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Google location-tracking tactics troubled its own engineers.
Google’s own engineers were troubled by the way the company secretly tracked the movements of people who didn’t want to be followed until a 2018 Associated Press investigation uncovered the shadowy surveillance, according to unsealed documents in a consumer fraud case.
The behind-the-scenes peek stems from a three-month-old lawsuit against Google filed by Arizona’s attorney general. The files, unsealed late last week, reveal that Google knew it had a massive problem on its hands after an AP article published in August 2018 explained how the company continued to track users’ whereabouts even after they had disabled the feature Google called “location history.”
https://nypost.com/2020/08/27/google-location-tracking-tactics-troubled-its-own-engineers/
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Google’s own engineers were troubled by the way the company secretly tracked the movements of people who didn’t want to be followed until a 2018 Associated Press investigation uncovered the shadowy surveillance, according to unsealed documents in a consumer fraud case.
The behind-the-scenes peek stems from a three-month-old lawsuit against Google filed by Arizona’s attorney general. The files, unsealed late last week, reveal that Google knew it had a massive problem on its hands after an AP article published in August 2018 explained how the company continued to track users’ whereabouts even after they had disabled the feature Google called “location history.”
https://nypost.com/2020/08/27/google-location-tracking-tactics-troubled-its-own-engineers/
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Walmart is teaming up with Microsoft on TikTok bid
Walmart confirmed it's teaming up with Microsoft in a bid for TikTok.
TikTok is nearing an agreement to sell its U.S., Canadian, Australian and New Zealand operations in a deal that's likely to be in the $20 billion to $30 billion range, sources say.
In a statement, the big-box retailer said TikTok's integration of e-commerce and advertising "is a clear benefit to creators and users in those markets."
Walmart said it's teaming up with Microsoft in a bid for TikTok.
The retail giant confirmed to CNBC that it's interested in buying the popular short-form video application.
Walmart shares are up nearly 5% on the news.
TikTok's Beijing-based parent company, ByteDance, is nearing an agreement to sell its U.S., Canadian, Australian and New Zealand operations in a deal that's likely to be in the $20 billion to $30 billion range, sources say. It has not yet chosen a buyer, but could announce the deal in coming days, the sources say.
With Walmart's confirmation, it joins several others trying to acquire the tech company, including Oracle.
Walmart is pursuing the acquisition at a time when it's trying to better compete with Amazon. It plans to launch a membership program, called Walmart+, soon. The subscription-based service is the retailer's answer to Amazon Prime, which includes original TV shows and movies.
In a statement, the big-box retailer said TikTok's integration of e-commerce and advertising "is a clear benefit to creators and users in those markets." It did not say how it would use TikTok or whether it would be part of Walmart+.
"We believe a potential relationship with TikTok US in partnership with Microsoft could add this key functionality and provide Walmart with an important way for us to reach and serve omnichannel customers as well as grow our third-party marketplace and advertising businesses," it said. "We are confident that a Walmart and Microsoft partnership would meet both the expectations of US TikTok users while satisfying the concerns of US government regulators."
👀 👉🏼 https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/27/walmart-is-teaming-up-with-microsoft-on-tiktok-bid.html
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Walmart confirmed it's teaming up with Microsoft in a bid for TikTok.
TikTok is nearing an agreement to sell its U.S., Canadian, Australian and New Zealand operations in a deal that's likely to be in the $20 billion to $30 billion range, sources say.
In a statement, the big-box retailer said TikTok's integration of e-commerce and advertising "is a clear benefit to creators and users in those markets."
Walmart said it's teaming up with Microsoft in a bid for TikTok.
The retail giant confirmed to CNBC that it's interested in buying the popular short-form video application.
Walmart shares are up nearly 5% on the news.
TikTok's Beijing-based parent company, ByteDance, is nearing an agreement to sell its U.S., Canadian, Australian and New Zealand operations in a deal that's likely to be in the $20 billion to $30 billion range, sources say. It has not yet chosen a buyer, but could announce the deal in coming days, the sources say.
With Walmart's confirmation, it joins several others trying to acquire the tech company, including Oracle.
Walmart is pursuing the acquisition at a time when it's trying to better compete with Amazon. It plans to launch a membership program, called Walmart+, soon. The subscription-based service is the retailer's answer to Amazon Prime, which includes original TV shows and movies.
