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https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/federal-court-rules-suspicionless-searches-travelers-phones-and-laptops

GOVERNMENT MUST HAVE REASONABLE SUSPICION OF DIGITAL CONTRABAND BEFORE SEARCHING ELECTRONIC DEVICES AT THE U.S. BORDER

https://www.wired.com/story/ubers-self-driving-car-didnt-know-pedestrians-could-jaywalk/

was not designed to detect pedestrians outside of a crosswalk

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/11/05/inside-tiktok-culture-clash-where-us-views-about-censorship-often-were-overridden-by-chinese-bosses/

former employees who worked in the company’s U.S. offices as recently as this spring said they were instructed to follow rules set by managers at ByteDance’s Beijing headquarters, such as demoting and removing content related to social and political topics, including those censored by the Chinese government

https://www.cnet.com/news/no-one-should-buy-the-facebook-portal-tv/

solidly performing, decently priced device that just isn’t suited for anyone because of the privacy concerns and increasingly alarming issues plaguing the social networking site

https://signal.supchina.com/all-the-international-brands-that-have-apologized-to-china/

to maintain their market access in China in recent years. Plus, a record of the even more widespread phenomenon of self-censorship for the Chinese market.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/04/business/secret-consumer-score-access.html

the fact that obscure companies are accumulating information about years of our online and offline behavior is unsettling, and at a minimum it creates the potential for abuse or discrimination

https://m.signalvnoise.com/back-to-windows-after-twenty-years/

https://www.zdnet.com/article/security-researcher-gets-access-to-all-furrytail-pet-feeders-around-the-world/

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/10/indian-nuclear-power-company-confirms-north-korean-malware-attack/

After initial denial, company says report of “malware in system” is correct

https://nrkbeta.no/2019/10/28/ti-ting-du-bor-vite-om-russisk-pavirkning-av-politikk-i-europa/

https://www.coindesk.com/china-wants-communist-party-members-to-pledge-loyalty-on-blockchain

https://mjtsai.com/blog/2019/10/25/hkmap-live-removed-from-the-app-store/

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/oct/24/tiktok-foreign-interference-chuck-schumer-tom-cotton

TikTok reportedly censors materials deemed politically sensitive to the Chinese Communist party, including content related to the recent Hong Kong protests, as well as references to Tiananmen Square, Tibetan and Taiwanese independence, and the treatment of the Uighurs.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/22/technology/china-hackers-ethnic-minorities.html

showing a new determination by Beijing to push its surveillance state beyond its borders.

https://nrkbeta.no/2019/10/22/nyttige-idioter-og-medlopere-slik-virker-russiske-pavirkningsoperasjoner/

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/10/22/japanese_hotel_chain_sorry_that_bedside_robots_may_have_watched_guests

Japanese hotel chain HIS Group has apologised for ignoring warnings that its in-room robots were hackable to allow pervs to remotely view video footage from the devices.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/10/alexa-and-google-home-abused-to-eavesdrop-and-phish-passwords/

By now, the privacy threats posed by Amazon Alexa and Google Home are common knowledge. Workers for both companies routinely listen to audio of users—recordings of which can be kept forever—and the sounds the devices capture can be used in criminal trials.

Now, there’s a new concern: malicious apps developed by third parties and hosted by Amazon or Google.

https://www.sciencealert.com/carbon-nanotubes-chip-is-a-nanotechn-landmark-that-could-take-us-beyond-silicon

In this new study, researchers used rolled up sheets of carbon, each a single atom thick, to form 14,000 carbon nanotube field-effect transistors (CNFETs)

https://www.thedailybeast.com/blizzard-employees-staged-a-walkout-to-protest-banned-pro-hong-kong-gamer

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/laurenstrapagiel/blizzard-boycott-hong-kong

people who play Blizzard games have started a boycott movement over what’s being called a cowardly act of censorship in favor of the Chinese government.