Tim Cushing reports: It’s amazing what effect a little public scrutiny has on government overreach. In the wake of inauguration day protests, the DOJ started fishing for information from internet service providers. First, it wanted info on all 1.2 million visitors of a protest website hosted by DreamHost. After a few months of bad publicity…
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How Facebook Outs Sex Workers
Perhaps someone at Gizmodo thought this would be a great attention-getter of a headline. And maybe they’re right as far as that goes, but this is not about Facebook outing sex workers. It’s about Facebook being able to make connections – and expose connections – that perhaps you do not want made or exposed. Kashmir…
WeChat confirms that it makes all private user data available to the Chinese government
Moneycontrol reports: WeChat has confirmed what has been rumoured all along i.e. it gives all user information to the Chinese government. The popular app in a privacy statement is now informing the users that virtually all the private user information will be disclosed to the authorities. WeChat, owned by the Chinese firm Tencent, is a…
Trump supporters dig up personal information on thousands of Trump opponents
Ali Breland reports: Supporters of President Trump have compiled a list containing personal information on thousands of people they believe are either opposed to Trump or associated with left-wing “anti-fascist” or “antifa” groups. The list, reported by BuzzFeed, has been circulated and added to on the internet since at least April. The list, which began on 4Chan’s controversial /Pol/ board as…