In a statement, the big-box retailer said TikTok's integration of e-commerce and advertising "is a clear benefit to creators and users in those markets." It did not say how it would use TikTok or whether it would be part of Walmart+.
"We believe a potential relationship with TikTok US in partnership with Microsoft could add this key functionality and provide Walmart with an important way for us to reach and serve omnichannel customers as well as grow our third-party marketplace and advertising businesses," it said. "We are confident that a Walmart and Microsoft partnership would meet both the expectations of US TikTok users while satisfying the concerns of US government regulators."
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CNBC
Walmart is teaming up with Microsoft on TikTok bid
Walmart said TikTok's integration of e-commerce and advertising "is a clear benefit to creators and users in those markets."
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What’s a Palantir? The Tech Industry’s Next Big I.P.O.
A tech start-up named for objects in “The Lord of the Rings” has become a major government contractor. But what it does is not easy to understand.
About a month before he became president, Donald J. Trump met with the leaders of the country’s top technology companies at Trump Tower in Manhattan.
The meeting included the chief executives of Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft and other household names like Tesla and Oracle. And then there was Alex Karp, chief executive of a company, called Palantir Technologies, that few outside Silicon Valley and government circles had heard of.
Palantir, the only privately held company represented in the room, had become a major player among government contractors. And, indicative of its growing prominence, one of its founders, the venture capitalist Peter Thiel, had supported Mr. Trump during the 2016 election and had helped set up the meeting.
Now, as Palantir prepares to go public in what could be the largest stock market listing of a tech start-up since Uber last year, many are wondering: What exactly does this influential but little-known company do?
Offering software — and, crucially, teams of engineers that customize the software — Palantir helps organizations make sense of vast amounts of data. It helps gather information from various sources like internet traffic and cellphone records and analyzes that information. It puts those disparate pieces together into something that makes sense to its users, like a visual display.
But it can take plenty of engineers and plenty of time to make Palantir’s technology work the way customers need it to. And that mix of technology and human muscle may lead to some confusion on Wall Street about how to value the company. Is Palantir a software company, which is traditionally a very profitable business, or is it a less-profitable consulting firm? Or is it both?
“For investors, it is a bit of a Rubik’s Cube,” said Daniel Ives, managing director of equity research at Wedbush Securities.
Palantir, which was founded in 2003, has long described its technology as ideal for tracking terrorists, often embracing an unconfirmed rumor that it helped locate Osama bin Laden. The name Palantir is a nod to spherical objects used in the “Lord of the Rings” books to see other parts of fictional Middle-earth.
💡 Funded in part by In-Q-Tel, the investment arm of the Central Intelligence Agency, the company built its flagship software technology, Gotham, with an eye toward use inside the C.I.A.
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A tech start-up named for objects in “The Lord of the Rings” has become a major government contractor. But what it does is not easy to understand.
About a month before he became president, Donald J. Trump met with the leaders of the country’s top technology companies at Trump Tower in Manhattan.
The meeting included the chief executives of Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft and other household names like Tesla and Oracle. And then there was Alex Karp, chief executive of a company, called Palantir Technologies, that few outside Silicon Valley and government circles had heard of.
Palantir, the only privately held company represented in the room, had become a major player among government contractors. And, indicative of its growing prominence, one of its founders, the venture capitalist Peter Thiel, had supported Mr. Trump during the 2016 election and had helped set up the meeting.
Now, as Palantir prepares to go public in what could be the largest stock market listing of a tech start-up since Uber last year, many are wondering: What exactly does this influential but little-known company do?
Offering software — and, crucially, teams of engineers that customize the software — Palantir helps organizations make sense of vast amounts of data. It helps gather information from various sources like internet traffic and cellphone records and analyzes that information. It puts those disparate pieces together into something that makes sense to its users, like a visual display.
But it can take plenty of engineers and plenty of time to make Palantir’s technology work the way customers need it to. And that mix of technology and human muscle may lead to some confusion on Wall Street about how to value the company. Is Palantir a software company, which is traditionally a very profitable business, or is it a less-profitable consulting firm? Or is it both?
“For investors, it is a bit of a Rubik’s Cube,” said Daniel Ives, managing director of equity research at Wedbush Securities.
Palantir, which was founded in 2003, has long described its technology as ideal for tracking terrorists, often embracing an unconfirmed rumor that it helped locate Osama bin Laden. The name Palantir is a nod to spherical objects used in the “Lord of the Rings” books to see other parts of fictional Middle-earth.
