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Tencent helps Chinese students skip prohibitively low speeds for school websites overseas
Hundreds of thousands of Chinese students enrolled in overseas schools are stranded as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt life and airlines worldwide. Learning at home in China, they all face one challenge: Their school websites and other academic resources load excruciatingly slowly because all web traffic has to pass…
Read MoreAustralia sues Facebook over its use of Onavo to snoop
Yet more trouble brewing for Facebook: Australia’s Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is suing the tech giant over its use, in 2016 and 2017, of the Onavo VPN app to spy on users for commercial purposes. The ACCC’s case accuses Facebook of false, misleading or deceptive conduct toward thousands of…
Read MoreSeven Hong Kong VPN providers accused of exposing private user data
Many activists and privacy advocates turn to virtual private networks to keep their internet activity away from prying eyes, but it appears that some VPN providers might have put their customers at risk. VPNMentor reports (via The Register) that sens… Source
Read MoreWhat you need to know about COVID-19-related cyberattacks
Cyberattacks are intensifying in the United States and globally Ray Espinoza 7 hours Ray Espinoza Contributor Ray Espinoza is head of security at Cobalt.io. He’s the first line of defense, driving operational security and risk initiatives to fortify the company’s security posture and optimize security services for customers. The COVID-19…
Read MoreWhy Congress isn’t working remotely due to COVID-19
As COVID-19 forces much of America to work from home, the United States Congress — whose 535 members have an average age of 60 — is still operating from Capitol Hill. Why this population (deemed high-risk to the coronavirus) isn’t yet doing legislative business remotely comes down to process, tech…
Read MoreMaintain data security when staff is working from home
The coronavirus pandemic has left governments floundering, businesses unprepared and citizens scrambling for hand sanitizer like it’s worth its weight in gold. The sense of general unpreparedness has a lot of people on edge. Not surprising, since we’re on the edge of a global health emergency and it’s impossible to…
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