This week in the Weekly News Roundup, Privacy-focused cameras Eufy are not as private as advertised. We see Windows malware scaning phones and other attached devices for anything interesting, and Linus is being hard on the developers before the holiday festivities sets in. We also look at SillyVille.

The Articles

Privacy
https://nordvpn.com/blog/nordvpn-research-website-trackers/

https://www.techradar.com/news/gmail-now-learns-from-your-behaviour-but-theres-a-catch

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/11/eufys-no-clouds-cameras-upload-facial-thumbnails-to-aws/

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/12/more-eufy-camera-flaws-found-including-remote-unencrypted-feed-viewing/

Security
https://www.techradar.com/news/a-fake-android-app-is-turning-victims-phones-into-sms-relays

https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/139112/malware/tiktok-invisible-challenge-malware.html

https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/30/lastpass-goto-breached-customer-information/

https://www.techradar.com/news/this-new-windows-malware-scans-your-phone-to-steal-data

Business
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/san-francisco-police-lethal-robots-17616522.php

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/28/tesla-drivers-elon-musk-twitter-road-rage

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/28/ai-students-essays-cheat-teachers-plagiarism-tech

https://www.techradar.com/news/linus-torvalds-warns-the-next-linux-release-could-be-a-real-grinch

Silly
https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/consumer-products/food/velveeta-class-action-claims-microwavable-mac-and-cheese-not-ready-in-3-5-min-as-advertised/

https://ktul.com/news/local/man-arrested-after-family-monopoly-game-turns-violent-tulsa-police-say

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/11/google-says-google-should-do-a-better-job-of-patching-android-phones/

https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/29/for-20-a-month-you-can-host-meetings-in-mozillas-mini-metaverse/

https://notthebee.com/article/michigan-man-calls-an-uber-to-go-rob-a-bank-and-asks-the-unaware-driver-to-wait-outside-as-his-getaway-car/

Banned
https://www.wired.com/story/fbi-google-geofence-warrant-january-6/

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/11/28/netherlands-close-3000-farms-comply-eu-rules/

https://www.dailywire.com/news/feds-pay-journalism-group-5m-to-create-software-to-turn-people-into-anti-misinformation-bots

https://weather.com/news/video/zombie-virus-revival-a-new-threat-from-global-warming