COVID19 Shows Us Tech Firms Should Be Prevented from Banning Users For Legal Behavior
Breaking a persons’ line of communication with friends and loved ones during a crisis involving quarantine and curfew should be unlawful.
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Facebook says it can locate users who opt out of tracking
an Francisco (AFP) – Facebook can determine where users are even if they opt out of having their whereabouts tracked, the company revealed in a letter sent to US senators. … Read more
Ethereum Express Launching New Projects For Over 48,000 Users
The Ethereum Express project is set to launch two pilot projects for a user base exceeding 48,000. Proof-of-Authority will be used in the Ethereum Express blockchain as the main algorithm … Read more
Android camera bug let hackers spy on users even if phone is LOCKED & screen is OFF
Uncovered by a cybersecurity firm, an appalling flaw could turn Android-powered devices into spying goldmines, allowing hackers to secretly snap photos and record footage with no permission required. No stranger … Read more
Disney+ Warns Users of Movies With “Outdated Cultural Depictions”
NATIONWIDE – Disney recently launched its new streaming service Disney+ in the U.S. Disney+ launched on Tuesday Warnings have been added to some older movies Many include “outdated cultural depictions” And … Read more
Facebook is behind the IG move to remove likes to bring users back to the main money-making platform
by kafkagoeswest I have no stake in this, just observing. The normies are up in arms right now because of the CEOs decision to remove likes in the US. Thousands … Read more
Facebook Will Soon Ask Users to Take a Selfie to Verify Their Identity – Nothing Strange About That
Facebook is working on a new way to verify your identity, using a selfie and facial recognition software. Facebook is always looking for better ways to have people use its services … Read more
Nearly 90% of the world’s internet users are being monitored
via mashable: A new report claims, surprise, social media isn’t really that free. Instead, it’s full of bad faith actors manipulating elections and government officials surveilling users. The report, 2019 Freedom on … Read more
Google Is Looking to Buy Fitbit, Which Is Good News for Shareholders but Terrible News for Users’ Privacy.
REALLY PUTTING THE “TRACKER” INTO “FITNESS TRACKER”: If you own stock in Fitbit, the fact that Google appears to be interested in buying the wearable-device maker is very good news. If, on … Read more
Reddit is currently putting in new algorithms designed to ghost users. They will post and see their posts. But the posts will never be seen sorting by r/new or any other sorting method. They are ghosting entire subreddits right now. The algorithm is live.
by DisgruntledWageSlave Think Reddit is just down? Its not. Welcome to the “New” and “Improved” Reddit. Been nice chatting with you folks. See some of you on the other side. … Read more
ALERT: Twitter Says It Will Restrict Users From Retweeting World Leaders Who Break Its Rules (Who could they be trying to silence?)
They have to block Trump or they’ll lose in 2020. Expect widespread bans of all conservatives across social media soon. h/t SubversiveInterloper
FITTON:BIG Fact: There were three users on Clinton email server. Hillary Clinton, Huma Abedin —- and Chelsea Clinton.
by TFittonJW Clinton aide Cooper asked how many e-mail accounts he set up for Clinton: “To the best of my recollection two or three.” Cooper also said that he helped … Read more
Chinese internet users must pass a facial-recognition test to use web
Citizens in China must have their faces scanned to have the internet installed The rule is part of China’s social credit system and will take effect on Dec. 1 Authority … Read more
It is becomming evident that Reddit doesn’t make more profit by having more users. Reddit is probably getting paid to censor discusion.
by PepeBismal Within the past year, Reddit has had a literal genocide of subreddits getting banned. Most of them being edgy and politically incorrect subs (milliondollarextreme, cringeanarchy, frenworld, incels, etc). … Read more
Chrome to limit full ad blocking extensions to enterprise users. Firefox now blocking third party trackers by default.
Back in January, Google announced a proposed change to Chrome’s extensions system, called Manifest V3, that would stop current ad blockers from working efficiently. In a response to the overwhelming negative feedback, … Read more
Millions of Facebook users’ phone numbers leaked online: Report
Fox News Headlines 24/7 anchor Brett Larson on reports 419 million Facebook users’ phone numbers were leaked online and the FTC fine against Google.