---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <E3188FE0-BA67-4EE6-BBE5-3CA69566CD59@roscom.com> Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 16:26:26 -0500 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: This Amazon seller lost $400,000 in sales after being attacked This Amazon seller lost $400,000 in sales after being attacked by self-proclaimed 'virus of Amazon' By Ari Levy * Pure Daily Care had the top-selling facial steamer on Amazon before a rival began attacking its listing. * The storefront was suspended for seven weeks during the busiest season of the year. * Pure Daily fired half of its employees and is liquidating inventory to pay bills. https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/17/amazon-seller-targeted-virus-of-amazon.html ------------------------------ Message-ID: <48C8F675-C87F-484F-87D7-EB79DB972D8A@roscom.com> Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2017 09:06:23 -0500 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Amazon Key flaw makes entering your home undetected a possibility Amazon Key flaw makes entering your home undetected a possibility Amazon promised to address a technique drivers could use to freeze your Cloud Cam. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/11/amazon-key-flaw-makes-entering-your-home-undetected-a-possibility/ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <A3F7F87A-3693-43D0-8E7F-74FDAA1EF20D@roscom.com> Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2017 08:58:49 -0500 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: If NYPD cops want to snoop on your phone, they need a warrant, judge rules If NYPD cops want to snoop on your phone, they need a warrant, judge rules By Cyrus Farivar NY State Supreme Court: Stingrays act as "an instrument of eavesdropping." A New York state judge has concluded that a powerful police surveillance tool known as a stingray, a device that spoofs legitimate mobile phone towers, performs a "search" and therefore requires a warrant under most circumstances. As a New York State Supreme Court judge in Brooklyn ruled earlier this month in an attempted murder case, New York Police Department officers should have sought a standard, probable cause-driven warrant before using the invasive device. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/11/if-nypd-cops-want-to-snoop-on-your-phone-they-need-a-warrant-judge-rules/ ***** Moderator's Note ***** "Ask the cop in the woodpile; ask the cop on the rooftop; ask the cop who's knocking on your back door!" - Firesign Theater Bill Horne Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <DF0A9B27-5786-4BFE-B5C6-623179B8B425@roscom.com> Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2017 15:18:52 -0500 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Vanu Bose, Who Brought Cellular Service to Remote Areas, Dies at 52 Vanu Bose, Who Brought Cellular Service to Remote Areas, Dies at 52 Mr. Bose, whose father founded the Bose Corporation, was an innovator in his own right, developing wireless networks that helped Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/14/obituaries/vanu-bose-dead-brought-cellular-service-to-remote-areas.html ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Sun, 19 Nov 2017