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international / sci-tech Sunday May 10, 2020 - 13:59 by 1 of indy
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Everyone is using Zoom these days from work conference calls to family chats and quizzes. It's the new shiny star of the Corona-virus era. It is a godsend to save us. Well it turns out it isn't. It's encryption is not true encryption and it just uses TLS which allows the Zoom corporation to intercept and decrypt video chats and other data. TLS is also used by WhatsApp which is owned by Microsoft, so that allows Microsoft to easily mine all the messages from the 1.5 billion or so users. This report on Zoom comes from the UK Tech Industry well known website TheReigster. Even though the report is from early April it is unlikely most people have been made aware of the full extent of the scandal. Since then Zoom have no doubt fixed some of the glaring security holes but it is highly likely they not want to stop getting the data they had access to, so it would be reasonable to assume they are still getting it by backdoor means and not transmitting it encrypted so that it will be far harder to uncover ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday May 10, 2020 - 12:57 by 1 of indy
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Since you won't find any useful news in the mainstream media other than stay indoors, this interview with whistleblowing ex-World Bank economist Peter Koenig and a real expert on China Jeff Brown who has lived there for many years and written extensively on it, are both interviewed in this podcast. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / economics and finance Friday May 08, 2020 - 20:58 by 1 of indy
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As another country ratifies the CETA trade agreement, the pressure will come on Ireland to do the same. The question that arises is where will the Greens stand on it as they ready themselves to get into power. Perhaps they will sell themselves out even before they get there. The countries that have ratified CETA are Austria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and now Luxembourg. ... read full story / add a comment |
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