espionage
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Student Monitoring Companies Are Using Fake Answer Sites to Snitch on Test Takers
Online test takers around the country are reportedly getting tricked into using fake answer sites surreptitiously snitching on them to universities, a sneaky practice some education advocates claim amounts to entrapment. In one case, prolific remote proctoring company Honorlock reportedly had around 12 of these “seed sites” linked to its service, with five still active.
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The FBI Reportedly Considered Buying Spyware That Could Hack Any Phone in the U.S.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation spent two years considering whether it should procure a clandestine commercial spyware tool that could reportedly hack any phone within the United States, according to an investigation by New York Times Magazine.
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Chinese State Media Releases Video Mocking Western Fears of Huawei
Chinese state media outlet Xinhua released an English-language parody video on Tuesday taking aim at U.S. and British fears about tech giant Huawei. And it’s one of those things that’s both extremely awkward and incredibly fascinating.
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Meta Boots 6 Private Spy Firms Off Its Platforms, Including the One Hired by Harvey Weinstein
A purge of creeps from some of the web’s most widely used social media platforms has just taken place — a welcome turn-of-events for some 50,000 people who may have been targeted, not to mention the rest of us.