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Elasticsearch and Kibana are now business risks

Elastic, the creator of the open source products Ealsticsearch and Kibana announced a change of the license which can be problematic to companies who made use of these products in the past. source: https://anonymoushash.vmbrasseur.com/2021/01/14/elasticsearch-and-kibana-are-now-business-risks archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2021/01/01/elasticsearch-and-kibana-are-now-business-risks-archived-source/
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Google’s AMP is not made to improve speed, but ad revenue

By claiming to introduce new improved technologies Google aims to push their new AMP web framework but in truth the main gain from it is to play into Google’s ad revenue business. source: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/amp-email-bad-idea/ archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2021/01/08/googles-amp-is-not-made-to-improve-speed-but-ad-revenue-archived-source/
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Google’s AMP is not made to improve speed, but ad revenue – archived source

The US antitrust complaint against Google shows that the claim ‘to improve speed with AMP’ was false from the start. It is simply a measure to increase ad revenue. 2021-01-08 / First published: 2019-03-27 AMP is an attempt by Google to colonize free platforms such as web and email. Google does not want to make […]
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Singapore Police uses TraceTogether data

The police force in Singapore uses data gathered by the TraceTogether app to persecute persons of interest. Another example of a government misusing a product which was not intended for their purposes. source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/singapore-police-force-can-obtain-tracetogether-data-covid-19-384316 archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2021/01/04/singapore-police-uses-tracetogether-data-archived-source/
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Singapore Police uses TraceTogether data – archived source

Singapore Police Force can obtain TraceTogether data for criminal investigations: Desmond Tan Matthew Mohan 04 Jan 2021 02:57PM(Updated: 04 Jan 2021 11:18PM) SINGAPORE: The Singapore Police Force (SPF) can obtain TraceTogether data for criminal investigations, said Minister of State for Home Affairs Desmond Tan in Parliament on Monday (Jan 4). The SPF is empowered under the Criminal Procedure Code […]
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Elasticsearch and Kibana are now business risks – archived source

Elasticsearch and Kibana are now business risks January 14, 2021 In a play to convert users of their open source projects into paying customers, today Elastic announced that they are changing the license of both Elasticsearch and Kibana from the open source Apache v2 license to Server Side Public License (SSPL). If your organisation uses the open source versions […]
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Zyxel Undocumented user account

It was found that in a certain release of the OS used on Zyxel network security devices an undocumented access was introduced. This could be displayed as an unplanned error by the vendor but it arises the question if their products can be trusted at all to be run in any critical infrastructure. source: https://www.eye.security/blog/undocumented-user-account-in-zyxel-products-cve-2020-29583 […]
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Zyxel Undocumented user account – archived source

Undocumented user account in Zyxel products (CVE-2020-29583) TL;DR: If you have a Zyxel USG, ATP, VPN, ZyWALL or USG FLEX you should update to the latest firmware version today. You can find the full list of affected devices here and the Zyxel advisory here. Zyxel is a popular brand for firewalls that are marketed towards small and medium […]
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China forces censorship on Zoom

Another example of a tech company bending their own terms of services in favor of being successful on the Chinese market, disbanding the protection of basic human right laws and instead following the demands of the Chinese regime. source: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/how-zoom-violated-its-own-terms-service-access-china-s-n1252092 archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2020/12/22/china-forces-censorship-on-zoom-archived-source/
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China forces censorship on Zoom – archived source

How Zoom violated its own terms of service for access to China’s market Like global tech companies before it, Zoom caved to the Chinese government, even when it meant overlooking basic human rights. Dec. 22, 2020, 8:18 PM CET / Updated Dec. 22, 2020, 8:42 PM CET By Yaqiu Wang, MSNBC Opinion Columnist On Dec. 18, prosecutors from the […]
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