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Companies TikTok https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/06/tiktok-us-ban-hong-kong-exit/ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/technology/tiktok-amazon-security-risk.html https://www.engadget.com/wells-fargo-tik-tok-ban-180217340.html

Signal https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pkyzek/signal-new-pin-feature-worries-cybersecurity-experts

Zoom https://thehackernews.com/2020/07/zoom-windows-security.html https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/zoom-fixes-zero-day-rce-bug-affecting-windows-7-more-updates-soon/

Brave https://alternativeto.net/news/2020/7/bug-in-the-latest-version-of-brave-causes-top-sites-on-home-page-to-not-clear-with-history/

Firefox https://www.zdnet.com/article/mozilla-suspends-firefox-send-service-while-it-addresses-malware-abuse/ https://twitter.com/lbherrera_/status/1280617786088329220

Clearview https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-09/australia-u-k-open-joint-investigation-into-clearview-ai

Research https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/09/smartwatch-hack-spoofed-alerts/ https://levelup.gitconnected.com/no-cookies-no-problem-using-etags-for-user-tracking-3e745544176b https://www.zdnet.com/article/more-pre-installed-malware-has-been-found-in-budget-us-smartphones/

Politics China https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/08/china-great-firewall-descends-hong-kong-internet-users https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/06/facebook-whatsapp-hong-kong-data/

US https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3azvey/police-buying-hacked-data-spycloud https://theintercept.com/2020/07/09/twitter-dataminr-police-spy-surveillance-black-lives-matter-protests/ https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/thousands-contracts-highlight-quiet-ties-between-big-tech-u-s-n1233171

France https://www.politico.eu/article/france-to-introduce-controversial-age-verification-system-for-adult-pornography-websites/

FOSS https://lwn.net/Articles/825602/

Misfits https://www.reddit.com/r/MicroG/comments/hpxl41/ceasing_development_on_microg/ https://gist.github.com/mar-v-in/ad8d220ea4220638c0e5861cf062e844 #surveillance #privacy #news