Arnold Zafra
Arnold Zafra is tech blogger that's enthusiastic about cryptocurrency, social networking, security, and privacy, as well as search engine technology. His work has been featured on Android Authority and Droid Life before joining Reclaim The Net. [email protected]
Nintendo slaps creator of Mario Royale with takedown notice, now called DMCA Royale
The developer made some changes to the game in order to comply with Nintendo’s demands.
Media companies are somehow responsible for Facebook comments on articles, Australian Supreme Court Rules
It’s not yet known how the court expects media companies to be responsible for the comments of their users when they can’t turn off comments.
The Kodi add-on Supremacy is down, developer arrested
It’s not yet known if the two incidents are related, but it’s highly likely.
Senator Josh Hawley targets tech censorship with new bill
Since big tech companies have failed to address censorship concerns, Senator Josh Hawley thinks it’s time to look at Section 230.
Facebook shares tank after leaked emails revealed Zuckerberg was aware of Facebook’s privacy crimes
The FTC specifically wants to know if Facebook violated a consent decree that it has agreed to follow way back in 2012.
Chinese university found to have leaked 9.5 billion rows of email metadata
The university managed to pack the vulnerability quickly but the students haven’t yet been informed.
Wire teams up with EY to provide end-to-end encrypted messaging for businesses
This new partnership could be a Slack competitor to companies that value privacy.
Russia is about to ban several popular VPNs for refusing to comply with their blocklist
Russia is carrying out the threat it promised.
Google’s new search engine changes could reduce traffic to Reddit, Stack Overflow, and other forum sites
It’s not yet known what kind of impact this will have.
The Pirate Bay has closed user registrations while it deals with spam attacks
Everything had been going well for TPB until this latest issue.
Google fires the Republican engineer who spoke against “outrage mobs”
It isn’t the first time sentiments such as this have been expressed about Google’s internal culture.
Tim Cook says Apple isn’t a monopoly
13.4% share of the global smartphone market in 2018, which means Apple isn’t a monopoly – according to Tim Cook.