💡 Funded in part by In-Q-Tel, the investment arm of the Central Intelligence Agency, the company built its flagship software technology, Gotham, with an eye toward use inside the C.I.A.
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What’s a Palantir? The Tech Industry’s Next Big I.P.O. (Published 2020)
A tech start-up named for objects in “The Lord of the Rings” has become a major government contractor. But what it does is not easy to understand.
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What they do in the shadows - examining the far-right networks on Telegram
The present paper contributes to the research on the activities of far-right actors on social media by examining the interconnections between far-right actors and groups on Telegram platform using network analysis. The far-right network observed on Telegram is highly decentralized, similarly to the far-right networks found on other social media platforms. The network is divided mostly along the ideological and national lines, with the communities related to 4chan imageboard and Donald Trump’s supporters being the most influential.
The analysis of the network evolution shows that the start of its explosive growth coincides in time with the mass bans of the far-right actors on mainstream social media platforms. The observed patterns of network evolution suggest that the simultaneous migration of these actors to Telegram has allowed them to swiftly recreate their connections and gain prominence in the network thus casting doubt on the effectiveness of deplatforming for curbing the influence of far-right and other extremist actors.
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The present paper contributes to the research on the activities of far-right actors on social media by examining the interconnections between far-right actors and groups on Telegram platform using network analysis. The far-right network observed on Telegram is highly decentralized, similarly to the far-right networks found on other social media platforms. The network is divided mostly along the ideological and national lines, with the communities related to 4chan imageboard and Donald Trump’s supporters being the most influential.
The analysis of the network evolution shows that the start of its explosive growth coincides in time with the mass bans of the far-right actors on mainstream social media platforms. The observed patterns of network evolution suggest that the simultaneous migration of these actors to Telegram has allowed them to swiftly recreate their connections and gain prominence in the network thus casting doubt on the effectiveness of deplatforming for curbing the influence of far-right and other extremist actors.
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What they do in the shadows: examining the far-right networks on Telegram
The present paper contributes to the research on the activities of far-right actors on social media by examining the interconnections between far-right actors and groups on Telegram platform using ...
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So, these asses have been scraping telegram searching for users and groups and building a whole goddamn database containing thousands of records of people talking/connecting/being in groups (which goes against telegram's main premise).
They even admit that governments use them... Which is also something Durov doesn't approve of.
And they cannot even sanitize their input.
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They even admit that governments use them... Which is also something Durov doesn't approve of.
And they cannot even sanitize their input.
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Not Oke: Social media live streaming may be banned in Indonesia if court approves network’s broadcast judicial review
Want to start a live video stream on Instagram, Facebook, or YouTube? The very harmless act may require a permit if Indonesia’s Constitutional Court (MK) approves a judicial review on broadcast law filed by one of the country’s leading TV networks.
In May, RCTI and iNews, both of which are owned by the conglomerate MNC Group, filed a judicial review with MK demanding revisions to Law No. 32/2002 on Broadcast to make OTT media services like Netflix and YouTube be subject to the same regulations as traditional broadcast media.
In a virtual hearing yesterday, the Information and Communications Ministry (Kominfo) outlined a possible outrageous implication should the judicial review be granted.
https://coconuts.co/jakarta/news/not-oke-social-media-live-streaming-may-be-banned-in-indonesia-if-court-approves-networks-broadcast-judicial-review
#Asia #Indonesia #Jakarta #Live #Stream
Want to start a live video stream on Instagram, Facebook, or YouTube? The very harmless act may require a permit if Indonesia’s Constitutional Court (MK) approves a judicial review on broadcast law filed by one of the country’s leading TV networks.
In May, RCTI and iNews, both of which are owned by the conglomerate MNC Group, filed a judicial review with MK demanding revisions to Law No. 32/2002 on Broadcast to make OTT media services like Netflix and YouTube be subject to the same regulations as traditional broadcast media.
In a virtual hearing yesterday, the Information and Communications Ministry (Kominfo) outlined a possible outrageous implication should the judicial review be granted.
https://coconuts.co/jakarta/news/not-oke-social-media-live-streaming-may-be-banned-in-indonesia-if-court-approves-networks-broadcast-judicial-review
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Wait, Amazon's New Wearable Needs to See Me in My Underwear?
