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Chaos Computer Club Bypasses Apple's Touch ID System (with copy of original fingerprint) — The Chaos Computer Club claims to be able to bypass Apple's new Touch ID fingerprint sensor with a photo of the original user's fingerprint. The bypass is demonstrated in this short video:
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NYT Editorial Board: NSA's “back doors and special access routes are a terrible idea” — Close the N.S.A.'s Back Doors — In 2006, a federal agency, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, helped build an international encryption system to help countries and industries fend off computer hacking and theft.
| Stephen Braun / Associated Press: |
Close ties between White House, NSA spying review — WASHINGTON (AP) — Stung by public unease about new details of spying by the National Security Agency, President Barack Obama selected a panel of advisers he described as independent experts to scrutinize the NSA's surveillance programs …
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Apple TV 6.0 update pulled after reports of bricking and networking issues — After Apple TV 6.0 was released on Friday with iTunes Radio and other enhancements, there were many reports of botched updates that required the user to restore their Apple TV. In some particular instances …
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AllThingsD, Business Insider, Engadget, TechCrunch, The Verge, CNET, iPhone Hacks, macmight.com, iDownloadBlog.com, App Advice, TUAW and iClarified. Tweets: @johnpaczkowski. Thanks:@luminaryws
| Luke Reimer / Inside BlackBerry: |
BlackBerry pulls BBM app from iOS App Store and delays Android release after Android app leaks — BBM for Android and iPhone Update — Prior to launching BBM for Android, an unreleased version of the BBM for Android app was posted online. The interest and enthusiasm we have seen already …
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Tweets: @bbm, @bbm and @markgurman
| Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD: |
Police in New York Really Want You to Download iOS 7 — The New York Police Department has more of a relationship with Apple's iPhone than merely performing crowd control at and around Apple stores on iPhone launch days like yesterday. — A new iPhone model also means a probable uptick in attempts to steal them.| Dan Primack / Fortune: |
AngelList raises $24M at $150M valuation from Atlas Venture, Google Ventures, and others — Exclusive: AngelList raises $24 million at a heavenly valuation — AngelList builds its war chest, as the SEC prepares to lift its ban on general solicitation. — FORTUNE — For years …
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| Blake Lawit / Official LinkedIn Blog: |
Setting the Record Straight on False Accusations — As you may have read recently, a class action lawsuit was filed against LinkedIn last week. The lawsuit alleges that we “break into” the email accounts of our members who choose to upload their email address books to LinkedIn.
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GigaOM, T3 News, The Verge and AllThingsD
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AllThingsD, PC Magazine, The Verge, Ars Technica, TechSpot, I4U News, PC Pro, Mashable, Softpedia News, The Huffington Post, Ubergizmo and Los Angeles Times. Tweets: @bartongellman
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Photos are the latest “cheap, abundant” data, so we do need more “photo-sharing” apps — Photo-sharing Fatigue — Photo-sharing gets a bad rap in startup worlds. The conventional wisdom is that there are too many and that bright entrepreneurs should work …
| Nick Bilton / NYT Bits: |
Update to Gawker's Kinja platform allows readers to summarize and discuss anything on the web — Disruptions: Gawker Wants to Encourage More Voices Online, but With Less Yelling — There are corners of the Internet that contain some of the most slimy and vitriolic stuff you could imagine … | DealBook: |
BlackBerry co-founder Mike Lazaridis considering bid to take company private — BlackBerry Co-Founder Is Said to Consider Bid for Company — Mike Lazaridis, the co-founder of BlackBerry who stepped down as co-chief executive in 2012, has reached out to private equity firms about a possible bid for the troubled company.
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The Next Web, The Verge, WebProNews, TechnoBuffalo, PC Magazine, Wall Street Journal, VentureBeat, MobileSyrup.com, New York Times, MarketWatch, Ars Technica and Digits. Tweets: @howardlindzon
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