Among the mega-corporations that surveil you, your cellphone carrier has always been one of the keenest monitors, in constant contact with the one small device you keep on you at almost every moment. A confidential Facebook document reviewed by The Intercept shows that the social network courts carriers, along with phone makers — some 100 […]
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President Trump Needs Your Help to Counter Big Tech Censorship Deniers…
The White House is asking Americans to share their personal stories of censorship and bias on social media. Predictably, liberals don’t seem interested in believing these victims. The appeal was announced on Wednesday and includes a tool to monitor Big Tech censorship. This is welcome news for conservatives and anyone concerned about the trend of […]
UK Cops Fine Pedestrian $115 for Avoiding Facial Recognition Camera…
A UK pedestrian was arrested and fined £90 ($115 US) after attempting to cover his face while passing a controversial facial recognition camera van on a East London street. The notorious London police vans scan the faces of passers-by and compare them to a database of wanted criminals. One man wasn’t having any of it, […]
Privacy Experts, Senators Demand Investigation of Amazon’s Child Data Collection Practices…
Last year, a coalition of privacy advocates and child psychologists warned against putting an Amazon Alexa speaker anywhere near your child on the fairly reasonable grounds that developing minds shouldn’t befriend always-on surveillance devices, no matter how cute the packaging. Now, a group of privacy researchers, attorneys, and U.S. senators are calling on the Federal […]
Report Reveals TeamViewer Was Breached By Chinese Hackers In 2016…
The German software company behind TeamViewer, one of the most popular software in the world that allows users to access and share their desktops remotely, was reportedly compromised in 2016, the German newspaper Der Spiegel revealed today. TeamViewer is popular remote-support software that allows you to securely share your desktop or take full control of […]
LA Traffic So Bad Burger King to Deliver Whoppers to Starving Motorists…Now, How to Deliver Porta Potties…
The traffic around Los Angeles, California is so congested that fast-food giant Burger King is now willing to deliver ‘Whoppers’ to drivers stuck on roads across the city. “After a successful test in Mexico City, fast-food chain Burger King will begin delivering food to drivers caught in traffic in Los Angeles in what they have […]
Chelsea Manning Ordered Back to Jail Again After Refusing to Testify in WikiLeaks Case…
Former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning has been sent to jail — again — for refusing to testify to a grand jury. A judge on Thursday ordered Manning back to the Alexandria Detention Center until she agrees to testify to a grand jury investigating Wikileaks or until the grand jury term expires in 18 months. […]
President Trump Declares National Emergency for Information and Communication Technology…
Here we go… President Trump is laying the groundwork to ban telecommunication companies based on identified risk to national security (ie. Huawei). Nations who engage in 5-G technology agreements are on notice they may be cut-off from communication partnerships with the U.S.A. [Executive Order] By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution […]
White House Declines to Back Christchurch Call to Stamp Out Online Extremism Amid First Amendment Concerns…
The United States on Wednesday broke with 18 governments and top American tech firms by declining to endorse a New Zealand-led response to the live-streamed shootings at two Christchurch mosques, saying free-speech concerns prevented the White House from formally signing onto the largest campaign to date targeting extremism online. The “Christchurch Call,” unveiled at an […]
Huawei Willing to Sign ‘No Spy’ Pacts with Governments…
Huawei is willing to sign no-spy agreements with governments, including Britain, the Chinese telco company’s chairman said on Tuesday, amid U.S. pressure on European countries to shun the firm over espionage concerns. Washington has told allies not to use Huawei’s technology to build new 5G networks because of worries it could be a vehicle for […]
Teen Kills Herself After Instagram Poll Results Tell Her To…
A 16-year-old Malaysian teen reportedly committed suicide Monday after the results of an Instagram poll instructed her to do so. Before jumping to her death, the unnamed girl ran a poll on her Instagram account asking her followers if she should commit suicide. The poll read, “Really Important, Help Me Choose D/L,” the D and […]
The Government Spied on Me. You Could Be Next. by Sharyl Attkisson…
It was bad enough when the Department of Justice under Attorney General Eric Holder engaged in spying on journalist James Rosen (and even spied on his parents’ phone records). And the same cast of characters secretly spied on Associated Press reporters — also in the name of tracking down government leakers. Amid those discoveries were […]
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Hackers Used WhatsApp 0-Day Flaw to Secretly Install Spyware On Phones…
Whatsapp has recently patched a severe vulnerability that was being exploited by attackers to remotely install surveillance malware on a few “selected” smartphones by simply calling the targeted phone numbers over Whatsapp audio call. Discovered, weaponized and then sold by the Israeli company NSO Group that produces the most advanced mobile spyware on the planet, […]
Sen Lindsey Graham: ‘No way in hell’ U.S. Allies Should Use Chinese 5G Technology…
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., argued on Tuesday that the U.S. should not share intelligence or equipment with countries that use Chinese 5G technology. During Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Graham addressed the security threat posed by China. Graham said he hoped that “the policy of the United States, Democrats and Republicans, will be that if you […]
Google’s Left-Leaning Media Biased Revealed: Academic Study Exposes How Algorithm Favors Liberal News Websites…
Google’s bias towards left-wing media outlets has been laid bare by an algorithm which detected that it favors sites including CNN and The New York Times over others. According to data compiled by researchers from Northwestern University, the search engine promoted those sites over others repeatedly in November 2017. Of the 6,302 articles that appeared […]
Sweden Seeks Extradition of Assange to Face Trial on Rape Charges…
It has been one month since UK police entered the Ecuadorian embassy in London and arrested Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. the Wikileaks founder has already been slapped with a 50-week sentence for skipping his bail in the UK, and as the UK prepares to process an extradition request from US prosecutors, they now must also […]
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This Saudi Prince Now Owns More of Twitter Than Jack Dorsey Does…
A Saudi prince has increased his holdings in Twitter, making him the company’s second largest shareholder. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud, who in 2011 invested $300 million in the social network, now owns 34.9 million shares of Twitter’s common stock, according to a new regulatory filing (pdf). At nearly 5.2%, his stake in […]
Banned from Facebook? A Polish Court May Help…
Facebook is often criticized for not doing enough to police its platform for hate speech. But the opposite has also been a problem: Mark Zuckerberg’s company uses rather vague “community standards” as the basis for decision to remove users and posts. It doesn’t feel compelled to explain exactly how it applies them, either. Now, a […]
The Rise of Surveillance Capitalism…
Before they started their successful wildcat strike last year, West Virginia teachers railed against the introduction of a workplace wellness program called Go365. The program coerced employees into downloading an app that would monitor their health, rewarding points for exercise and good behavior. Employees who failed to accrue 3,000 points by the end of the […]
UK Tax Authority Forced To Delete 5 Million Unlawfully Collected Biometric Voice Records…
The UK’s tax collector – HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has been forced to delete the biometric voice records of five million people because they did not have clear consent from customers to have them in the first place, according to ZDNet. HMRC uses the Voice ID biometric voice security system to make it easier […]
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