Amazon says your semi-nude pictures will be automatically deleted from its servers after 3D body images are rendered. In return, you'll get an accurate estimate of your body fat percentage.
To get the most out of Amazon’s new wearable wristband, you’ll need to send the company semi-nude pictures of yourself.
The Halo is a fitness tracker that promises to improve your health. But to fully enjoy the benefits, Amazon needs some personal data, including how much fat is on your body. The company could’ve just asked for your weight and height. However, the health experts behind Halo want to instead calculate your body fat percentage, citing it as a better indicator for health and longevity.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/wait-amazons-new-wearable-needs-to-see-me-in-my-underwear
#Amazon #Halo #wearable #devices #privacy
Amazon says your semi-nude pictures will be automatically deleted from its servers after 3D body images are rendered. In return, you'll get an accurate estimate of your body fat percentage.
To get the most out of Amazon’s new wearable wristband, you’ll need to send the company semi-nude pictures of yourself.
The Halo is a fitness tracker that promises to improve your health. But to fully enjoy the benefits, Amazon needs some personal data, including how much fat is on your body. The company could’ve just asked for your weight and height. However, the health experts behind Halo want to instead calculate your body fat percentage, citing it as a better indicator for health and longevity.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/wait-amazons-new-wearable-needs-to-see-me-in-my-underwear
#Amazon #Halo #wearable #devices #privacy
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Wait, Amazon's New Wearable Needs to See Me in My Underwear?
Amazon says your semi-nude pictures will be automatically deleted from its servers after 3D body images are rendered. In return, you'll get an accurate estimate of your body fat percentage.
Working from home was the dream but is it turning into a nightmare?
Back-to-back Zooms and employee surveillance apps have seen work invade the home in sinister ways
Remember when it was so exciting to be able to WFH – work from home? When your boss, instead of being grumpy and taking a grudging “well-if-you-must” attitude was suddenly insisting that you had to work remotely? And how refreshing that seemed at the beginning? No more dispiriting 90-minute commutes, for example. Suddenly, extra hours were added to your day. A better work-life balance beckoned, because we had developed a technological infrastructure that had made distance irrelevant. What was not to like?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/15/working-from-home-was-the-dream-but-is-it-turning-into-a-nightmare
#WFH #privacy #surveillance
Back-to-back Zooms and employee surveillance apps have seen work invade the home in sinister ways
Remember when it was so exciting to be able to WFH – work from home? When your boss, instead of being grumpy and taking a grudging “well-if-you-must” attitude was suddenly insisting that you had to work remotely? And how refreshing that seemed at the beginning? No more dispiriting 90-minute commutes, for example. Suddenly, extra hours were added to your day. A better work-life balance beckoned, because we had developed a technological infrastructure that had made distance irrelevant. What was not to like?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/15/working-from-home-was-the-dream-but-is-it-turning-into-a-nightmare
#WFH #privacy #surveillance
Ad trade groups say amended California consumer protection bill will ‘threaten online content and economy’
Advertising trade groups are condemning amendments to a California consumer protection bill, claiming the changes would “have a chilling effect on commercial speech, the availability of digital content, and online commerce during a time when the economy is already under significant strain.”
AB 3262, which seeks to hold “electronic retail marketplaces” to the same liability standards applied to brick-and-mortar retailers, has been the subject of opposition from Etsy, eBay’s public policy arm and industry groups who say existing law already protects consumers and that it will stifle small businesses that sell products online. Lawmakers on Monday amended the bill to include online marketplaces that profit off advertising fees collected by merchants.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/27/ad-trade-groups-decry-amendments-to-ca-consumer-protection-bill.html
#US #California #consumer #protection #bill
Advertising trade groups are condemning amendments to a California consumer protection bill, claiming the changes would “have a chilling effect on commercial speech, the availability of digital content, and online commerce during a time when the economy is already under significant strain.”
AB 3262, which seeks to hold “electronic retail marketplaces” to the same liability standards applied to brick-and-mortar retailers, has been the subject of opposition from Etsy, eBay’s public policy arm and industry groups who say existing law already protects consumers and that it will stifle small businesses that sell products online. Lawmakers on Monday amended the bill to include online marketplaces that profit off advertising fees collected by merchants.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/27/ad-trade-groups-decry-amendments-to-ca-consumer-protection-bill.html
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Ad trade groups say amended California consumer protection bill will 'threaten online content and economy'
Advertising trade groups are condemning amendments to a California consumer protection bill, claiming it would "have a chilling effect on commercial speech, the availability of digital content, and online commerce."
