News & Articles By Michael Alexander
12/05/2020
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By Michael Alexander
Beware “smart spies:” Google and Amazon products can be hacked and used to eavesdrop on users or steal data, warn researchers
Your “smart” home devices and home assistants can be used to spy on you, a digital security think tank has warned users. Experts at Security Research Lab were able to easily bypass the defenses of two major smart speaker companies during a test of these companies’ security practices. Researchers used fake apps to get users data Security Research […]
08/17/2020
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By Michael Alexander
“Impartial” Facebook oversight board filled with socialists and Marxists
Despite boasting about its purported diversity and inclusivity, the vast majority of Facebook’s “independent oversight board” – a body that has the authority to allow or remove content from the social media platform – have been found to have ties to hedge fund manager and liberal philanthropist George Soros, a new report says. According to […]
08/03/2020
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By Michael Alexander
American companies called out for selling technology to “anti-Christian” Beijing
American companies should stop supplying technology to Beijing, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) said, noting the Chinese government’s hardline stance on religious and cultural expression. “Tech companies need to remember that they are American tech companies. And they should be sensitive to the values that we stand for,” USCIRF Commissioner Gary Bauer said […]
07/28/2020
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By Michael Alexander
DOJ indicts two Chinese hackers, says Beijing now targeting COVID-19 research
The Department of Justice has indicted two Chinese nationals over their role in what the agency has called a “decade-long cyber espionage campaign” that targeted defense contractors, COVID researchers and hundreds of other companies in more than 11 countries, including the U.S. “The defendants stole hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of trade secrets, intellectual property, […]
07/20/2020
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By Michael Alexander
Report: Chinese spy recruitment hub LinkedIn guilty of accessing private data
American business and employment-oriented social media platform LinkedIn is currently in hot water over allegations that its iPhone application read and diverted its users’ content, some of which may be deemed sensitive. The California-based network, a Reuters report said, is now facing charges filed by Apple user Adam Bauer, at the San Francisco Federal Court. […]
07/05/2020
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By Michael Alexander
A Communist takeover? Chinese military researcher admits stealing data, layouts from US university
A Chinese medical scientist who spent a year on a fellowship in San Francisco has been arrested and charged with visa fraud, federal prosecutors announced Thursday. The scientist, Xin Wang, 36, was charged with one count of visa fraud for failing to disclose on his visa application that he is an active-duty member of China’s […]
06/28/2020
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By Michael Alexander
Big Brother caught watching: Norway pulls coronavirus contact tracing app due to privacy issues
Norway is halting the use of an app designed to help trace the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus after the country’s data protection agency warned that the app did not effectively protect users’ privacy. According to the Norwegian Data Protection Authority (Datatilsynet), the app, known as Smittenstop — Norwegian for “Infection stop” — was shown to collect “large amounts […]
05/31/2020
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By Michael Alexander
Trump slams Twitter, signs order for new Internet, social media regulations
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing federal agencies to develop new regulations under an existing law that protects social media companies from being sued for user content. The regulations are aimed to protect users from unfair or deceptive content restriction practices that may be employed by these companies. The order, signed by […]
05/25/2020
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By Michael Alexander
There’s blood on your phone: Tech giants linked to “slave labor” in Chinese factories
The smartphone you are using may be a product of forced labor and modern-day slavery, according to a report by the think tank Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI). The report, released on March 1, details how several thousand ethnic Muslims from China’s Xinjiang region are forced into modern-day slave labor in a network of factories — […]
05/06/2020
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By Michael Alexander
Tech in the time of coronavirus: Artist designs masks that can UNLOCK smartphones using facial recognition technology
As the saying goes, desperate times call for desperate measures. If you’ve ever struggled with unlocking your phone when you have a protective face mask on, don’t worry – designer Danielle Baskin is currently developing the kind of gear she thinks you might need. The gear in question? Resting Risk Face, a series of contoured […]
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