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Google installs apps without consent – archived source

Massachusetts ‘MassNotify’ Android app auto-installed, but COVID exposure alerts are not enabled [Updated] Abner Li – Jun. 19th 2021 12:29 pm PT According to many user reports over the past day, MassNotify — the Massachusetts exposure notifications app  — was automatically installed on Android phones without warning. It’s unclear if this was an intentional decision or a bug, but exposure notifications did […]
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Apple is enabling censorship of LGBTQ+ apps – archived source

Apple is enabling censorship of LGBTQ+ apps in 152 countries, new report finds Posted June 14, 2021 at 7:29 PM As LGBTQ+ people around the world celebrate Pride Month, new report from Fight for the Future and GreatFire shows how Apple’s App Store monopoly enables government crackdowns on LGBTQ+ content To view the full results […]
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Amazon devices automatically share Internet with neighbors – archived source

Amazon devices will soon automatically share your Internet with neighbors Amazon’s experimental wireless mesh networking turns users into guinea pigs. DAN GOODIN – 5/29/2021, 9:10 PM If you use Alexa, Echo, or many other Amazon devices, you have only 10 days until you’re opted in to an experiment that leaves your personal privacy and security hanging in […]
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WhatsApp blocked Gaza-based journalists accounts – archived source

Gaza-based journalists say their accounts blocked by WhatsApp The latest move by Facebook left Palestinian users and their allies wondering if they had been singled out for censorship. 25 May 2021 A few hours after the latest ceasefire took effect in the Gaza Strip, a number of Palestinian journalists in the coastal enclave – including […]
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China hacked RSA – archived source

The Full Story of the Stunning RSA Hack Can Finally Be Told ANDY GREENBERG BACKCHANNEL MAY 20, 2021 6:00 AM In 2011, Chinese spies stole the crown jewels of cybersecurity—stripping protections from firms and government agencies worldwide. Here’s how it happened. AMID ALL THE sleepless hours that Todd Leetham spent hunting ghosts inside his company’s network […]
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Apple gives Chinese Government Access to iCloud Data and Censored Apps – archived source

Censorship, Surveillance and Profits: A Hard Bargain for Apple in China Apple built the world’s most valuable business on top of China. Now it has to answer to the Chinese government. By Jack Nicas, Raymond Zhong and Daisuke Wakabayashi – Published May 17, 2021, Updated June 17, 2021 GUIYANG, China — On the outskirts of this city […]
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China manipulates via social media – archived source

Fanatic fans or fake followers? Chinese diplomats and their social media networks 11 MAY 2021 A coordinated attempt to influence social media platforms in the UK and internationally have been tracked by Oxford Internet Institute researchers, revealing dozens of false accounts and coordinated amplification networks, promoting messages by Chinese diplomats. Two reports from the OII today, on […]
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Google boosted its own ad-buying system over competitors – archived source

Google reportedly ran secret ‘Project Bernanke’ that boosted its own ad-buying system over competitors The information was revealed in unredacted court documents By Kim Lyons@SocialKimLy  Apr 11, 2021, 8:57am EDT Google reportedly ran a secret project called “Project Bernanke” that relied on bidding data collected from advertisers using its ad exchange to benefit the company’s own ad […]
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Intel uses analytics to track keystrokes, mouse movements on its website – archived source

Intel accused of wiretapping because it uses analytics to track keystrokes, mouse movements on its website Session monitoring scripts prompt dozens of privacy lawsuits against Big Biz, mainly in California and Florida Thomas Claburn in San Francisco – Tue 30 Mar 2021 // 00:46 UTC Intel is among the growing list of companies being sued for allegedly violating American wiretapping laws […]
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Facebook willingly censored Turkey’s political opposition – archived source

Sheryl Sandberg and Top Facebook Execs Silenced an Enemy of Turkey to Prevent a Hit to the Company’s Business Amid a 2018 Turkish military campaign, Facebook ultimately sided with Turkey’s demand to block the page of a mostly Kurdish militia. “I am fine with this,” Sandberg wrote. by Jack Gillum and Justin Elliott – Feb. 24, 2021, 5 […]
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