Privacy
WhatsApp Was so Desperate to Suppress Conspiracy Theories It Suppressed Everything
Facebook is taking a sledgehammer approach to even private conversations.
Harvard and Arizona Law Professors Lay Out the Case for Online “Speech Control”
“Significant monitoring and speech control are inevitable components of a mature and flourishing internet, and governments must play a large role in these practices to ensure that the internet is compatible with a society’s norms and values.”
US Police Begin Using Surveillance Drones Donated From China
The use of drones is being encouraged to enforce social distancing measures.
Zuckerberg Wants More of Your Health Data to Fight the Pandemic
Zuckerberg sees people are increasingly relying on big tech during the pandemic.
Bild Editor Roasts China After China Is Furious About Being Blamed for the Pandemic
Julian Reichelt said other Western outlets are afraid to.
MembersCorona Apps Pose a Threat to Civil Liberties and Privacy
?Governments are coming up with questionable ways to tackle the pandemic.
MembersYouTube and RSS: Moving Your Channel Subscriptions to an RSS Reader
?Ditching Google doesn’t mean you have to lose the convenient access to your YouTube subscriptions. Add them to your RSS reader.
Apple Is Notoriously Strict With App Store Rules, but Gives China’s WeChat a Free Pass
Owned by state-backed Tencent and increasingly privacy invasive and censorship-driven, why does WeChat why does Apple let
Private Messaging App Signal Suggests It Could Pull Out of the US Market if Draconian EARN IT Bill Is Approved
Signal is the latest company to speak out agains the bill.
Rumors of Jared Kushner’s Proposed “Surveillance” Network Faces Backlash
Many already believe that the pandemic is causing people to lose their civil liberties and aren’t happy about it happening more.
Naborly Asks Landlords to Report if Tenants Are “Delinquent” on April Rent, to Build a Profile on Them
During times of the pandemic’s unprecedented economic loss, should tenants’ inability to pay rent be secretly recorded to be used against them at a later date?
Researchers Shocked Some Zoom Encryption Keys Generated by Servers in China
As more people are forced to use Zoom, the more people are finding out about it.