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Google deceived consumers about how it profits from their location data

Google is called out in a lawsuit about the practices it used to profit from collecting end user location data over the span of years while deceiving about it. source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/google-deceived-consumers-about-how-it-profits-from-their-location-data-attorneys-general-allege-in-lawsuits/ar-AAT5ADk archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2022/01/24/google-deceived-consumers-about-how-it-profits-from-their-location-data-archived-source/
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Google deceived consumers about how it profits from their location data – archived source

Google deceived consumers about how it profits from their location data, attorneys general allege in lawsuits Cat Zakrzewski – Jan 24 2022 Attorneys general from D.C. and three states sued Google on Monday, arguing that the search giant deceived consumers to gain access to their location data. The lawsuits, filed in the District of Columbia, Texas, Washington […]
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Taiwan’s NCC finds censorship software in Xiaomi smartphones

An analysis of Xiaomi smartphones revealed software installed on the device which aims to censor certain keywords in favor of the Chinese regime. source: https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4402842 archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2022/01/08/taiwans-ncc-finds-censorship-software-in-xiaomi-smartphones-archived-source/
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Taiwan’s NCC finds censorship software in Xiaomi smartphones – archived source

Taiwan’s NCC finds censorship software in Xiaomi smartphones Report shows Xiaomi Mi 10T 5G phones have 7 built-in apps able to censor politically sensitive words By Kelvin Chen, Taiwan News, Staff Writer – 2022/01/08 10:27 TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The National Communications Commission (NCC) has said it has found that the Xiaomi Mi 10T 5G smartphones […]
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Canada tracked 33 million mobile devices during lockdown

The Canadian Public Health Agency used cell towers to track the movement of millions of citizens with the excuse of a pandemic, violating their privacy. source: https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadas-public-health-agency-admits-it-tracked-33-million-mobile-devices-during-lockdown archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2021/12/24/canada-tracked-33-million-mobile-devices-during-lockdown-archived-source/
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Canada tracked 33 million mobile devices during lockdown – archived source

Canada’s public health agency admits it tracked 33 million mobile devices during lockdown The Public Health Agency of Canada accessed data such as cell-tower location to monitor people’s activity during lockdown, it said Swikar Oli – Dec 24, 2021  •  December 27, 2021 The Public Health Agency of Canada accessed location data from 33 million mobile devices […]
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Huawei supplies chinese government with surveillance technolgy

Although the company Huawei claims it does not directly work for the Chinese regime, internal documents show the extensive ways the company supplies the Chinese regime with technology and systems which are mostly used to surveil dissidents in China. source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/14/huawei-surveillance-china/ archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2021/12/14/huawei-supplies-chinese-government-with-surveillance-technolgy-archived-source/
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Huawei supplies chinese government with surveillance technolgy – archived source

Documents link Huawei to China’s surveillance programs By Eva Dou – December 14, 2021 at 4:00 a.m. EST The Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies has long brushed off questions about its role in China’s state surveillance, saying it just sells general-purpose networking gear. A review by The Washington Post of more than 100 Huawei PowerPoint presentations, many marked […]
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Facebook collects data even when accounts are deactivated

Even when a Facebook account is deactivated the company continues to use the account in it’s offline state for further data collection and analysis and ad revenue, ignoring the end user’s privacy. source: https://digiday.com/media/why-facebook-keeps-collecting-peoples-data-and-building-their-profiles-even-when-their-accounts-are-deactivated/ archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2021/10/28/facebook-collects-data-even-when-accounts-are-deactivated-archived-source/
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Facebook collects data even when accounts are deactivated – archived source

Why Facebook keeps collecting people’s data and building their profiles even when their accounts are deactivated October 28, 2021 | By Kate Kaye Brains hooked up to machines by mad scientists. Tortured spirits stuck between this world and the next. Limp bodies force-fed to stay alive. Any of these creepy horror flick scenarios might be fitting to […]
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