Privacy
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Proposes Putting Sensors on All Citizens
Some of people’s biggest fears about coronavirus-sanctioned overreach are coming true.
Canada’s Pension Plan Revealed to Be Major Shareholder in Chinese Company Tencent, Disclosures Show
Tencent has long been accused of censorship and surveillance on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party, leading to “innocent people’s arrest and torture.”
Apparently, if You Don’t Want to Install a Coronavirus Tracking App You’re a Bad Person
An Australian news site tries to shame people who don’t want to be traced.
Sony Was Granted a Patent for “Spoiler Blocking” Technology Just Days Before the Last of Us 2 Leaks
The technology will control the amount of spoilers a player comes in contact with until they’ve completed enough of the game.
Surveillance Is Going Viral
Rights are being eroded.
How Huawei’s 5G Roll-Out Is Directly Tied to China’s Human Rights Abuses and “Digital Gulags”
Nations have more than one reason to reconsider Huawei’s 5G roll-out.
How China Appoints 4.5 Million “Administrators” to Snoop on and Report Neighbors Who Don’t Conform
Coming to a state near you?
Status Is the Latest Privacy-Focussed Chat App That Aims to Fix Messaging and More
More alternatives are popping up in recent months.
Open Source NodeTube Allows Users to Beat Censorship and Deploy Their Own YouTube Alternative
More YouTube alternatives are finally popping up.
Tony Blair Institute for Global Change Says Increased Surveillance Is a “Price Worth Paying”
The institute thinks we should ease off on civil liberties for the sake of the pandemic.
UK’s Centralized Contact Tracing Corona App Aided by UK Intelligence Agency
The UK, along with France, have rejected a decentralized model.
Poll Suggests Majority of People Support Big Tech Contact Tracing
The pandemic has been a big boon for big tech overreach.