Forwarded from Hacker News
Amazon bans police use of facial recognition technology for one year
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/10/amazon-bans-police-use-of-facial-recognition-technology-for-one-year.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/10/amazon-bans-police-use-of-facial-recognition-technology-for-one-year.html
CNBC
Amazon bans police use of facial recognition technology for one year
Amazon said on Wednesday that it's putting in place a one-year moratorium on police use of Rekognition.
Forwarded from Hacker News
Microsoft won’t sell police its facial-recognition technology
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/06/11/microsoft-facial-recognition/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/06/11/microsoft-facial-recognition/
Zoom confirms Chinese Government asked it to suspend activists accounts over Tiananmen Square meetings
https://www.axios.com/zoom-chinese-government-tiananmen-fb1272bb-6c91-4c8f-b42e-5ced37d732d4.html
https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/zoom-disables-accounts-exiled-chinese-dissidents-during-tiananmen-square-memorial
U.S. video conferencing company Zoom issued a statement on Thursday acknowledging that the Chinese government requested that it suspend the accounts of several U.S.- and Hong Kong-based Chinese activists for holding events commemorating the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.
The big picture: Zoom claims that it only took action because the Chinese government informed the company that "this activity is illegal in China" and that meeting metadata showed "a significant number of mainland China participants." Zoom said it does not have the ability to block participants from a certain country, and so it made the decision to end some of the meetings and suspend the host accounts.
#zoom #china #gov #censorship #why
https://www.axios.com/zoom-chinese-government-tiananmen-fb1272bb-6c91-4c8f-b42e-5ced37d732d4.html
https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/zoom-disables-accounts-exiled-chinese-dissidents-during-tiananmen-square-memorial
U.S. video conferencing company Zoom issued a statement on Thursday acknowledging that the Chinese government requested that it suspend the accounts of several U.S.- and Hong Kong-based Chinese activists for holding events commemorating the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.
The big picture: Zoom claims that it only took action because the Chinese government informed the company that "this activity is illegal in China" and that meeting metadata showed "a significant number of mainland China participants." Zoom said it does not have the ability to block participants from a certain country, and so it made the decision to end some of the meetings and suspend the host accounts.
#zoom #china #gov #censorship #why
Axios
Zoom confirms Chinese government asked it to suspend activists over Tiananmen Square meetings
Zoom issued the statement after a report from Axios prompted widespread backlash.
How to block Google ads
https://www.androidauthority.com/block-youtube-ads-trick-1128296
https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/gzr3cq/fyi_you_can_bypass_youtube_ads_by_adding_a_dot
#google #yt #YouTube #ads
https://www.androidauthority.com/block-youtube-ads-trick-1128296
https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/gzr3cq/fyi_you_can_bypass_youtube_ads_by_adding_a_dot
#google #yt #YouTube #ads
Android Authority
You can block YouTube ads by adding one symbol to the URL. ‘With great power…’
Adding just one character to a URL will allow you to block YouTube ads. However, should you really do this considering those ads bankroll creators?
Forwarded from The Intercept
Facebook Pitched New Tool Allowing Employers to Suppress Words Like “Unionize" in Workplace Chat Product
https://theintercept.com/2020/06/11/facebook-workplace-unionize/
https://theintercept.com/2020/06/11/facebook-workplace-unionize/
The Intercept
New Facebook Tool Allows Employers to Suppress "Unionize" in Workplace Chat
Facebook Workplace is used by employers as large as Walmart. The new tool would allow “content control” to prevent certain topics from trending internally.
Forwarded from BlackBox (Security) Archiv
Europol uses Palantir
Since 2016, the European Police Agency has been using the "Gotham" software to evaluate mass data. Europol has signed a contract for 7.5 million euros with the company Capgemini in 2012, just over half of the money has already been spent. Palantir promoted the software at the "European Police Congress".
The police agency Europol in The Hague has been running the "Gotham" software of the US concern Palantir for several years. This is what the European Commission writes in its answer to a parliamentary question. The application was tested in 2016 within the framework of the "Fraternité" task force, which Europol set up after the attacks in France at the time. Palantir is also criticised for his close cooperation with the military and secret services in the USA.
Since mid-2017, "Gotham" has been in continuous operation, Europol uses it for "operational analysis". This enables investigators to calculate and visualize relationships between people, objects or the course of events. "Structured data", such as contact lists, tables from radio cell queries and travel histories, are linked with "unstructured data" such as photos or location data. This so-called mass data evaluation is intended to generate new investigative approaches.