Etsy CEO says Amazon is trying to ‘wipe out its competitors’ by backing California consumer protection bill
Etsy CEO Josh Silverman on Tuesday accused Amazon of “taking bold steps to wipe out its competitors” by backing a new California consumer protection bill.
Amazon on Friday broke away from its peers when it voiced conditional support for the bill, AB 3262, which seeks to hold “electronic retail marketplaces” to the same liability standards applied to brick-and-mortar retailers. The bill has garnered opposition from Etsy, EBay’s public policy arm and a slew of industry groups who say existing law already protects consumers and that it will stifle small businesses that sell products online.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/25/etsy-amazon-trying-to-squash-competitors-by-backing-california-bill.html
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Etsy CEO Josh Silverman on Tuesday accused Amazon of “taking bold steps to wipe out its competitors” by backing a new California consumer protection bill.
Amazon on Friday broke away from its peers when it voiced conditional support for the bill, AB 3262, which seeks to hold “electronic retail marketplaces” to the same liability standards applied to brick-and-mortar retailers. The bill has garnered opposition from Etsy, EBay’s public policy arm and a slew of industry groups who say existing law already protects consumers and that it will stifle small businesses that sell products online.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/25/etsy-amazon-trying-to-squash-competitors-by-backing-california-bill.html
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Google and Apple to roll out phase two of contact-tracing system
Operating system update will allow opt-in to coronavirus exposure notifications without need of an app
Apple and Google are preparing to roll out phase two of their Covid-19 contact-tracing system, allowing users to receive notifications about their exposure to infectious people without needing to install a specific app.
But the system will still not fully work in Britain until the UK government releases its own contact-tracing app – currently being trialled in the Isle of Wight and the London borough of Newham – nationally.
The basics of the “exposure notification” system were built into iPhones and Android devices in May. Users who have downloaded an app made by a public health authority can opt in to a decentralised tracking system. Their phones record details of other devices they have been near, and if one of those users later marks themselves as infectious, exposed individuals receive a notification.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/aug/27/google-and-apple-to-roll-out-phase-two-of-contact-tracing-system
#Apple #Google #coronavirus #COVID19 #contact #tracing
Operating system update will allow opt-in to coronavirus exposure notifications without need of an app
Apple and Google are preparing to roll out phase two of their Covid-19 contact-tracing system, allowing users to receive notifications about their exposure to infectious people without needing to install a specific app.
But the system will still not fully work in Britain until the UK government releases its own contact-tracing app – currently being trialled in the Isle of Wight and the London borough of Newham – nationally.
The basics of the “exposure notification” system were built into iPhones and Android devices in May. Users who have downloaded an app made by a public health authority can opt in to a decentralised tracking system. Their phones record details of other devices they have been near, and if one of those users later marks themselves as infectious, exposed individuals receive a notification.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/aug/27/google-and-apple-to-roll-out-phase-two-of-contact-tracing-system
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Google and Apple to roll out phase two of contact-tracing system
Operating system update will allow opt-in to coronavirus exposure notifications without need of an app
Chinese city regulators suspend Didi's new ride-hailing service
BEIJING (Reuters) - Local city regulators in China have asked Didi Chuxing to suspend its new standalone ride-hailing service, citing a lack of operating licenses for the platform in their regions.
Didi, China’s biggest ride-hailing company and backed by Japan’s SoftBank, in July launched a new service named “Huaxiaozhu” that targets younger customers and offers cheaper rides compared to its main app.
The eastern city of Hefei said on Wednesday on its website it has asked Huaxiaozhu to stop operating in the city as it did not obtain all the required licenses to offer ride hailing service.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-didi-chuxing-china/chinese-city-regulators-suspend-didis-new-ride-hailing-service-idUSKBN25N0TO
#Asia #China #DiDi #ride #hail
BEIJING (Reuters) - Local city regulators in China have asked Didi Chuxing to suspend its new standalone ride-hailing service, citing a lack of operating licenses for the platform in their regions.
Didi, China’s biggest ride-hailing company and backed by Japan’s SoftBank, in July launched a new service named “Huaxiaozhu” that targets younger customers and offers cheaper rides compared to its main app.
