# Signal bug could keep your mic - and camera - on after hangup — retained record

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source: [news](https://highsignal.app/data/news) (news:theregister)  published 2026-10-21 17:00 ingested 2026-10-22 02:59

[original source ↗](https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/10/21/signal-bug-could-keep-your-mic-and-camera-on-after-hangup/5304528)

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AI
- Nvidia woos wary Europeans with more open weights models New embedding, parsing, and reranking models promise smarter agentic RAG workflows
- Jensen Huang sends in the robot ducks to sell Nvidia's AI-everywhere vision Containerized datacenters, androids, and telecoms all feature in Berlin keynote interrupted by environmental protesters
- Nvidia's grand plan for speeding up datacenter deployments: AI trailer parks GPUzilla boasts modular bit barns could speed up deployments from six months to just two weeks
- The spec is the new code, so brush up on your prose, says Kaseya CTO Domain expertise and clear writing will matter more than syntax, and yes, that means documentation
- Happiness is the next AI KPI if Oxford boffins have their way Researchers say public subsidies for AI should be repaid in wellbeing, not just economic growth
Infosec
- Security Russians are posing as Signal support to launch phishing attacks PLUS: US takes down Iranian propaganda sites; Marketing company asks 'Why Do We Have Your Information?' And more!
- Security Microsoft patches failed to fix on-prem SharePoint, which is now under zero-day attack PLUS: China upgrades smartphone surveillance tools; Ring eases anti-snooping stance; and more
- Black Hat and DEF CON DEF CON Franklin project enlists hackers to harden critical infrastructure Voting village reports have been so successful, says Jeff Moss, that the whole of DEF CON will now be included
- Security EQT buys majority share in Swiss cybersecurity biz Acronis Went at equivalent of $3.5B+ valuation for entire firm, though portion sold not specified
- Malware Month Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sight On the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable career
FOSS
- Red Hat helps teach about tech writing But learns tough lessons about AI in the process
- NetBSD may have found a new role: The AI-free FOSS OS Increasing awareness and adoption, followed by increasing donations
- OpenAI dots inspire open source imitators amid technical difficulties Persistent agents appeal to AI companies, but demand isn't obvious
- Ubuntu 'Stonking Stingray' beta swims out: Deeper Rust 'oxidization' plus LLM speech-to-text GNOME 51 is here, and Ubuntu interim releases are getting interesting again
- Revive Raskin's 3 laws of software with humane work that considers a dev's duty of care All this, and angry NeoVim users
- Firefox 157: Could bold new look be just what Mozilla needs?* Yet another new version of Firefox, with a significant reskin

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```
AI
- Torvalds: AI is fine for competent devs, but spare us the 'drive-by' patches Kernel maintainers stop asking who used AI, as long as the code is good
- Nvidia woos wary Europeans with more open weights models New embedding, parsing, and reranking models promise smarter agentic RAG workflows
- Jensen Huang sends in the robot ducks to sell Nvidia's AI-everywhere vision Containerized datacenters, androids, and telecoms all feature in Berlin keynote interrupted by environmental protesters
- Nvidia's grand plan for speeding up datacenter deployments: AI trailer parks GPUzilla boasts modular bit barns could speed up deployments from six months to just two weeks
- The spec is the new code, so brush up on your prose, says Kaseya CTO Domain expertise and clear writing will matter more than syntax, and yes, that means documentation
Infosec
- Security Russians are posing as Signal support to launch phishing attacks PLUS: US takes down Iranian propaganda sites; Marketing company asks 'Why Do We Have Your Information?' And more!
- Security Microsoft patches failed to fix on-prem SharePoint, which is now under zero-day attack PLUS: China upgrades smartphone surveillance tools; Ring eases anti-snooping stance; and more
- Black Hat and DEF CON DEF CON Franklin project enlists hackers to harden critical infrastructure Voting village reports have been so successful, says Jeff Moss, that the whole of DEF CON will now be included
- Security EQT buys majority share in Swiss cybersecurity biz Acronis Went at equivalent of $3.5B+ valuation for entire firm, though portion sold not specified
- Malware Month Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sight On the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable career
FOSS
- SparkyOS: Lightweight general-purpose Arch, on a pendrive Interesting new project from the minds behind SparkyLinux
- Red Hat helps teach about tech writing But learns tough lessons about AI in the process
- NetBSD may have found a new role: The AI-free FOSS OS Increasing awareness and adoption, followed by increasing donations
- OpenAI dots inspire open source imitators amid technical difficulties Persistent agents appeal to AI companies, but demand isn't obvious
- Ubuntu 'Stonking Stingray' beta swims out: Deeper Rust 'oxidization' plus LLM speech-to-text GNOME 51 is here, and Ubuntu interim releases are getting interesting again
- Revive Raskin's 3 laws of software with humane work that considers a dev's duty of care All this, and angry NeoVim users
```



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