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May 29, 2021
US soldiers reportedly leaked nuclear info online accidentally, by using flashcard apps, Kim Lyons
Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeUS soldiers stationed in Europe may have accidentally exposed information about the United States’ nuclear weapons stockpile when they used flashcard apps to help them remember details about the information, according to a report from open-source intelligence outlet Bellingcat.
Foeke Postma, a researcher with Bellingcat, wrote that the soldiers used study apps such as Chegg, Cram, and Quizlet to create flashcards where they stored information about bases in Europe where US nuclear weapons were likely located, secret codes, passwords, and other details about security. It appears that they forgot to set the settings for the apps to “private,” so that their usernames and photos were public-facing, and since some of the soldiers used the…
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US soldiers reportedly leaked nuclear info online accidentally, by using flashcard apps,
US soldiers stationed in Europe may have accidentally exposed information about the United States’ nuclear weapons stockpile when they used flashcard apps to help them remember details about the information, according to a report from open-source intelligence outlet Bellingcat.
Foeke Postma, a researcher with Bellingcat, wrote that the soldiers used study apps such as Chegg, Cram, and Quizlet to create flashcards where they stored information about bases in Europe where US nuclear weapons were likely located, secret codes, passwords, and other details about security. It appears that they forgot to set the settings for the apps to “private,” so that their usernames and photos were public-facing, and since some of the soldiers used the same photos as they had on their LinkedIn profiles it would not have been difficult to connect them to the nuclear information, according to Postma.
Why the soldiers used unsecured study apps to remember the information wasn’t clear. Postma contacted officials with the US Department of Defense, NATO, and European Command several weeks before publishing his report, and the flashcards with the sensitive information have since been taken down (although may still be visible on the archival Wayback Machine site, as Motherboard reported).
The study apps did not reply to requests for comment Saturday. An email to the Department of Defense asking whether the soldiers involved could face any disciplinary action was not immediately returned Saturday.
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Best Memorial Day 2021 deals and sales we’ve found: Save $400 on Vizio OLED TV, $150 on Neato robot vac and more – CNET,
Memorial Day weekend is a great time to find sales on all kinds of products, and if you skip the stores and shop online, you can be scoring deals while sitting on the beach or somewhere relaxing. The holiday is known for its sales and deals on major appliances, patio furniture and mattresses. But those aren’t the only categories you should be looking at — below you’ll find some Memorial Day sales that caught our eye, including $400 off a 65-inch Vizio OLED TV, $150 off the Neato D7 robotic vacuum ($150 off), free meat and free access to Ancestry.com.
These deals can be found at online retailers such as Lowe’s and Best Buy as well as individual merchants like ButcherBox, GlassesUSA and Samsung. Highlighted deals that require a promo code include that code below. Keep reading for our picks of the best Memorial Day deals you can find right now. This post will be updated with additional sales and deals soon.
Best Buy: Dizzying array of discounts
Price cuts everywhere
Sarah Tew/CNET
From large appliances to video games, Best Buy is slashing prices throughout the store for its Memorial Day sale. You can save up to 10% on LG appliances and up to $300 on an LG OLED TV. Been pining for an Apple wearable? You can save $70 on the Apple Watch Series 6 and $40 on AirPods. Samsung’s Galaxy S21 5G phone is $350 off, while iPhone 11 models are $275 off. And if you need new games for your console, dozens of titles for Xbox, PlayStation and Switch are discounted, including many that are half price.
See at Best Buy
Vizio OLED65-H1: $1,500
Save $400
Vizio
Contrast ratio is arguably the most important aspect of picture quality, and OLED TVs produce the best contrast ratio with absolute blacks and extremely bright whites. TVs with newer OLED technology, not surprisingly, cost quite a bit more than older LCD TVs. Vizio’s OLED line has some of the most affordable OLED TVs, however, and that’s never been more true than for the 65-inch model that’s $400 off at Best Buy.
$1,500 at Best Buy
Neato D7: $450Save $150
Brian Bennett/CNET
‘Tis the season for tracking dirt and sand (say, if you’ve been at the beach all weekend) into your house. Why not get some robotic help with keeping your floors clean? The Neato D7 is a lidar-guided robot vacuum cleaner that’s one of the best robot vacuums CNET has reviewed. In his write-up, Brian Bennett declared it the “best midrange robot vacuum.” And head-to-head against the iRobot Roomba S9 Plus, the D7 was called “the best all-around value.” Usually priced at or around $600, the Neato D7 is discounted to $450 at Lowe’s this weekend (the product page says the sale ends today, but it’ll last through June 5, according to Lowe’s).
