billion lawsuit against Google highlights misunderstandings about private browsing, or incognito mode. Meanwhile, Amazon sells expired Chromebooks, and a new acoustic attack is 95% accurate at stealing your keystrokes.

Show Notes:

• Firefox, Chrome each fix more than a dozen vulnerabilities


• Opera and Opera GX were (once again) the last major Chromium-based browsers to get patched


• An update on Chrome Security updates – shipping security fixes to you faster


• Chrome Developer site


• “Absurd”: Google, Amazon rebuked over unsupported Chromebooks still for sale


• Another User Locked Out of Apple Account


• Large Spike In QR Code Parking Scams


• New acoustic attack steals data from keystrokes with 95% accuracy


• Privacy-focused Brave Search launches its own image and video search


• $5 billion Google lawsuit over ‘incognito mode’ tracking moves a step closer to trial


• Google Messages now encrypts RCS conversations by default; encrypts group chats now, too


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