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GM wants alternative to fuel economy standards from Obama, rollback from Trump

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Here's an official Bolt press picture from Chevy.

Here’s an official Bolt press picture from Chevy.

On Friday, General Motors wrote to the Trump Administration in support of a national zero-emissions vehicle (ZEV) program, which would require seven percent of automakers’ sales to be zero-emissions by 2021. That percentage would increase by two percent per year until reaching 25 percent in 2030.

The proposal came in the form of a comment to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which has put forth its own set of rules to rollback auto efficiency standards signed into law by the Obama Administration.

GM is a member of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, which has been a proponent of Trump’s changes to the fuel efficiency standards designed by Obama’s EPA.

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Biz & IT – Ars Technica

Android lockdown: Google urges phone makers to support Oreo’s rollback protection

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  1. Android lockdown: Google urges phone makers to support Oreo’s rollback protection  ZDNet

  2. Here’s how Android 8.0 Oreo protects your smartphone  Android Authority (blog)
  3. Android 2018 primer: 10 bits of telling analysis to mull over  Computerworld

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Privacy rollback can cause headaches for corporate security pros

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Corporate security pros can add a new task to their busy days: handling panicky employees worried about privacy who are using the onion router (Tor) browser as a way to protect their online activity.

That practice translates into additional security alerts that require time-consuming manual sorting to determine whether the persons behind Tor sessions are friend or foe, says George Gerchow, vice president of security and compliance at Sumo Logic.

Ever since congressional action started a few weeks ago to roll back privacy regulations governing ISPs, Gerchow says has seen a dramatic increase in the use of Tor for accessing his company’s services, meaning security analysts have to check out whether the encrypted, anonymized traffic coming through Tor is from a legitimate user.

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Network World Tim Greene

Privacy Advocates Vow to Fight Rollback of Broadband Privacy Rules

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Privacy activists say rolling-back ISP privacy rules means health, financial and browsing habits can be used, shared and sold to the highest bidder without consent.
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