$450 at Lowe’s
Hydro Flask 32-Ounce Wide Mouth: $34Save $11
Hydroflask
The Hydro Flask is our favorite reusable water bottle for its double-wall vacuum insulation design, durable stainless-steel materials and cool color options. A Hydro Flask bottle can keep a cold drink cool for up to 24 hours and makes a perfect beach companion. For the winter months, it will keep hot beverages warm for up to 12 hours. You can save 25% sitewide with free shipping with code WELOVESUMMER. The popular 32-ounce Wide Mouth bottle, for example, is on sale for $34, down from $45.
$34 at Hydro Flask
ButcherBox: Free BBQ bundleNew members only
Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET
Summer is not only beach season: It’s also barbecue season. With ButcherBox, you can kick your summer grilling up a notch. It’s one of our favorite meat subscription services and features 100% grass-fed beef, humanely raised pork and free-range organic chicken. For Memorial Day, new subscribers will get a free BBQ bundle with their first order that includes two New York strip steaks, six burgers and 5 pounds of drumsticks.
See at ButcherBox
Ancestry.com: Free access to Fold3.comSearch over 550 million military records
Fold3
To celebrate Memorial Day, Ancestry.com is opening its vaults and letting you search your family’s military history for free this weekend on its Fold3.com site.
See at Ancestry.com
GlassesUSA: 60% discount on framesOr save 30% on your entire order
GlassesUSA is one of our favorite sites for buying prescription eyeglasses online. It has more affordable options for buying prescription eyeglasses online than a site like Warby Parker, and also offers premium designer frames from the likes of Oakley and Ray-Ban. For Memorial Day, you can get 60% off frames with basic lenses with code DEAL60 or 30% off your entire order with code USA30. You can also save 20% off Oakley and Ray-Ban with basic prescription lenses with code OKRAY20.
See at GlassesUSA
Myx Plus exercise bike: $1,199Save $300, plus free shipping and assembly
MYX Fitness
MyxFitness is a Peloton alternative service that includes a bike with a huge 21.5-inch display along with a mat, foam roller, resistance band and six-piece weight set for $1,499. And you can knock $300 off the price with code MEMORIAL300, which also includes free shipping and assembly (a $250 value, according to Myx’s math).
See at MyxFitness
Rumpl: 25% offThe best blanket
Rumpl
My kids each got a Rumpl blanket for Christmas last year, and they take them everywhere. In the car. On the couch. Off to bed. And they were invaluable each weekend when we went skiing and our car was the closest thing we had to a lodge. Rumpl blankets are light and incredibly warm, and come in a variety of cool colors and patterns. And they’re 25% off right now.
See at Rumpl
Solo Stove: All firepits 25% offPlus, free stand
Brian Bennett/CNET
Have you experienced a sense of envy when hanging out in your friend’s backyard around their Solo Stove? Now is your chance to get one for your own patio for gatherings around a smokeless fire pit. Solo Stove makes one of our favorite firepits, and all of the company’s firepits are 25% off and come with a free stand for Memorial Day.
See at Solo Stove
Samsung: 30% off large appliances
Or save $700 on kitchen package
Samsung
You can save 30% on a refrigerator, washer or dryer and 25% on a range. And you can save $700 if you buy a four-piece kitchen package.
See at Samsung
Google Nest Hub Max: $180 (Update: Sold out)Save $50 with code EXTRA50OFF
You can knock $50 off the price of the Google Nest Hub Max at Adorama’s Memorial Day sale with code EXTRA50OFF. With a 10-inch display, the Nest Hub Max offers a bigger screen and better sound quality than Google’s standard smart display. It also includes a facial recognition camera, which you may or may not want. You can disable the camera when it’s not in use, and it has some pretty cool tricks like following you around the frame when you’re making a Google Duo video call and letting you pause or resume videos and music simply by raising your hand.
Read our Google Nest Hub Max review.
$180 at Adorama
Stasher: 25% off sitewide (Update: Expired)Plus, free shipping on orders over $40
Stasher
Unless you plan to invite the neighborhood over for a cookout, you’ll need a way to store some of the above BBQ bundle. Stasher provides a sustainable and stress-free way to do just that and is offering 25% off its entire site. It makes reusable storage bags to decrease single-use plastics. Stasher’s storage bags are made of silicone and feature pinchable seals, saving you from ever having to search for a matching lid again.
