this weekend that China-backed hackers have compromised the wiretap systems of several U.S. telecom and internet providers, likely in an effort to gather intelligence on Americans.https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/07/the-30-year-old-internet-backdoor-law-that-came-back-to-bite/
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The wiretap systems, as mandated under a 30-year-old U.S. federal law, are some of the most sensitive in a telecom or internet provider’s network, typically granting a select few employees nearly unfettered access to information about their customers, including their internet traffic and browsing histories.
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But for the technologists who have for years sounded the alarm about the security risks of legally required backdoors, news of the compromises are the “told you so” moment they hoped would never come but knew one day would.
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“I think it absolutely was inevitable,” Matt Blaze, a professor at Georgetown Law and expert on secure systems, told TechCrunch regarding the latest compromises of telecom and internet providers.
China reportedly hacked the wiretap systems required by U.S. internet providers under a 1994 U.S. wiretapping law.Zack Whittaker (TechCrunch)
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Buch zu Jugendsozialarbeit: Und sein Ego bleibt im Auto
Burak Caniperk ist Sozialarbeiter in Schöneberg. Darüber und über seine Haltung gegenüber jungen Menschen hat er das Buch „Auf Augenhöhe“ geschrieben.
Buch zu Jugendsozialarbeit: Und sein Ego bleibt im Auto
"... We face a hinge in history," U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said. "If Ukraine falls under Putin’s boot, all of Europe will fall under Putin’s shadow."Kateryna Denisova (The Kyiv Independent)
How Mexico City Averted All-Out DroughtAs severe drought parched the Valley of Mexico earlier this year, news outlets began a countdown to a total failure of the water system. Reservoirs more than 100 kilometers away from Mexico City were at dangerously low levels and some areas already were facing acute shortages. Tanker trucks loaded with potable water sloshed down residential avenues to deliver emergency supplies.Via Reasons to be Cheerful
Without ample rain, “Day Zero” would theoretically arrive in June. But that darkest fear of urban planners, politicians, residents and academics never came to pass. How did one of the world's largest cities avert all-out disaster?
What saved the metropolitan area’s 22 million residents from a calamitous water-system collapse was a combination of just-in-time rainfall, urgent political pressure and underground reserves that saw the city through the worst. The drawn-out crisis vaulted the region’s aging infrastructure to television screens and newspaper front pages, spurring everyday chilangos — as capital dwellers are known — to wonder if years of neglect and indifference by politicians would change.
“The model of water management in Mexico City is no longer functioning, and it’s important that we think of long-term solutions,” said Rodrigo Gutiérrez Rivas, a researcher focused on constitutional and water rights at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, or UNAM. “Water became one of the main issues during the campaign cycle and now that it's won by a wide margin, the government of Mexico City has a huge opportunity to transform the model.”Mexico City 'Day Zero' Never Came: How the City Avoided Running Out of Water
With just-in-time rain and a looming presidential election, Mexico City never reached ‘Day Zero.’ But the politicized threat helped propel water infrastructure as a priority policy issue.Maya Averbuch (Bloomberg)
