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Microsoft’s chatbot in China abides the regime’s censorship rules – archived source

MICROSOFT’S CHINESE CHATBOT ENCOUNTERS SENSITIVE WORDS Posted by Josh Rudolph | Nov 22, 2016 First launched in June of 2014, Microsoft’s Chinese-speaking social media-based “artificial intelligence” chatbot Xiaobing (小冰, literally “Small Ice” and officially called Ms. Xiaoice by Microsoft) has been subject to several user tests over the past two years. The chatbot, who has reportedly become a “virtual girlfriend” […]
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Google changes it’s terms of services to allow even more excessive tracking of users

Despite claims in the past the data collected via the different online services offered by the company, Google changed the paragraph from their terms of services, allowing to combine the data collected from all their services and track the users in an even more extended way. source: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/oct/21/how-to-disable-google-ad-tracking-gmail-youtube-browser-history archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2016/10/21/google-changes-its-terms-of-services-to-allow-even-more-excessive-tracking-of-users-archived-source/
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Google changes it’s terms of services to allow even more excessive tracking of users – archived source

Google’s ad tracking is as creepy as Facebook’s. Here’s how to disable it Olivia Solon in San Francisco – Fri 21 Oct 2016 23.48 BST – First published on Fri 21 Oct 2016 22.30 BST Google in June deleted a clause in its privacy settings that said it would not combine cookie information with personal information […]
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Facebook collects data from WhatsApp users

Following the acquisition of the WhatsApp messenger, Facebook made changes to the privacy policy, allowing the company access to all user data. source: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/25/whatsapp-backlash-facebook-data-privacy-users archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2016/08/25/facebook-collects-data-from-whatsapp-users-archived-source/
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Facebook collects data from WhatsApp users – archived source

WhatsApp privacy backlash: Facebook angers users by harvesting their data Dan Tynan in San Francisco – Thu 25 Aug 2016 22.30 BST Last modified on Wed 1 Jul 2020 17.28 BST Facebook is being accused of backtracking on its pledge not to use the data of the 1 billion users of the WhatsApp messaging app it […]
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NoScript is harmful and promotes malware

The browser extension “NoScript” promotes to help end users to protect themselves from excessive tracking and other malicious actions on websites but a further analysis of the extension itself reveals shady practices implemented by the author like whitelists to push his own ad revenue. If users seek for ways to protect themselves online they should […]
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NoScript is harmful and promotes malware – archived source

NoScript is harmful and promotes Malware! 06 Jun 2016 NoScript proudly calls itself a security extension advertising itself as an extension with “whitelist based pre-emptive script blocking approach prevents exploitation of security vulnerabilities (known and even not known yet!) with no loss of functionality…” Well, guess again. The author has a history of doing shady things, such […]
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Microsoft Windows telemetry impacts system performance

The excessive telemetry collection within the Windows operating system has evolved so far over time that it started to impact the performance of the entire system, hindering the effective use of the operating system as a tool. source: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/microsoft-telemetry-compatibility/cefa7c8e-49c9-4965-aef6-2d5f01bb38f2 archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2016/03/13/microsoft-windows-telemetry-impacts-system-performance-archived-source/
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Microsoft Windows telemetry impacts system performance – archived source

TiggersErrorMom – Created on March 13, 2016 Microsoft Telemetry Compatibility When I start Xbox on my laptop the whole thing slows to a crawl.  Task Manager reveals it is largely due to Microsoft Telemetry Compatibility hogging most of the CPU.  This goes on for several minutes and recurs often.  I don’t especially mind Microsoft collecting […]
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Google pulls adblocking app for Samsung phones

Google banned an app used for blocking ads from their app store as it was interrupting their core business, to subject their users to as many ads online as possible for revenue. source: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/feb/03/google-pulls-ad-blocking-app-for-samsung-phones archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2016/02/03/google-pulls-adblocking-app-for-samsung-phones-archived-souce/
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