The eastern city of Hefei said on Wednesday on its website it has asked Huaxiaozhu to stop operating in the city as it did not obtain all the required licenses to offer ride hailing service.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-didi-chuxing-china/chinese-city-regulators-suspend-didis-new-ride-hailing-service-idUSKBN25N0TO
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Countries around the world are using border surveillance systems against their own citizens
Hamdi was just an infant when his relatives first brought him to the Dadaab refugee camp in north-eastern Kenya to be registered as a refugee – despite the fact he was a Kenyan citizen. Like many ethnic Somali citizens of Kenya living in the vicinity of the camp, they were drawn to the prospect of obtaining food aid for their family.
Since the outbreak of the Somali civil war in the early 1990s, north-eastern Kenya has experienced periodic droughts, propelling many Kenyan Somalis to slip into the refugee system. At Dadaab, they could access free education, food and medical services that, as citizens of one of the country’s most neglected and marginalised regions, were often out of their reach.
https://theconversation.com/countries-around-the-world-are-using-border-surveillance-systems-against-their-own-citizens-144399
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Hamdi was just an infant when his relatives first brought him to the Dadaab refugee camp in north-eastern Kenya to be registered as a refugee – despite the fact he was a Kenyan citizen. Like many ethnic Somali citizens of Kenya living in the vicinity of the camp, they were drawn to the prospect of obtaining food aid for their family.
Since the outbreak of the Somali civil war in the early 1990s, north-eastern Kenya has experienced periodic droughts, propelling many Kenyan Somalis to slip into the refugee system. At Dadaab, they could access free education, food and medical services that, as citizens of one of the country’s most neglected and marginalised regions, were often out of their reach.
https://theconversation.com/countries-around-the-world-are-using-border-surveillance-systems-against-their-own-citizens-144399
#surveillance
Apple blocks Facebook update that called out 30-percent App Store ‘tax’
Facebook is ‘still working to make that information available’
Apple blocked Facebook from informing users that Apple would collect 30 percent of in-app purchases made through a planned new feature, Facebook tells Reuters. Apple said the update violated an App Store rule that doesn’t let developers show “irrelevant” information to users.
The feature lets Facebook users buy tickets for online events directly through the app. Apple’s rules say that purchases of digital content have to use the App Store’s payments system, giving Apple 30 percent of the total. Facebook says it asked Apple to waive this fee so that all of the revenue could go to event organizers, but Apple refused. The feature is now available, but without the message about Apple’s 30-percent cut.
https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/28/21405140/apple-rejects-facebook-update-30-percent-cut
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Facebook is ‘still working to make that information available’
Apple blocked Facebook from informing users that Apple would collect 30 percent of in-app purchases made through a planned new feature, Facebook tells Reuters. Apple said the update violated an App Store rule that doesn’t let developers show “irrelevant” information to users.
The feature lets Facebook users buy tickets for online events directly through the app. Apple’s rules say that purchases of digital content have to use the App Store’s payments system, giving Apple 30 percent of the total. Facebook says it asked Apple to waive this fee so that all of the revenue could go to event organizers, but Apple refused. The feature is now available, but without the message about Apple’s 30-percent cut.
https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/28/21405140/apple-rejects-facebook-update-30-percent-cut
#Apple #Facebook
The Lesson We’re Learning From TikTok? It’s All About Our Data
We should minimize how much we share with all of our favorite and not-so-favorite apps. Here’s how.
Is TikTok, the Chinese-owned social network that is used mostly by teenagers to post dance videos, a national security threat?
It depends on whom you ask.
President Trump has said it is and has threatened to ban the app in the United States. But security experts are more hesitant to draw conclusions. While there is no direct evidence that TikTok has done anything malicious with people’s data, sharing information could be fundamentally less safe with a company that might allow the Chinese authorities to intercept it.
So I asked two companies that offer mobile security products to take a close look at TikTok’s app to see what they could glean about it. They had very different takes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/26/technology/personaltech/tiktok-data-apps.html
#TikTok #privacy
We should minimize how much we share with all of our favorite and not-so-favorite apps. Here’s how.
Is TikTok, the Chinese-owned social network that is used mostly by teenagers to post dance videos, a national security threat?
It depends on whom you ask.
President Trump has said it is and has threatened to ban the app in the United States. But security experts are more hesitant to draw conclusions. While there is no direct evidence that TikTok has done anything malicious with people’s data, sharing information could be fundamentally less safe with a company that might allow the Chinese authorities to intercept it.