See at Stasher
TV & Audio
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May 28, 2021
1947 ‘alien autopsy’ film frame is up for auction as an NFT, ,
A film frame allegedly showing the autopsy of an extraterrestrial that crash-landed in Roswell, New Mexico has an opening bid of $1 million.
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Best Memorial Day 2021 sales we’ve found: Save $400 on Vizio OLED TV, $50 on a Google Nest Hub Max and more – CNET,
Memorial Day weekend is a great time to hit the beach — or the holiday sales. Better yet, shop online, skip the stores and spend the weekend at the beach. Memorial Day is typically a great time to buy things like a mattress, patio furniture and major appliances. That said, those aren’t the only sale items you should be keeping an eye out for — below you’ll find some Memorial Day sales that caught our eye, from a 65-inch Vizio OLED TV ($400 off) to the Neato D7 robotic vacuum ($150 off); from the best stainless-steel water bottle (25% off) to our favorite reusable storage bags (25% off); from free meat to free access to Ancestry.com.
These deals can be found at online retailers such as Adorama, Best Buy and Lowe’s, as well as individual merchants such as ButcherBox, GlassesUSA and Samsung. Some require a promo code, but we were sure to include that code in our description if necessary. Keep reading for our picks of the best Memorial Day deals you can find right now. We’ll be updating with additional sales and deals soon.
Best Buy: Dizzying array of discounts
Price cuts everywhere
Sarah Tew/CNET
From large appliances to video games, Best Buy is slashing prices throughout the store for its Memorial Day sale. You can save up to 10% on LG appliances and up to $300 on an LG OLED TV. Been pining for an Apple wearable? You can save $70 on the Apple Watch Series 6 and $40 on AirPods. Samsung’s Galaxy S21 5G phone is $350 off, while iPhone 11 models are $275 off. And if you need new games for your console, dozens of titles for Xbox, PlayStation and Switch are discounted, including many that are half price.
See at Best Buy
Vizio OLED65-H1: $1,500
Save $400
Vizio
Contrast ratio is arguably the most important aspect of picture quality, and OLED TVs produce the best contrast ratio with absolute blacks and extremely bright whites. TVs with newer OLED technology, not surprisingly, cost quite a bit more than older LCD TVs. Vizio’s OLED line has some of the most affordable OLED TVs, however, and that’s never been more true than for the 65-inch model that’s $400 off at Best Buy.
$1,500 at Best Buy
Neato D7: $450Save $150
Brian Bennett/CNET
‘Tis the season for tracking dirt and sand (say, if you’ve been at the beach all weekend) into your house. Why not get some robotic help with keeping your floors clean? The Neato D7 is a lidar-guided robot vacuum cleaner that’s one of the best robot vacuums CNET has reviewed. In his write-up, Brian Bennett declared it the “best midrange robot vacuum.” And head-to-head against the iRobot Roomba S9 Plus, the D7 was called “the best all-around value.” Usually priced at or around $600, the Neato D7 is discounted to $450 at Lowe’s this weekend (the product page says the sale ends today, but it’ll last through June 5, according to Lowe’s).
$450 at Lowe’s
Google Nest Hub Max: $180Save $50 with code EXTRA50OFF
You can knock $50 off the price of the Google Nest Hub Max at Adorama’s Memorial Day sale with code EXTRA50OFF. With a 10-inch display, the Nest Hub Max offers a bigger screen and better sound quality than Google’s standard smart display. It also includes a facial recognition camera, which you may or may not want. You can disable the camera when it’s not in use, and it has some pretty cool tricks like following you around the frame when you’re making a Google Duo video call and letting you pause or resume videos and music simply by raising your hand.
Read our Google Nest Hub Max review.
$180 at Adorama
Hydro Flask 32-Ounce Wide Mouth: $34Save $11
Hydroflask
The Hydro Flask is our favorite reusable water bottle for its double-wall vacuum insulation design, durable stainless-steel materials and cool color options. A Hydro Flask bottle can keep a cold drink cool for up to 24 hours and makes a perfect beach companion. For the winter months, it will keep hot beverages warm for up to 12 hours. You can save 25% sitewide with free shipping with code WELOVESUMMER. The popular 32-ounce Wide Mouth bottle, for example, is on sale for $34, down from $45.
$34 at Hydro Flask
ButcherBox: Free BBQ bundleNew members only
Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET
Summer is not only beach season: It’s also barbecue season. With ButcherBox, you can kick your summer grilling up a notch. It’s one of our favorite meat subscription services and features 100% grass-fed beef, humanely raised pork and free-range organic chicken. For Memorial Day, new subscribers will get a free BBQ bundle with their first order that includes two New York strip steaks, six burgers and 5 pounds of drumsticks.