👉🏼 Parliamentary request:
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-9-2020-000173-ASW_EN.html
👉🏼📺 Audit-Protokoll-Analysis with Palantir Gotham
https://t.me/BlackBox_Archiv/403
👉🏼 🇩🇪 Indications on the use of Facebook data by Palantir:
https://t.me/cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_DE/3147
👉🏼 Read more 🇩🇪:
https://netzpolitik.org/2020/europol-nutzt-palantir/
#eu #palantir #europol #Capgemini #surveillance
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_DE
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_EN
📡@BlackBox_Archiv
Since 2016, the European Police Agency has been using the "Gotham" software to evaluate mass data. Europol has signed a contract for 7.5 million euros with the company Capgemini in 2012, just over half of the money has already been spent. Palantir promoted the software at the "European Police Congress".
The police agency Europol in The Hague has been running the "Gotham" software of the US concern Palantir for several years. This is what the European Commission writes in its answer to a parliamentary question. The application was tested in 2016 within the framework of the "Fraternité" task force, which Europol set up after the attacks in France at the time. Palantir is also criticised for his close cooperation with the military and secret services in the USA.
Since mid-2017, "Gotham" has been in continuous operation, Europol uses it for "operational analysis". This enables investigators to calculate and visualize relationships between people, objects or the course of events. "Structured data", such as contact lists, tables from radio cell queries and travel histories, are linked with "unstructured data" such as photos or location data. This so-called mass data evaluation is intended to generate new investigative approaches.
👉🏼 Parliamentary request:
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-9-2020-000173-ASW_EN.html
👉🏼📺 Audit-Protokoll-Analysis with Palantir Gotham
https://t.me/BlackBox_Archiv/403
👉🏼 🇩🇪 Indications on the use of Facebook data by Palantir:
https://t.me/cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_DE/3147
👉🏼 Read more 🇩🇪:
https://netzpolitik.org/2020/europol-nutzt-palantir/
#eu #palantir #europol #Capgemini #surveillance
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_DE
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_EN
📡@BlackBox_Archiv
No, I'm not installing your app to order food.
https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/apps-track-you
Tracking is the new gold. Shops are following Google's example with their own tracking apps.
The outcry was loud when politicians started talking about corona tracing apps: Where is the privacy protection? How do we make sure that our personal data does not get into the wrong hands? Now, that we are sensitized against app tracking, do you know which apps track your every move, your browsing behavior, your shopping activities?
While everyone is talking about corona tracking apps and Google's extensive tracking, it is worrisome that no one talks about the tracking methods of every other app.
#tutanota #tracking #apps
https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/apps-track-you
Tracking is the new gold. Shops are following Google's example with their own tracking apps.
The outcry was loud when politicians started talking about corona tracing apps: Where is the privacy protection? How do we make sure that our personal data does not get into the wrong hands? Now, that we are sensitized against app tracking, do you know which apps track your every move, your browsing behavior, your shopping activities?
While everyone is talking about corona tracking apps and Google's extensive tracking, it is worrisome that no one talks about the tracking methods of every other app.
#tutanota #tracking #apps
Tutanota
App tracking: Why it's bad and how to stop it.
Shops are following Google's example with their own tracking apps so we must say: "No, I'm not installing your app to order food".
Apple removes two podcast apps from China store after censorship demands
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jun/12/apple-removes-two-podcast-apps-from-china-store-after-censorship-demands
Apple has removed two podcast apps from its Chinese app store, following government pressure to censor content.
Pocket Casts and Castro were both pulled from distribution in China after the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) demanded that the apps stop allowing content that breached the country’s restrictive speech laws.
#Apple #China #gov #why #censorship
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jun/12/apple-removes-two-podcast-apps-from-china-store-after-censorship-demands
Apple has removed two podcast apps from its Chinese app store, following government pressure to censor content.
Pocket Casts and Castro were both pulled from distribution in China after the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) demanded that the apps stop allowing content that breached the country’s restrictive speech laws.
#Apple #China #gov #why #censorship
the Guardian
Apple removes two podcast apps from China store after censorship demands
Pocket Casts says it refuses to restrict its content at request of Chinese authorities
#ExposeBillGates Global Day of Action on June 13, 2020
A non-partisan coalition of alternative media organizations and activist groups are calling for a Global Day of Action to #ExposeBillGates and his control agenda.
In the first few months of 2020, billionaire Bill Gates has been promoted as the savior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Although he is lauded as a hero Gates has been a force of disruption and shaky science. The truth is Bill Gates hides a darker agenda.
