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July 31, 2018

Facial recognition to be deployed by police across London, sparking human rights concerns | The Independent

The Independent on the scene as police trial controversial new technology

Why Vietnam is quitting Facebook | Asia Times

Activists, dissidents and writers are gravitating to other social media platforms as Facebook appears to acquiesce to government censorship demands

Some Amazon Reviews Are Too Good To Be Believed. They're Paid For : NPR
Russian Hackers Reach U.S. Utility Control Rooms, Homeland Security Officials Say - WSJ

Hackers working for Russia claimed “hundreds of victims” last year in a long-running campaign that put them inside the control rooms of U.S. electric utilities where they could have caused blackouts, federal officials said.

Amazon Dark Patterns - Censuring Unhappy Customers

In which I attempt to leave honest, critical reviews of products and am eventually not allowed, yet bots and fake reviews are everywhere.

Troy Hunt: Here's Why Your Static Website Needs HTTPS

It was Jan last year that I suggested HTTPS adoption had passed the "tipping point", that is, it had passed the moment of critical mass and as I said at the time, "will very shortly become the norm". Since that time, the percentage of web pages

Google: Security Keys Neutralized Employee Phishing — Krebs on Security
Security Begins at the Home Router