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German government admits buying Pegasus spyware

The German government admitted it obtained the Pegasus software, a spyware known for being used in totalitarian countries for persecuting dissidents. source: https://9to5mac.com/2021/09/08/german-government-admits-buying-pegasus-spyware/ archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2021/09/08/german-government-admits-buying-pegasus-spyware-archived-source/
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ProtonMail provides IP address of climate activist

On the request of Europol the EMail provider Protonmail had to provide the IP address of an activist who is targeted by the law enforcement. Although Protonmail offers fully encrypted EMail services, meta data like IP addresses are still available and in this example it is shown that a company still has to abide the […]
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Apple is censoring words and phrases customers can engrave on products

In another aim to appease the Chinese regime, Apple censors certain keywords customers are able to engrave on Apple products, keywords which are related to protests against the Chinese regime. source: https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/19/22632029/apple-engraving-filter-censorship-keyword-china-hong-kong-taiwan archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2021/08/19/apple-is-censoring-words-and-phrases-customers-can-engrave-on-products-archived-source/
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Microsoft is making it harder to switch default browsers in Windows 11

Microsoft changed the process of setting the default web browser in their latest version of their Windows operating system, unnecessarily over complicating the process in favor of their own software. This practice shows the unfair advantage the company uses against 3rd party software vendors. source: https://www.theverge.com/22630319/microsoft-windows-11-default-browser-changes archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2021/08/18/microsoft-is-making-it-harder-to-switch-default-browsers-in-windows-11-archived-source/
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Cuba monitors the internet

In response to protests in the country the Cuban government announced new plans to excessively monitor the internet access of it’s citizens in an attempt to gain control over alleged dissidents. source: https://p.dw.com/p/3z6Yi archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2021/08/18/cuba-monitors-the-internet-archived-sources/
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China’s Huawei spied, installed data ‘back door’ in Pakistan

It was found that the Chinese company Huawei used a backdoor to extract citizen information in Pakistan, likely initiated by the Chinese regime. source: https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/chinas-huawei-spied-installed-data-back-door-in-pakistan-report-101629004305415.html archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2021/08/15/chinas-huawei-spied-installed-data-back-door-in-pakistan-archived-source/
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Amazon will monitor workers’ keystrokes to ‘combat data theft’

Amazon plans to monitor the computer systems used by it’s employees extensively, stating the necessity for computer security. In reality the goal is to monitor the employees even more as much as possible. source: https://www.inputmag.com/tech/amazon-will-monitor-workers-keystrokes-to-combat-data-theft-privacy-spying-surveillance archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2021/08/13/amazon-will-monitor-workers-keystrokes-to-combat-data-theft-archived-source/
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China targets dissidents via JS surveillance kits

A technical analysis of a JavaScript kit used by the Chinese regime for surveillance of alleged dissidents. source: https://imp0rtp3.wordpress.com/2021/08/12/tetris/ archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2021/08/12/china-targets-dissidents-via-js-surveillance-kits-archived-source/
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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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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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