So I asked two companies that offer mobile security products to take a close look at TikTok’s app to see what they could glean about it. They had very different takes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/26/technology/personaltech/tiktok-data-apps.html
#TikTok #privacy
Elon Musk confirms Russian hacking plot targeted Tesla factory
A Russian hacker tried to recruit a Tesla employee working for the company's factory in Sparks, Nevada.
Earlier this week, US authorities arrested and charged a Russian national for traveling to the US to recruit and convince an employee of a Nevada company to install malware on their employer's network in exchange for $1 million.
While no court indictment named the targeted company, several news outlets specialized in covering the electric cars scene speculated today that the attack had very likely targeted US carmaker Tesla, which operates a mega-factory in Sparks, a town near Reno, Nevada.
While Tesla had not returned requests for comment on the topic, in a tweet earlier today, Tesla CEO Elon Musk officially confirmed that the hacking plot did, indeed, target his company.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/elon-musk-confirms-russian-hacking-plot-targeted-tesla-factory/
#US #Nevada #Tesla #factory
A Russian hacker tried to recruit a Tesla employee working for the company's factory in Sparks, Nevada.
Earlier this week, US authorities arrested and charged a Russian national for traveling to the US to recruit and convince an employee of a Nevada company to install malware on their employer's network in exchange for $1 million.
While no court indictment named the targeted company, several news outlets specialized in covering the electric cars scene speculated today that the attack had very likely targeted US carmaker Tesla, which operates a mega-factory in Sparks, a town near Reno, Nevada.
While Tesla had not returned requests for comment on the topic, in a tweet earlier today, Tesla CEO Elon Musk officially confirmed that the hacking plot did, indeed, target his company.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/elon-musk-confirms-russian-hacking-plot-targeted-tesla-factory/
#US #Nevada #Tesla #factory
The Unity Distribution Portal helps developers launch Android games on alternative app stores
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While the Google Play Store is the biggest mobile game market on Android, there are several other third-party app stores where developers can publish their games.
By publishing their games on these third-party app stores, developers can multiply their revenue manyfold but every app store has its own set of requirements, and publishing on multiple platforms could prove to be a daunting task for developers with small teams. This is where the Unity Distribution Portal comes in.
In case you’re an Android game developer, the Unity Distribution Portal (UDP) can help you easily publish your games on alternative app stores with just one build managed from a single dashboard.
https://www.xda-developers.com/unity-distribution-portal-helps-developers-launch-games-alternative-app-stores/
#Android #alternative #appstores
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While the Google Play Store is the biggest mobile game market on Android, there are several other third-party app stores where developers can publish their games.
By publishing their games on these third-party app stores, developers can multiply their revenue manyfold but every app store has its own set of requirements, and publishing on multiple platforms could prove to be a daunting task for developers with small teams. This is where the Unity Distribution Portal comes in.
In case you’re an Android game developer, the Unity Distribution Portal (UDP) can help you easily publish your games on alternative app stores with just one build managed from a single dashboard.
https://www.xda-developers.com/unity-distribution-portal-helps-developers-launch-games-alternative-app-stores/
#Android #alternative #appstores
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One of the biggest online piracy groups in the world taken down
On 25 August, an alleged criminal network of copyright infringing hackers, mainly responsible for pirating movies and hosting illegal digital content worldwide was dismantled in a coordinated action between US authorities and their counterparts in 18 countries around the world, with Europol and Eurojust support. Sixty servers were taken down in North America, Europe and Asia and several of the main suspects were arrested.
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The Sparks Group obtained DVDs and Blu-ray discs of unreleased content and compromised the copyright protections on the discs to reproduce and upload the content publically to online servers. It is believed that the piracy group, under investigation since September 2016, had successfully reproduced and disseminated hundreds of movies and TV programmes prior to their retail release date, including nearly every movie released by major production studios in the US. The Sparks Group has caused tens of millions of US dollars in losses to film production studios, mainly to the US movie, television, and supporting industries, from the copyright infringement.
