Author: Tyler Durden

Samsung remotely disables SmartTVs

Samsung announced a function for their SmartTVs product series which allows the company to remotely disable the devices functionality. The company defends the implementation with the goal to fight off looters but it shows how even when you buy a product it does not fully belong to you as the vendor keeps full control over […]
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Samsung remotely disables SmartTVs – archived source

Samsung Supports Retailers Affected By Looting With Innovative Television Block Function on 06-08-2021 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – 06 August 2021 – Samsung South Africa has announced the implementation of a Television Block Function on all Samsung TV sets. The blocking system is intended to be implemented in respect of televisions that have been obtained by users […]
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Apple scans all images on iPhones without user consent

Apple planned to implement a system which scans all images stored on iPhone smartphones with the goal of finding illegal content to pass on to law enforcement agencies. The difference between this system and the fact that user data is already scanned on the iCloud is the fact that this would be a system running […]
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Apple scans all images on iPhones – archived source #1

Apple plans to scan US iPhones for child abuse imagery Security researchers raise alarm over potential surveillance of personal devices. MADHUMITA MURGIA AND TIM BRADSHAW, FINANCIAL TIMES – 8/5/2021, 8:35 PM Apple intends to install software on American iPhones to scan for child abuse imagery, according to people briefed on its plans, raising alarm among security researchers […]
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Facebook is reportedly trying to analyze encrypted data without decrypting it

Facebook builds a team with the task to analyze encrypted user data without decrypting it. It shows the company has no respect for end user privacy and only aims to gain as much profit as possible from selling as much user data as they can in every way possible. source: https://www.techspot.com/news/90660-facebook-reportedly-trying-analyze-encrypted-data-without-decrypting.html archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2021/08/03/facebook-is-reportedly-trying-to-analyze-encrypted-data-without-decrypting-it-archived-source/
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Facebook is reportedly trying to analyze encrypted data without decrypting it – archived source

Facebook is reportedly trying to analyze encrypted data without decrypting it A very slippery slope By Shawn Knight August 3, 2021 at 2:11 PM A hot potato: Facebook is reportedly building a team that’ll be tasked with learning how to analyze encrypted data without decrypting it. Given the company’s rocky history with user privacy, this seems like the last […]
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Zoom to pay $85M for lying about encryption and sending data to Facebook and Google

It has been proven that the video conference platform Zoom does not use end-to-end encryption, lying to their users and endangering them in a breach of privacy and data loss. Additionally it was found the company shares user data with 3rd parties like Facebook and Google in contrast of their statements in their Terms of […]
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Zoom to pay $85M for lying about encryption and sending data to Facebook and Google – archived source

Zoom to pay $85M for lying about encryption and sending data to Facebook and Google Zoom users to get $15 or $25 each in proposed settlement of class-action lawsuit. JON BRODKIN – 8/2/2021, 9:51 PM Zoom has agreed to pay $85 million to settle claims that it lied about offering end-to-end encryption and gave user data to […]
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TikTok blocked creators from using ‘Black Lives Matter’ in bios

TikTok users discovered they cannot use certain text like “Black Lives Matter” in their profile. This shows the arbitrary censorship by the platform. source: https://thehill.com/homenews/media/562146-tiktok-blocked-creators-from-using-black-lives-matter-in-bios/ archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2021/07/08/tiktok-blocked-creators-from-using-black-lives-matter-in-bios-archived-source/
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TikTok blocked creators from using ‘Black Lives Matter’ in bios – archived source

TikTok blocked creators from using ‘Black Lives Matter’ in bios BY CAMERON JENKINS – 07/08/21 4:16 PM ET TikTok has reportedly blocked users of its Creator Marketplace from being able to use words and phrases including “Black” and “Black Lives Matter” in their bios, flagging the words as “inappropriate content.” Ziggi Tyler, 23, who is […]
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