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Intel forces non-free hardware implementation on consumers via their Management Engine – archived source

The Intel Management Engine: an attack on computer users’ freedom by Denis GNUtoo Carikli Contributions — Published on Jan 10, 2018 03:46 PM Contributors: Denis GNUtoo Carikli, Molly de Blanc With security issues like the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities discovered in Intel chips in early 2018, it became more important than ever to talk about the necessity of software freedom […]
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Chinese Army killed 10,000 at Tiananmen Square – archived source

‘Remains were hosed down drains’: Chinese Army ‘killed 10,000 in Tiananmen Square crackdown fearing civil war was imminent’ The true scale of the 1989 horror was described by British ambassador Alan Donald in newly-released cables By Keith PerryReporter – 23:03, 23 Dec 2017 The Chinese army crackdown on the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests killed at […]
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Discord is spyware – archived source

Discord Discord is an instant messaging application for macOS, Windows, GNU/Linux, Android, and iOS. Discord is used to communicate via voice chat and text chat, and has image-sharing and file-sharing capabilities. Spyware Level: EXTREMELY HIGH Thanks to Richard Stallman for linking to our article here! The spotlight is very much appreciated. Discord is spyware because it collects […]
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Microsoft gathers as much telemetry through Windows as possible – archived source

Dutch privacy regulator says Windows 10 breaks the law Regulator says Microsoft doesn’t offer enough information to enable informed consent. ARS STAFF – 10/13/2017, 8:45 PM The lack of clear information about what Microsoft does with the data that Windows 10 collects prevents consumers from giving their informed consent, says the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA). As such, […]
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Google tries to silence free press for reporting about their unfair market practices – archived source

Yes, Google Uses Its Power To Quash Ideas It Doesn’t Like — I Know Because It Happened To Me Kashmir Hill – September 1, 2017 at 2:45 pm The story in the New York Times this week was unsettling: The New America Foundation, a major think tank, was getting rid of one of its teams of scholars, the […]
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Apple aids China in censorship – archived source

Apple’s capitulation to China’s VPN crackdown will return to haunt it at home Mike Butcher@mikebutcher / 6:11 PM GMT+2•July 30, 2017 Headache? Tense nervous headache? Perhaps your name is Tim Cook. For poor Tim has woken up this Sunday morning with a giant headache, and its name is China. Yesterday Apple removed all major VPN apps from its […]
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Microsoft is infesting Windows 10 with annoying ads – archived source

Microsoft is infesting Windows 10 with annoying ads File Explorer ads and bundled apps are the final straw By Tom Warren@tomwarren  Mar 17, 2017, 8:30am EDT  I’ve sat back and witnessed the development of Windows 10 and appreciated the speed of new feature releases, but it seems there’s a price to pay for this new “Windows as […]
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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 – 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 – 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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