👀 👉🏼 https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/one-of-biggest-online-piracy-groups-in-world-taken-down
👀 👉🏼 https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/acting-us-attorney-announces-federal-charges-and-international-operation-dismantle-0
👀 👉🏼 🇩🇪 https://www.golem.de/news/sparks-eine-der-wichtigsten-release-groups-zerschlagen-2008-150546.html
#sparks #online #piracy #raid #takedown #europol
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On 25 August, an alleged criminal network of copyright infringing hackers, mainly responsible for pirating movies and hosting illegal digital content worldwide was dismantled in a coordinated action between US authorities and their counterparts in 18 countries around the world, with Europol and Eurojust support. Sixty servers were taken down in North America, Europe and Asia and several of the main suspects were arrested.
Streamed prior to release
The Sparks Group obtained DVDs and Blu-ray discs of unreleased content and compromised the copyright protections on the discs to reproduce and upload the content publically to online servers. It is believed that the piracy group, under investigation since September 2016, had successfully reproduced and disseminated hundreds of movies and TV programmes prior to their retail release date, including nearly every movie released by major production studios in the US. The Sparks Group has caused tens of millions of US dollars in losses to film production studios, mainly to the US movie, television, and supporting industries, from the copyright infringement.
👀 👉🏼 https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/one-of-biggest-online-piracy-groups-in-world-taken-down
👀 👉🏼 https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/acting-us-attorney-announces-federal-charges-and-international-operation-dismantle-0
👀 👉🏼 🇩🇪 https://www.golem.de/news/sparks-eine-der-wichtigsten-release-groups-zerschlagen-2008-150546.html
#sparks #online #piracy #raid #takedown #europol
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One of the biggest online piracy groups in the world taken down | Europol
On 25 August, an alleged criminal network of copyright infringing hackers, mainly responsible for pirating movies and hosting illegal digital content worldwide was dismantled in a coordinated action between US authorities and their counterparts in 18 countries…
Kyle Rittenhouse fundraiser shutdown [for good] by GoFundMe
The campaign was to raise funds for his self-defense legal case.
Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old, has recently been charged with the killing two men during violent riots in Wisconsin. The father of the accused, Tom Rittenhouse, had started a fundraiser campaign on GoFundMe to provide legal counsel for his son.
“Please help me save our son Kyle! He did nothing wrong, he is being railroaded by the state,” read the preview of the fundraiser for Rittenhouse.
Video of the incident has led many to conclude that Rittenhouse acted in self-defense during the incident.
https://reclaimthenet.org/kyle-rittenhouse-gofundme-shut-down/
#US #GoFundMe
The campaign was to raise funds for his self-defense legal case.
Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old, has recently been charged with the killing two men during violent riots in Wisconsin. The father of the accused, Tom Rittenhouse, had started a fundraiser campaign on GoFundMe to provide legal counsel for his son.
“Please help me save our son Kyle! He did nothing wrong, he is being railroaded by the state,” read the preview of the fundraiser for Rittenhouse.
Video of the incident has led many to conclude that Rittenhouse acted in self-defense during the incident.
https://reclaimthenet.org/kyle-rittenhouse-gofundme-shut-down/
#US #GoFundMe
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Kyle Rittenhouse fundraiser shutdown by GoFundMe
The campaign was to raise funds for his self-defense legal case.
Facebook chose not to act on militia complaints before Kenosha shooting
Multiple users reported the account for inciting violence, but were told it did not violate platform policy
In the wake of an apparent double murder Tuesday night in Kenosha, Facebook has faced a wave of scrutiny over posts by a self-proclaimed militia group called Kenosha Guard, which issued a “call to arms” to in advance of the protest.
Facebook took down Kenosha Guard’s Facebook page Wednesday morning, identifying the posts as violating community standards. But while the accounts were ultimately removed, new evidence suggests the platform had ample warning about the account before the shooting brought the group to prominence.
https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/26/21403004/facebook-kenosha-militia-groups-shooting-blm-protest
#US #Facebook #Kenosha #militia #group
Multiple users reported the account for inciting violence, but were told it did not violate platform policy
In the wake of an apparent double murder Tuesday night in Kenosha, Facebook has faced a wave of scrutiny over posts by a self-proclaimed militia group called Kenosha Guard, which issued a “call to arms” to in advance of the protest.
Facebook took down Kenosha Guard’s Facebook page Wednesday morning, identifying the posts as violating community standards. But while the accounts were ultimately removed, new evidence suggests the platform had ample warning about the account before the shooting brought the group to prominence.
https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/26/21403004/facebook-kenosha-militia-groups-shooting-blm-protest
#US #Facebook #Kenosha #militia #group