Naga Pramod
Naga Pramod is a computer science major and tech news reporter with a passion for cyber security, networking, and data science. [email protected]
Knitting forum Ravelry: Openly supporting President Donald Trump will get you banned
Smaller online communities are seemingly even less tolerant of diverse opinion than larger platforms.
A blow for adtech – UK commissioner says real-time bidding is mostly illegal
The report states that the real time bidding process used major adtech companies violates both UK and EU law.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai fails to answer question about anti-conservative bias
Instead he passed the question on to VP of public policy, Kent Walker.
Over two million smart devices are major security risks and should be thrown out, researcher says
The security devices are impossible to patch.
NHS email blunder leaks HIV patients’ details
A simple email blunder had a dramatic impact for HIV patients in Scotland, UK.
Amazon-owned Twitch just acquired social app Bebo, amidst growing antitrust scrutiny
Bebo’s recent focus on esports has made it valuable for Twitch.
Millions of Venmo transactions are still exposed and easily scraped
Venmo transactions are made public by default and they’re easily available to mass-scraped.
Mass spying – UK human rights group challenges intelligence services
Liberty is a UK-based group that’s taking the government to court for breaching human rights legislation.
Facebook settles on claims it was defrauding advertisers by grossly overstating video views up to 900%
The details of the settlement are not yet known.
How to be a “hate agent”, according to Facebook
Facebook has a list of criteria that it uses to determine if you’re a hate agent.
Individuals states are considering their own antitrust motions against big tech companies
Moves could be made against big tech at the state level, not just on the federal level.
Sweden demands answers from Spotify over its data practices
Spotify’s been given a list of questions that it must answer by July 1st.