Tech News Weekly 208

DMCA and the blind, Amazon's Matter support, Facebook and Meta facial scanning

• Damon Beres talks about his WIRED piece that details the challenges the DMCA poses to blind readers who want to read ebooks. 
• Ry Crist from CNET walks through Amazon's newly announced support for the Matter and Thread IoT protocols in their devices. 
• Jason details the short history of a Squid Game inspired cryptocurrency scam and how easy it was to net $3.3 million. 
• Mikah covers Facebook's announcement that it would be getting rid of its facial recognition system while Meta has no plans to back down. 

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Links

• Blind People Won the Right to Break Ebook DRM. In 3 Years, They'll Have to Do It Again
• Amazon is bringing support for Matter and Thread to Echo and Eero devices
• New Squid Game Cryptocurrency Launches as Obvious Scam
• Squid Game Cryptocurrency Scammers Make Off With $3.3 Million
• Facebook, Citing Societal Concerns, Plans to Shut Down Facial Recognition System
• Facebook is backing away from facial recognition. Meta isn’t.