The table outlines the last modification dates on the emails (batched by date) and shows the earliest and latest timestamps, minimum ID, maximum ID, count and a column titled “FAT.” What the table illustrates is that the first batches of DNC emails published by WikiLeaks have times that indicate the files were transferred to a […]
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I Cut the ‘Big Five’ Tech Giants from My Life. It Was Hell…
A couple of months ago, I set out to answer the question of whether it’s possible to avoid the tech giants. Over the course of five weeks, I blocked Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Apple one at a time, to find out how to live in the modern age without each one. To end my […]
Amazon Doesn’t Just Want to Dominate the Market—It Wants to Become the Market…
Chris Lampen-Crowell started to feel the undertow four years ago. Gazelle Sports, the running-shoe and apparel business he founded in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan, in 1985, had grown steadily for decades, adding locations in Grand Rapids and Detroit and swelling to some 170 employees. But then, in 2014, sales took a downward turn. From the outside, […]
Why the DNC Was Not Hacked by the Russians…
The FBI, CIA and NSA claim that the DNC emails published by WIKILEAKS on July 26, 2016 were obtained via a Russian hack, but more than three years after the alleged “hack” no forensic evidence has been produced to support that claim. In fact, the available forensic evidence contradicts the official account that blames the […]
EU Moves to Force Tech Giants to Pay for Third-Party Content…
Europe’s copyright rules are about to be rewritten in a bid to ensure technology giants pay for the third-party creative content they use. The European Union made the landmark decision on Wednesday to update rules that are two-decades old, in order to bring them into the digital age. The revamp, at this stage a set of draft rules, is likely […]
The FTC and Facebook Negotiating a Multi-Billion-Dollar Fine for the Company’s Privacy Violations…
The Federal Trade Commission and Facebook are negotiating over a multi-billion dollar fine that would settle the agency’s investigation into the social media giant’s privacy practices, according to two people familiar with the probe. The fine would be the largest the agency has ever imposed on a technology company, but the two sides have not […]
Gab Is Creating a Comment Section on Every Website That Could Change the Internet Forever…
Gab.com, known as the free speech alternative to Twitter, is creating a browser plugin to add a comment section to every website on the Internet. Andrew Torba, who founded and runs Gab has shared a number of screenshots showing the plugin in action, commenting on websites with unavailable comment sections, and on websites with harsh […]
NYC Councilman Says Union Dispute Killed Amazon Deal, Not Subsidies…
When New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s blamed opponents of the Amazon tax incentive package for the company’s decision to scrap its plans to move to New York City, he might have been leaving out a crucial piece of the story – and minimizing his own culpability in the process. To wit, the Daily News reported […]
Cuomo Slams Ocasio-Cortez, Others, as Amazon Ditches New York…
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo lambasted politicians such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and others over Amazon’s decision to leave New York City. Opponents of the deal with the tech giant had “put their own narrow political interests above their community,” he said. “[A] small group [of] politicians put their own narrow political interests above their community […]
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Understanding China’s Confucian Edge in the Global AI Race…
The American fugitive Edward Snowden triggered the West’s current (and ongoing) wave of concern over data privacy six years ago, when he revealed details about secret U.S. government programs that collect information on U.S. citizens. Since then, there has been a steady drumbeat of disclosures about how personal information is collected and shared, alarming the […]
Jeff Bezos Protests the Invasion of His Privacy, as Amazon Builds a Sprawling Surveillance State for Everyone Else…
The National Enquirer has engaged in behavior so lowly and unscrupulous that it created a seemingly impossible storyline: the world’s richest billionaire and a notorious labor abuser, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, as a sympathetic victim. On Thursday, Bezos published emails in which the Enquirer’s parent company explicitly threatened to publish intimate photographs of Bezos and his mistress, […]
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Avoiding Social Media to Protect Your Privacy? Your Friends Still Put You at Risk, Study Finds…
“There’s no place to hide in a social network,” warns Lewis Mitchell, co-author of a new study which found that even if you don’t have a Facebook or Twitter account, your behavior can still be predicted with the online behavior of people you know. Many people haven’t signed up for Facebook or Twitter, or privacy fears […]
Huawei Tried to Steal His Technology, But He Was Working for the FBI All Along…
Adam Khan believed he had invented nearly indestructible glass that was going to revolutionize the technology industry. His “diamond glass” looked like ordinary glass, but was 6 times stronger than the industry standard. His plan, according to a new Bloomberg article? License the technology to phone manufacturers and turn a pretty penny for his company, Akhan Semiconductor, Inc. […]
Cisco Joins Other Tech Giants in Calling for a Federal Privacy Law…
Cisco yesterday “issued a call to governments and citizens around the world to establish privacy as a fundamental human right in the digital economy,” according to a Cisco press release. Other Big Tech companies have already endorsed drafting a federal privacy law, as reported by Ars Technica in Cisco, like Apple and other tech giants, […]
I’m Suing the Government. It Has a Problem With That…
A federal appeals court recently heard oral arguments in my lawsuit against former Attorney General Eric Holder, unnamed “John Doe” federal agents at the FBI and Justice Department, and others. At issue are the intrusions into my computers while I worked as an investigative reporter for CBS News, revealed by multiple forensic investigations showing use […]
FamilyTreeDNA Hands the FBI Access to Its Database…
There are plenty of reasons to be wary of at-home DNA testing, particularly if you’re concerned about genetic privacy. That’s especially true now that it’s come to light that FamilyTreeDNA, one of the largest private genetic testing companies, is cooperating with the FBI to give its agents access to its genealogy database. The partnership, first […]
Criminals Are Tapping into the Phone Network Backbone to Empty Bank Accounts…
Sophisticated hackers have long exploited flaws in SS7, a protocol used by telecom companies to coordinate how they route texts and calls around the world. Those who exploit SS7 can potentially track phones across the other side of the planet, and intercept text messages and phone calls without hacking the phone itself. This activity was […]
Microsoft Blacklist: NewsGuard Warns Breitbart Is ‘Fake News’ 29 Times on Single Google Page…
NewsGuard, the browser extension that rates the “trustworthiness” of news outlets, and is run by establishment media figures along with former Clinton, Obama and Bush administration members, warns that Breitbart News is “Fake News” 29 times in one Google search. Newsguard, a news publication ranking extension endorsed by Microsoft and included as a standard extension […]
Illinois Homeowner’s Blood ‘Ran Cold’ as Smart Cameras, Thermostat Hacked…
A Lake Barrington homeowner hasn’t had a restful night’s sleep in 10 days, after he said his Nest home security cameras and thermostats were accessed by malicious hackers. “I couldn’t believe that these devices that I had put up in my home to watch over it, my family, were now being used against me,” said […]