While the NSO Group went from darling to villain quickly once what they were doing became public, there are many unrelated cousins that are doing equally nasty things and are staying in the shadows. Now, one more has been exposed. The Predator Files is a collaborative investigative action by a group of journalism organizations that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Biden Admin Moves to Halt All Exports to Huawei The Biden administration is continuing to tighten the grip on China. The feds have stopped approving licenses for the export of most items to Huawei, according to the Financial Times. The end game is for a total ban on sales to Huawei. Credit: BBC Popular Derivatives […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Singapore Updates Contact Tracing App Singapore is not exactly a democracy, so this isn’t a complete surprise. They are updating their contact tracing app to include foreigner’s passport number and scanning of barcodes to facilitate tracking when someone enters a store or mall or restaurant. They would like the program to run in the background, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Contact Tracing Horror Begins The UK is now saying that all of the contact data that they are collecting from the app people install on their smart phones – that data may be kept by the government forever and no, you can’t ask them to delete it. Credit: The Register Singapore will require smartphone […]
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