“Direct-to-consumer brands like Away, Brooklinen, and SmileDirectClub grew up on Google, Facebook, and Instagram, upending the retail business along the way. Now, they’re starting to broaden their horizons. That presents a sizeable opportunity.”
Motivation
Snapchat Employees Abused Data Access to Spy on Users by http://bit.ly/2MkwEht
“Several departments inside social media giant Snap have dedicated tools for accessing user data, and multiple employees have abused their privileged access to spy on Snapchat users, Motherboard has learned.”
Effects of High Altitude
Google stored some users’ passwords in plain text for years by http://bit.ly/2YCHG2w
“Google has revealed it had left some business users’ passwords exposed in plain text. The bug, which had existed since 2005, stored an unhashed, plain text copy of the password in G Suite’s administration console.”
The Fastest Firefox Ever: Firefox 67 Now Available For Windows, Linux, And Mac by http://bit.ly/2YHPu3i
“Ever since Mozilla developers released the much-anticipated Firefox Quantum in 2017, the open source company has been continuously working to improve the overall performance and security measures deployed in the web browser.”
Westerns
A/B
Opera Browser Adds TRON to its Native Crypto Wallet by http://bit.ly/2vY0PQr
“TRON founder Justin Sun has been in the news recently through a number of events. Most famously, perhaps, the recent Tesla giveaway debacle raised the ire of the cryptocurrency community and may well have backfired against its original intention.”
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