Field notes from the edge.
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AIThe FCC Wants to Eliminate Burner Phones
The FCC has proposed a rule requiring telecommunications providers to collect and store extensive personal information—including government-issued ID numbers and physical addresses—for all phone customers, effectively eliminating anonymous 'burner phones.' While positioned as an anti-scam measure, the proposal has drawn criticism from privacy advocates who compare it to authoritarian surveillance
AIEnhanced License Plate Tracking
Surveillance company Leonardo is developing SignalTrace technology that augments automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) with Bluetooth sensors to capture unique identifiers from mobile phones and wearables in passing vehicles. This enhancement transforms ALPRs from vehicle-tracking devices into tools capable of identifying and tracking specific individuals, significantly expanding law enforcement
AINew FROST Attack Lets Websites Track What Sites and Apps You Open via SSD Timing
Researchers at Graz University of Technology have discovered FROST, a new attack vector that allows malicious websites to track users' browsing activity and application usage through JavaScript-based SSD timing analysis. The attack requires no special permissions, native code, or browser extensions, operating silently in the background by monitoring storage drive contention patterns.