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China pulls Keanu Reeves movies due to support for Tibet – archived source

Keanu Reeves Films Pulled from Chinese Streaming Platforms Over His Support for Tibet The “Matrix” star’s filmography has been scrubbed from Chinese streaming platforms after Reeves attended a pro-Tibet benefit concert. Samantha Bergeson – Mar 24, 2022 4:22 pm The “Speed” of retaliation against Keanu Reeves in China sure is swift. After Chinese nationalists threatened to boycott Reeves’ latest movie “The […]
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Mozilla telemetry in firefox installer – archived source

Each Firefox download has a unique identifier MARTIN BRINKMANN Mar 17, 2022 Internet users who download the Firefox web browser from the official Mozilla website get a unique identifier attached to the installer that is submitted to Mozilla on install and first run. The identifier, called dltoken by Mozilla internally, is used to link downloads […]
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IBM executives called older workers ‘dinobabies’ who should be ‘extinct’ – archived source

Hannah Towey – Feb 13, 2022, 5:52 PM Internal emails show IBM executives calling older workers “dinobabies” and discussing plans to make them “an extinct species,” according to a Friday filing in an ongoing age-discrimination lawsuit against the company.  The documents were submitted as evidence of IBM’s efforts “to oust older employees from its workforce,” and replace them […]
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Apple Practice of Changing Former Employee Titles – archived source

Apple Practice of Changing Former Employee Titles to ‘Associate’, Spurs Complaint BY NEHAL MALIK Former Apple software engineer and #AppleToo founder, Cher Scarlett, has filed a complaint with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against her ex-employer for changing her job title to “associate” in databases that employers regularly refer to for verification of past […]
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China targets Taiwanese Financial Institutions – archived source

Chinese Hackers Target Taiwanese Financial Institutions with a new Stealthy Backdoor February 06, 2022Ravie Lakshmanan A Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) group has been targeting Taiwanese financial institutions as part of a “persistent campaign” that lasted for at least 18 months. The intrusions, whose primary intent was espionage, resulted in the deployment of a backdoor […]
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China censors end of movie Fight Club – archived source

The End of ‘Fight Club’ Was Cut in China. The Pattern Goes Back Decades. The 1999 cult classic starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton is not the only foreign film to be altered for audiences in mainland China. By Mike Ives – Published Jan. 27, 2022 Updated Feb. 8, 2022 Feb. 8 update: The “Fight Club” ending has been […]
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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 – 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 – 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 – 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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