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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 – 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 – archived souce

Google pulls adblocking app for Samsung phones Jasper Jackson – Wed 3 Feb 2016 23.19 GMT Adblock Fast downloaded 50,000 times since Monday – but is thought to have breached Google’s rules for disrupting third-party services Google has pulled an adblocking app for Samsung phones from its Play Store just days after it was launched. The Adblock […]
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Google aids Pakistan in censorship of their video platform – archived source

Pakistan’s YouTube ban lifted Reuters – Tue 19 Jan 2016 07.37 GM TLast modified on Wed 29 Nov 2017 04.00 GMT Video-sharing site has launched a local channel that gives the government power to demand material is withdrawn Pakistan has removed a three-year ban on YouTube after the video-sharing website launched a local version that […]
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Microsoft may be collecting more data than initially thought – archived source

Microsoft may be collecting more data than initially thought MARTIN BRINKMANN – Jan 5, 2016 Microsoft recently told the world that its new Windows 10 operating system was active on over 200 million devices, a fact that leaked a week earlier already. The company stated that Windows 10 was its fastest growing operating system to date beating Windows 8 […]
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Backdoor in Juniper network devices – archived source

Secret Code Found in Juniper’s Firewalls Shows Risk of Government Backdoors Suspicious code found in Juniper’s firewall software underscores why governments shouldn’t be allowed to install their own backdoors in software. ENCRYPTION BACKDOORS HAVE been a hot topic in the last few years—and the controversial issue got even hotter after the terrorist attacks in Paris and […]
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Apple censors information about abortion providers – archived source #2

Apple, your anti-choice tendencies are showing in your app store Jess Zimmerman – Wed 23 Sep 2015 11.45 BST The rejection of the ‘Hinder’ app is a symptom of the tech giant’s ongoing hostility toward reproductive rights Lady Parts Justice, a self-described “cabal” of pro-choice comedians, released a satirical app called “Hinder” that lets you […]
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Microsoft downloads Windows 10 on user machines without asking – archived source

Microsoft downloads Windows 10 on user machines without asking Samuel Gibbs – Fri 11 Sep 2015 10.53 BST Last modified on Tue 21 Feb 2017 17.50 GMT Automatic updates now include Windows 10 and up to 6GB of storage claimed on hard drives for those using Windows 7, 8 or 8.1, according to reports Microsoft […]
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Lenovo ships laptops with preinstalled malware – archived source

Lenovo Caught Using Rootkit to Secretly Install Unremovable Software August 12, 2015Swati Khandelwal Two years ago Chinese firm Lenovo got banned from supplying equipment for networks of the intelligence and defense services various countries due to hacking and spying concerns. Earlier this year, Lenovo was caught red-handed for selling laptops pre-installed with Superfish malware. One of the most […]
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NSA infiltrated HDD firmware – archived source

Your hard drives were riddled with NSA spyware for years Darren Pauli – Tue 17 Feb 2015 // 01:57 UTC The US National Security Agency (NSA) infected hard disk firmware with spyware in a campaign valued as highly as Stuxnet that dates back at least 14 years and possibly up to two decades – all according to an analysis by Kaspersky […]
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