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China hack attacks on US continue despite commercial spying pact

China hack attacks on US continue despite commercial spying pact If this surprises you, I’ve got a real-life, fully functional totally Back to the Future hoverboard to sell you…

China-Tied Hackers That Hit U.S. Said to Breach United Airlines

China-Tied Hackers That Hit U.S. Said to Breach United Airlines This is starting to look like a concerted effort to gather a specific data set for some sort of coordinated use: The previously unreported United breach raises the possibility that the hackers now have data on the movements of millions …

A Day In The Life Of An iPhone Factory Worker

A Day In The Life Of An iPhone Factory WorkerThis is something everyone should read. Apple isn’t the only company benefiting from working conditions like this, and that makes it worse, not better. The dominant press narrative is that Apple is profiting from the misery of toiling foreign workers. The …

China is very serious about cyberespionage

China is very serious about cyberespionageGoogle apologists like myself often answer concerns that the search-and-advertising giant can scan your email with something like “yes, but they’re doing it with robots and scrubbing it clean of all identifying information.” China, however, is not so …

White House review: no active spying by Huawei

White House review: no active spying by HuaweiJoseph Menn, quoting an anonymous source for Reuters: We knew certain parts of government really wanted” evidence of active spying, said one of the people, who requested anonymity. “We would have found it if it were there. I don’t know enough about …