Gates has made numerous media appearances calling for extended lock downs, contact tracing surveillance, digital certificates to travel and work, and announced his intention to vaccinate 7 billion people. Gates’ family also has ties to discredited eugenics science and believes billionaires like him should help reduce the world’s population. (For those who might be new to this information we recommend watching The Bill Gates documentary series from The Corbett Report and/or reading The Bill Gates investigation from The Last American Vagabond Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)
It’s time to #ExposeBillGates and expose his agenda. Together we can shine the light on Gates’ true intentions and change the course of humanity.
WHEN: Join us on Saturday June 13, 2020 as we spread the word about Bill Gates’ agenda. We encourage everyone interested to organize and host documentary screenings, share articles, pass out flyers, drop banners, and share on social media using the hashtag #ExposeBillGates. We encourage everyone to share accurate and credible information about Gates’ goals. This is a non-partisan event and activists from all sides of the political spectrum are welcome.
To help spread the word about #ExposeBillGates Day please make this image your profile pic on all social media accounts. You can also download these flyers for sharing, editing, etc (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
#ExposeBillGates #bill #gates
A non-partisan coalition of alternative media organizations and activist groups are calling for a Global Day of Action to #ExposeBillGates and his control agenda.
In the first few months of 2020, billionaire Bill Gates has been promoted as the savior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Although he is lauded as a hero Gates has been a force of disruption and shaky science. The truth is Bill Gates hides a darker agenda.
Gates has made numerous media appearances calling for extended lock downs, contact tracing surveillance, digital certificates to travel and work, and announced his intention to vaccinate 7 billion people. Gates’ family also has ties to discredited eugenics science and believes billionaires like him should help reduce the world’s population. (For those who might be new to this information we recommend watching The Bill Gates documentary series from The Corbett Report and/or reading The Bill Gates investigation from The Last American Vagabond Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)
It’s time to #ExposeBillGates and expose his agenda. Together we can shine the light on Gates’ true intentions and change the course of humanity.
WHEN: Join us on Saturday June 13, 2020 as we spread the word about Bill Gates’ agenda. We encourage everyone interested to organize and host documentary screenings, share articles, pass out flyers, drop banners, and share on social media using the hashtag #ExposeBillGates. We encourage everyone to share accurate and credible information about Gates’ goals. This is a non-partisan event and activists from all sides of the political spectrum are welcome.
To help spread the word about #ExposeBillGates Day please make this image your profile pic on all social media accounts. You can also download these flyers for sharing, editing, etc (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
#ExposeBillGates #bill #gates
Whatsapp blamed own users for failure to keep phone number repo off Google searches
An infosec researcher reckons Whatsapp was a bit too quick off the mark to blame its users when hundreds of thousands of phone numbers, names and profile pictures were found to be easily accessible via Google.
Athul Jayaram, a self-described “full time bug bounty hunter”, published a blog post earlier this week highlighting that a large number of Whatsapp users’ mobile numbers could easily be found by searching Google for the domain “wa.me”.
That domain formed part of Whatsapp’s Click to Chat function. If you, the owner of a Whatsapp account, fancied letting world+dog add you as a new chat contact rather than going through the tedious process of tapping their phone number into yours, digit by digit, you could generate a QR code (yes, one of those things 🤦♂️…) for them to do so.
Billed as a feature for businesses wanting to make customer communication easier, Click to Chat QR shortcodes resolved to https://wa.me along with a unique URL string. The unique string just happened to be the full phone number of the user.
https://www.theregister.com/2020/06/12/whatsapp_google_search_results_blunder/
Earlier Post - HERE
#WhatsApp #deletewhatsapp
An infosec researcher reckons Whatsapp was a bit too quick off the mark to blame its users when hundreds of thousands of phone numbers, names and profile pictures were found to be easily accessible via Google.
Athul Jayaram, a self-described “full time bug bounty hunter”, published a blog post earlier this week highlighting that a large number of Whatsapp users’ mobile numbers could easily be found by searching Google for the domain “wa.me”.
That domain formed part of Whatsapp’s Click to Chat function. If you, the owner of a Whatsapp account, fancied letting world+dog add you as a new chat contact rather than going through the tedious process of tapping their phone number into yours, digit by digit, you could generate a QR code (yes, one of those things 🤦♂️…) for them to do so.
