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Firefox plans to turn on controversial hyperlink tracking on by default
Mozilla wants to know what links you click.
The Washington State privacy bill has failed as Microsoft and Amazon couldn’t agree
The bill will be put forward again in 2020.
Facebook and Twitter could soon be blocked in Russia over data storage demands
One of the biggest reasons why the law was passed in the first place is the iron fist the Russian government holds their citizens with.
Report: Google is threatening employees over political bias leaks
Google doesn’t want the public to know that it’s politically biased.
Journalist Laura Loomer files lawsuit against Twitter and CAIR
In the filing, Loomer’s legal representatives argue that her posts did not breach Twitter’s TOS.
The French government’s “secure” new internal messaging app is far from secure
The app, called Tchap, is the French government’s attempt to provide a more secure communication channel for its employees
Google’s “smart city” idea in Canada is such a threat to privacy, civil liberties groups are having to sue the government to stop it
The suit claims that two of the legal agreements with the Google-owned Sidewalk Labs conflict with administrative and constitutional law and need to be reset.
Austria is determined to not let people use the internet anonymously
If you leave a comment online, the government want to know who you are.
New LinkedIn data leak due to unsecured databases
LinkedIn say that it’s not their data leak – however, they are aware that it’s out there on the internet.
Canada goes full “Minority Report”, wants to stop crime before it happens
Canada wants algorithm capable of detecting crime in advance.
How much the Democrat 2020 candidates spend on Facebook
Some of them have built their campaign on being anti-big tech but they sure do spend a lot of money on Facebook.
Clever use of encrypted messaging apps slowed down Robert Mueller’s investigation
Everyone should be using end-to-end encryption for privacy.