See at ButcherBox
Stasher: 25% off sitewidePlus, free shipping on orders over $40
Stasher
Unless you plan to invite the neighborhood over for a cookout, you’ll need a way to store some of the above BBQ bundle. Stasher provides a sustainable and stress-free way to do just that and is offering 25% off its entire site. It makes reusable storage bags to decrease single-use plastics. Stasher’s storage bags are made of silicone and feature pinchable seals, saving you from ever having to search for a matching lid again.
See at Stasher
Ancestry.com: Free access to Fold3.comSearch over 550 million military records
Fold3
To celebrate Memorial Day, Ancestry.com is opening its vaults and letting you search your family’s military history for free this weekend on its Fold3.com site.
See at Ancestry.com
GlassesUSA: 60% discount on framesOr save 30% on your entire order
GlassesUSA is one of our favorite sites for buying prescription eyeglasses online. It has more affordable options for buying prescription eyeglasses online than a site like Warby Parker, and also offers premium designer frames from the likes of Oakley and Ray-Ban. For Memorial Day, you can get 60% off frames with basic lenses with code DEAL60 or 30% off your entire order with code USA30. You can also save 20% off Oakley and Ray-Ban with basic prescription lenses with code OKRAY20.
See at GlassesUSA
Myx Plus exercise bike: $1,199Save $300, plus free shipping and assembly
MYX Fitness
MyxFitness is a Peloton alternative service that includes a bike with a huge 21.5-inch display along with a mat, foam roller, resistance band and six-piece weight set for $1,499. And you can knock $300 off the price with code MEMORIAL300, which also includes free shipping and assembly (a $250 value, according to Myx’s math).
See at MyxFitness
Rumpl: 25% offThe best blanket
Rumpl
My kids each got a Rumpl blanket for Christmas last year, and they take them everywhere. In the car. On the couch. Off to bed. And they were invaluable each weekend when we went skiing and our car was the closest thing we had to a lodge. Rumpl blankets are light and incredibly warm, and come in a variety of cool colors and patterns. And they’re 25% off right now.
See at Rumpl
Solo Stove: All firepits 25% offPlus, free stand
Brian Bennett/CNET
Have you experienced a sense of envy when hanging out in your friend’s backyard around their Solo Stove? Now is your chance to get one for your own patio for gatherings around a smokeless fire pit. Solo Stove makes one of our favorite firepits, and all of the company’s firepits are 25% off and come with a free stand for Memorial Day.
See at Solo Stove
Samsung: 30% off large appliances
Or save $700 on kitchen package
Samsung
You can save 30% on a refrigerator, washer or dryer and 25% on a range. And you can save $700 if you buy a four-piece kitchen package.
See at Samsung
TV & Audio
The post Best Memorial Day 2021 sales we’ve found: Save $400 on Vizio OLED TV, $50 on a Google Nest Hub Max and more – CNET, appeared first on NEWDAWN Blog.
Best Memorial Day 2021 sales we’ve found: Save $400 on Vizio OLED TV, $50 on Google Nest Hub Max and more – CNET, Matt Elliott
Plus, save $150 on a Neato D7 robot vacuum and get 25% off a Hydro Flask.
The post Best Memorial Day 2021 sales we’ve found: Save $400 on Vizio OLED TV, $50 on Google Nest Hub Max and more – CNET, Matt Elliott appeared first on NEWDAWN Blog.
Best Memorial Day 2021 sales we’ve found: Save $400 on Vizio OLED TV, $50 on Google Nest Hub Max and more – CNET,
Memorial Day weekend is a great time to hit the beach — or the holiday sales. Better yet, shop online, skip the stores and spend the weekend at the beach. Memorial Day is typically a great time to buy things like a mattress, patio furniture and major appliances. That said, those aren’t the only sale items you should be keeping an eye out for — below you’ll find some Memorial Day sales that caught our eye, from a 65-inch Vizio OLED TV ($400 off) to the Neato D7 robotic vacuum ($150 off); from the best stainless-steel water bottle (25% off) to our favorite reusable storage bags (25% off); from free meat to free access to Ancestry.com.
These deals can be found at online retailers such as Adorama, Best Buy and Lowe’s, as well as individual merchants such as ButcherBox, GlassesUSA and Samsung. Some require a promo code, but we were sure to include that code in our description if necessary. Keep reading for our picks of the best Memorial Day deals you can find right now. We’ll be updating with additional sales and deals soon.
