Short Takes – 4-26-23

Used Routers Often Come Loaded With Corporate Secrets. Wired.com article. Pull quote: ““One of the big concerns I have is that, if somebody evil isn’t doing this, it's almost hacker malpractice, because it would be so easy and obvious,” Camp says.” Unfortunately this research needs to be re-one and republished periodically because this is too easy to exploit.

GOP leaders blink, makes last-minute changes to debt bill. TheHill.com article. Pull quote: “In an apparent deal with midwestern Republicans concerned about the bill’s elimination of ethanol tax credits, a manager’s amendment released during a House Rules Committee hearing that lasted into the wee hours eliminated provisions that would have eliminated tax credits for biofuels. Those tax credits were part of Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act, the climate, energy and health-care package that Republicans opposed last year.” Still no floor amendments.

FACT FOCUS: COVID vaccines are not in the food supply. ABCNews.go.com article. Pull quote: “In widespread posts online in recent weeks, misinformation purveyors have spread an erroneous narrative that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are being quietly added to the food supply, threatening staunch vaccine holdouts.” Did someone think that an article like this would actually have any affect on anti-vaxer conspiracy nuts???

Hazardous Materials: Adoption of Miscellaneous Petitions and Updating Regulatory Requirements. Federal Register PHMSA comment period extension. Summary: “On March 3, 2023, PHMSA published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), entitled “Hazardous Materials: Adoption of Miscellaneous Petitions and Updating Regulatory Requirements (HM–219D),” proposing changes to update, clarify, improve the safety of, or streamline various regulatory requirements. In response to a request for an extension of the comment period submitted by Worthington Industries, PHMSA is extending the comment period for the HM–219D NPRM for an additional 45 days. Comments to the HM–219D NPRM will now be due by June 16, 2023.” New deadline – June 16^th, 2023.