Billed as a feature for businesses wanting to make customer communication easier, Click to Chat QR shortcodes resolved to https://wa.me along with a unique URL string. The unique string just happened to be the full phone number of the user.
https://www.theregister.com/2020/06/12/whatsapp_google_search_results_blunder/
Earlier Post - HERE
#WhatsApp #deletewhatsapp
The Register
Whatsapp blamed own users for failure to keep phone number repo off Google searches
This story also mentions QR codes for maximum facepalm effect
Chinese users saw Zoom as a window through the 'Great Firewall'
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-zoom-video-commn-privacy-china/chinese-users-saw-zoom-as-a-window-through-the-great-firewall-idUSKBN23J1TE
Zoom Video Communications (ZM.O) has gained a following in China in recent months from users ranging from underground churches to feminists who saw it as a rare way to connect with the world beyond the reach of state censors.
...
While most Chinese users turn to Zoom for conference calls and casual chats, some have seized the chance to discuss potentially sensitive topics, from patriotism to feminism.
Some state-approved and underground churches use Zoom to hold services.
“Zoom is not the only software, but we feel it’s rather more accessible,” said Xiao Meili, a feminist activist who held a Zoom talk in April on the #MeToo movement.
“Before, some friends recommended Tencent conference ... but everyone would feel like you shouldn’t say anything that’s slightly sensitive,” she said, referring to a tool offered by the Chinese tech giant behind WeChat.
#zoom #china #gov #censorship #why
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-zoom-video-commn-privacy-china/chinese-users-saw-zoom-as-a-window-through-the-great-firewall-idUSKBN23J1TE
Zoom Video Communications (ZM.O) has gained a following in China in recent months from users ranging from underground churches to feminists who saw it as a rare way to connect with the world beyond the reach of state censors.
...
While most Chinese users turn to Zoom for conference calls and casual chats, some have seized the chance to discuss potentially sensitive topics, from patriotism to feminism.
Some state-approved and underground churches use Zoom to hold services.
“Zoom is not the only software, but we feel it’s rather more accessible,” said Xiao Meili, a feminist activist who held a Zoom talk in April on the #MeToo movement.
“Before, some friends recommended Tencent conference ... but everyone would feel like you shouldn’t say anything that’s slightly sensitive,” she said, referring to a tool offered by the Chinese tech giant behind WeChat.
#zoom #china #gov #censorship #why
Reuters
Chinese users saw Zoom as a window through the 'Great Firewall'
BEIJING (Reuters) - Zoom Video Communications (ZM.O) has gained a following in China in recent months from users ranging from underground churches to feminists who saw it as a rare way to connect with the world beyond the reach of state censors.
NoGoolag
Chinese users saw Zoom as a window through the 'Great Firewall' https://www.reuters.com/article/us-zoom-video-commn-privacy-china/chinese-users-saw-zoom-as-a-window-through-the-great-firewall-idUSKBN23J1TE Zoom Video Communications (ZM.O) has gained a following…
Here's the thing: if it was a "window through the GFW" it would be blocked by now.
Since that's common knowledge amongst Chinese internet users, I can only assume this is the media overreacting as usual.
All services that are not blocked in China collaborate with the Chinese government in some way.
Since that's common knowledge amongst Chinese internet users, I can only assume this is the media overreacting as usual.
All services that are not blocked in China collaborate with the Chinese government in some way.
Who Is Bill Gates?
Transcript, Download and Sources:
corbettreport.com/gates
youtu.be/TY-vLrz9XCc
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invidious.snopyta.org/TY-vLrz9XCc
bitchute.com/video/TY-vLrz9XCc
lbry.tv/@corbettreport:0/whoisbillgates:3
minds.com/newsfeed/1118464696709025792
#ExposeBillGates #bill #gates
Transcript, Download and Sources:
corbettreport.com/gates
youtu.be/TY-vLrz9XCc
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invidious.snopyta.org/TY-vLrz9XCc
bitchute.com/video/TY-vLrz9XCc
lbry.tv/@corbettreport:0/whoisbillgates:3
minds.com/newsfeed/1118464696709025792
#ExposeBillGates #bill #gates
YouTube
Who Is Bill Gates? (Full Documentary, 2020)
TRANSCRIPT AND DOWNLOAD: https://www.corbettreport.com/gates/
Just in time for #ExposeBillGates Global Day of Action, The Corbett Report is releasing the full Who Is Bill Gates? documentary in a single upload. Please help to spread the word about this documentary…
Just in time for #ExposeBillGates Global Day of Action, The Corbett Report is releasing the full Who Is Bill Gates? documentary in a single upload. Please help to spread the word about this documentary…