Best Buy: Dizzying array of discounts
Price cuts everywhere
Sarah Tew/CNET
From large appliances to video games, Best Buy is slashing prices throughout the store for its Memorial Day sale. You can save up to 10% on LG appliances and up to $300 on an LG OLED TV. Been pining for an Apple wearable? You can save $70 on the Apple Watch Series 6 and $40 on AirPods. Samsung’s Galaxy S21 5G phone is $350 off, while iPhone 11 models are $275 off. And if you need new games for your console, dozens of titles for Xbox, PlayStation and Switch are discounted, including many that are half price.
See at Best Buy
Vizio OLED65-H1: $1,500
Save $400
Vizio
Contrast ratio is arguably the most important aspect of picture quality, and OLED TVs produce the best contrast ratio with absolute blacks and extremely bright whites. TVs with newer OLED technology, not surprisingly, cost quite a bit more than older LCD TVs. Vizio’s OLED line has some of the most affordable OLED TVs, however, and that’s never been more true than for the 65-inch model that’s $400 off at Best Buy.
$1,500 at Best Buy
Neato D7: $450Save $150
Brian Bennett/CNET
‘Tis the season for tracking dirt and sand (say, if you’ve been at the beach all weekend) into your house. Why not get some robotic help with keeping your floors clean? The Neato D7 is a lidar-guided robot vacuum cleaner that’s one of the best robot vacuums CNET has reviewed. In his write-up, Brian Bennett declared it the “best midrange robot vacuum.” And head-to-head against the iRobot Roomba S9 Plus, the D7 was called “the best all-around value.” Usually priced at or around $600, the Neato D7 is discounted to $450 at Lowe’s this weekend (the product page says the sale ends today, but it’ll last through June 5, according to Lowe’s).
$450 at Lowe’s
Google Nest Hub Max: $180Save $50 with code EXTRA50OFF
You can knock $50 off the price of the Google Nest Hub Max at Adorama’s Memorial Day sale with code EXTRA50OFF. With a 10-inch display, the Nest Hub Max offers a bigger screen and better sound quality than Google’s standard smart display. It also includes a facial recognition camera, which you may or may not want. You can disable the camera when it’s not in use, and it has some pretty cool tricks like following you around the frame when you’re making a Google Duo video call and letting you pause or resume videos and music simply by raising your hand.
Read our Google Nest Hub Max review.
$180 at Adorama
Hydro Flask 32-Ounce Wide Mouth: $34Save $11
Hydroflask
The Hydro Flask is our favorite reusable water bottle for its double-wall vacuum insulation design, durable stainless-steel materials and cool color options. A Hydro Flask bottle can keep a cold drink cool for up to 24 hours and makes a perfect beach companion. For the winter months, it will keep hot beverages warm for up to 12 hours. You can save 25% sitewide with free shipping with code WELOVESUMMER. The popular 32-ounce Wide Mouth bottle, for example, is on sale for $34, down from $45.
$34 at Hydro Flask
ButcherBox: Free BBQ bundleNew members only
Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET
Summer is not only beach season: It’s also barbecue season. With ButcherBox, you can kick your summer grilling up a notch. It’s one of our favorite meat subscription services and features 100% grass-fed beef, humanely raised pork and free-range organic chicken. For Memorial Day, new subscribers will get a free BBQ bundle with their first order that includes two New York strip steaks, six burgers and 5 pounds of drumsticks.
See at ButcherBox
Stasher: 25% off sitewidePlus, free shipping on orders over $40
Stasher
Unless you plan to invite the neighborhood over for a cookout, you’ll need a way to store some of the above BBQ bundle. Stasher provides a sustainable and stress-free way to do just that and is offering 25% off its entire site. It makes reusable storage bags to decrease single-use plastics. Stasher’s storage bags are made of silicone and feature pinchable seals, saving you from ever having to search for a matching lid again.
See at Stasher
Ancestry.com: Free access to Fold3.comSearch over 550 million military records
Fold3
To celebrate Memorial Day, Ancestry.com is opening its vaults and letting you search your family’s military history for free this weekend on its Fold3.com site.
