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02/03/2021
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By Franz Walker
MIT scholar’s op-ed defending Huawei was ghostwritten… by a Huawei employee
A noted Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) scholar who wrote a defense of Chinese technology company Huawei in 2019 may not have written the op-ed at all. A Huwaei employee has claimed that he was the one who ghostwrote the op-ed on behalf of MIT Media Lab founder Nicholas Negroponte. In his LinkedIn profile, Huawei employee Winter […]
01/31/2021
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By Franz Walker
India will continue to ban TikTok and other Chinese apps
The Indian government has decided to retain its ban on 59 Chinese apps, including the short-form video-sharing app TikTok. The decision came after a review of responses from the companies behind the apps on issues such as compliance and privacy. When India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) first imposed the ban in June 2020, […]
01/27/2021
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By Franz Walker
Millions of WhatsApp users moving to rival services over data privacy concerns
Messaging app WhatsApp has lost millions of users to rivals following a poorly explained update to its terms and conditions. New figures shared by the U.K. parliament’s home affairs committee on “online harms” show that disgruntled WhatsApp users have migrated to rival apps with Signal gaining 7.5 million users in the first three weeks of […]
12/27/2020
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By Franz Walker
Zoom executive suppressed online meetings at China’s behest
The Department of Justice charged on Friday, Dec. 18, a former Zoom security executive in China for the alleged censorship of Chinese dissidents. Xinjian “Julien” Jin worked as a liaison for law enforcement and intelligence agencies in China for a California-based telecommunications company, according to a criminal complaint lodged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation that […]
12/10/2020
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By Franz Walker
Intel, Nvidia questioned by lawmakers about their microchips being used to suppress human rights in Xinjiang
Two U.S. congressmen are questioning chipmakers Intel and Nvidia about allegations that their microchips are being used in Chinese computer systems to conduct mass surveillance in China’s Xinjiang region. In a statement made Dec. 8, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) raised several questions to Intel chief executive Bob Swan and his Nvidia counterpart Jensen Huang. They […]
12/01/2020
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By Franz Walker
Canadian police have an iPhone unlocking device… but no policy on how to use it
Police in the city of Guelph in southwestern Ontario now have a device that can unlock an iPhone and copy its contents. But Guelph police do not have a policy on when or how the device should be used, which has raised alarm bells among privacy experts. According to a report by the Guelph Mercury Tribune, the Guelph Police […]
10/05/2020
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By Franz Walker
DNA surveillance fears raised as Beijing intervenes in Hong Kong’s coronavirus efforts
Beijing’s move to directly intervene in Hong Kong’s management of its Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has led to fears that the former is trying to exert more control over the territory under the guise of support. Last week, Chinese authorities announced plans to send a 60-person team into the former British colony to assist in conducting widespread COVID-19 […]
09/23/2020
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By Franz Walker
“Geofence warrants” could implicate innocent people just for being close to a crime scene
Police are now using location data from people’s smart devices to get warrants to arrest people for simply being close to a crime scene. Called a “geofence warrant,” the system represents a virtual dragnet over crime scenes where police request to sweep up Google location data from users’ GPS, WiFi and cellular connections from everyone […]
09/18/2020
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By Franz Walker
5 Chinese nationals charged with hacking more than 100 companies worldwide
The Department of Justice has indicted five Chinese nationals, as well as two Malaysians, on charges relating to a massive hacking campaign to steal sensitive information and trade secrets from more than 100 companies and entities around the world. The five Chinese nationals are part of a hacker group known as “Advanced Persistent Threat 41” (APT41). The […]
09/14/2020
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By Franz Walker
Amazon appoints former NSA chief involved in the Snowden leaks to its board
Amazon has just appointed retired Gen. Keith B. Alexander to its board of directors. A former director of the National Security Agency (NSA) and commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, Alexander retired in 2013, but not before becoming the face of U.S. government surveillance during the Edward Snowden leaks. News of the appointment comes from a […]
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