A group of security researchers has discovered a technique that exploits security vulnerabilities in hotel room locks, affecting 3 million locks worldwide. Despite efforts to fix the issue, many locks remain vulnerable. In other news, Apple faces an antitrust lawsuit and criticism for its privacy decisions.
The next time you stay in a hotel, you may want to use the door’s deadbolt. A group of security researchers this week revealed a technique that uses a series of security vulnerabilities that impact 3 million hotel room locks worldwide. While the company is working to fix the issue, many of the locks remain vulnerable to the unique intrusion technique. Apple is having a tough week.
In addition to security researchers revealing a major, virtually unpatchable vulnerability in its hardware (more on that below), the United States Department of Justice and 16 attorneys general filed an antitrust lawsuit against the tech giant, alleging that its practices related to its iPhone business are illegally anticompetitive. Part of the lawsuit highlights what it calls Apple’s “elastic” embrace of privacy and security decisions—particularly iMessage’s end-to-end encryption, which Apple has refused to make available to Android user
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