See at Ancestry.com
GlassesUSA: 60% discount on framesOr save 30% on your entire order
GlassesUSA is one of our favorite sites for buying prescription eyeglasses online. It has more affordable options for buying prescription eyeglasses online than a site like Warby Parker, and also offers premium designer frames from the likes of Oakley and Ray-Ban. For Memorial Day, you can get 60% off frames with basic lenses with code DEAL60 or 30% off your entire order with code USA30. You can also save 20% off Oakley and Ray-Ban with basic prescription lenses with code OKRAY20.
See at GlassesUSA
Myx Plus exercise bike: $1,199Save $300, plus free shipping and assembly
MYX Fitness
MyxFitness is a Peloton alternative service that includes a bike with a huge 21.5-inch display along with a mat, foam roller, resistance band and six-piece weight set for $1,499. And you can knock $300 off the price with code MEMORIAL300, which also includes free shipping and assembly (a $250 value, according to Myx’s math).
See at MyxFitness
Rumpl: 25% offThe best blanket
Rumpl
My kids each got a Rumpl blanket for Christmas last year, and they take them everywhere. In the car. On the couch. Off to bed. And they were invaluable each weekend when we went skiing and our car was the closest thing we had to a lodge. Rumpl blankets are light and incredibly warm, and come in a variety of cool colors and patterns. And they’re 25% off right now.
See at Rumpl
Solo Stove: All firepits 25% offPlus, free stand
Brian Bennett/CNET
Have you experienced a sense of envy when hanging out in your friend’s backyard around their Solo Stove? Now is your chance to get one for your own patio for gatherings around a smokeless fire pit. Solo Stove makes one of our favorite firepits, and all of the company’s firepits are 25% off and come with a free stand for Memorial Day.
See at Solo Stove
Samsung: 30% off large appliances
Or save $700 on kitchen package
Samsung
You can save 30% on a refrigerator, washer or dryer and 25% on a range. And you can save $700 if you buy a four-piece kitchen package.
See at Samsung
TV & Audio
The post Best Memorial Day 2021 sales we’ve found: Save $400 on Vizio OLED TV, $50 on Google Nest Hub Max and more – CNET, appeared first on NEWDAWN Blog.
Venmo leaked Joe Biden’s friends, but you can now keep yours a secret, Jay Peters
Image: VenmoVenmo has added new privacy controls for friend lists following a jaw-dropping incident where BuzzFeed News was able to track down President Joe Biden’s Venmo account because of the app’s leaky privacy protocols. App researcher Jane Manchun Wong discovered earlier on Friday that Venmo was working on the new controls.
“We’re consistently evolving and strengthening the Venmo platform for all of our customers. As part of these ongoing efforts, we are enhancing our in-app controls providing customers an option to select a public, friends-only, or private setting for their friends list,” a Venmo spokesperson said in a statement to The Verge.
To find the new controls, tap the hamburger icon while on the main feed, then tap “Settings,”…
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Venmo leaked Joe Biden’s friends, but you can now keep yours a secret,
Venmo has added new privacy controls for friend lists following a jaw-dropping incident where BuzzFeed News was able to track down President Joe Biden’s Venmo account because of the app’s leaky privacy protocols. App researcher Jane Manchun Wong discovered earlier on Friday that Venmo was working on the new controls.
“We’re consistently evolving and strengthening the Venmo platform for all of our customers. As part of these ongoing efforts, we are enhancing our in-app controls providing customers an option to select a public, friends-only, or private setting for their friends list,” a Venmo spokesperson said in a statement to The Verge.
To find the new controls, tap the hamburger icon while on the main feed, then tap “Settings,” “Privacy,” and then “Friends List.” The Friends List menu appeared for me and another Verge staffer while I was writing this article, so if it hasn’t rolled out to you just yet, sit tight.
In the new menu, you can pick if you want your friends list to be public, visible to friends, or private. You can also toggle whether or not you want to appear in others users’ friends list.
The new toggles fix a major privacy hole in Venmo that has been known for years: there previously was no way to keep your list of Venmo contacts private, meaning that you could see the contact list of any other user on the platform. The hole was bad enough that following a brief mention of Biden using Venmo in a recent New York Times profile, BuzzFeed News was able to track down the president’s account in less than 10 minutes. The publication also found the accounts for many in his inner circle.
While you’re in your privacy settings, I’d also recommend setting your Venmo feed to private.
Correction: Clarified that Venmo’s previous friend settings included a privacy flaw, not a security flaw.
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Biden’s 2022 NASA budget proposal gives science and commercial space a boost, ,
President Joe Biden’s federal budget proposal for 2022 gives NASA more science funding than ever before while continuing to pave the way for the next human moon landing in 2024.
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