Google Got a VPN! - Surveillance Report 24

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Companies
https://www.engadget.com/google-one-vpn-191231627.html
https://www.zdnet.com/article/zoom-to-roll-out-end-to-end-encrypted-e2ee-calls/
https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-releases-chromium-based-edge-preview-for-linux/
https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/05/whatsapp-now-lets-you-post-disappearing-messages-which-go-away-after-7-days/
https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/ps4-players-furious-after-8-00-update-records-private-party-chats-1432578/

Research
https://www.zdnet.com/article/seven-mobile-browsers-vulnerable-to-address-bar-spoofing-attacks/
https://www.zdnet.com/article/heres-how-many-americans-still-secretly-use-their-exs-passwords/

Politics
https://www.zdnet.com/article/five-eyes-governments-india-and-japan-make-new-call-for-encryption-backdoors/
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/11/police-will-pilot-program-live-stream-amazon-ring-cameras
https://www.engadget.com/portland-maine-facial-recognition-ban-102520333.html
https://www.cnet.com/news/prop-24-passes-in-california-pushing-privacy-rights-to-the-forefront-again/
https://www.cnet.com/news/china-launches-high-tech-bird-drones-to-watch-over-its-citizens/

FOSS
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=KDE-Plasma-5.20-Released
https://www.winehq.org/announce/5.20
https://betanews.com/2020/10/15/how-to-install-windows-calculator-linux/
https://www.openbsd.org/68.html
https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/10/2020-10-23-RIAA.md
https://torrentfreak.com/riaas-youtube-dl-takedown-ticks-of-developers-and-githubs-ceo-201027/

Misfits
https://twitter.com/mshelton/status/1318303047647309824
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/22/trump-twitter-hacked-dutch-researcher-password
https://techcrunch.com/2020/10/27/trumps-campaign-website-hacked-by-cryptocurrency-scammers/
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/10/popular-chromium-ad-blockers-caught-stealing-user-data-and-accessing-accounts/
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