Level1 Patreon News: November 4 2019 (Patreon)

Level1 News November 4 2019: Patron Edition

1:05 - ACLU sues FBI, DOJ over facial-recognition technology, criticizing ‘unprecedented’ surveillance and secrecy 2:26 - US Court Shields Internet Subscribers From Futile Piracy Complaints 4:43 - The FTC fosters fake reviews, its own commissioners say 7:44 - Booker introduces bill banning facial recognition tech in public housing 8:59 - Alexa, is he guilty of murder? Amazon device may have heard slaying, cops say 10:44 - Comcast Touts Privacy Policy While Reportedly Fighting Google's Encryption Plans 13:15 - Air Force X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth after 780-day mission 14:41 - Sidewalk Labs document reveals company’s early vision for data collection, tax powers, criminal justice 16:22 - Netflix Expands Into a World Full of Censors 20:20 - Spain and GitHub Are Blocking an App That Helped Protesters Organize 22:13 - Text editor releases ‘Free Uyghur’ edition, gets swamped with Chinese spam 24:15 - US Interior Department to ground its drones over Chinese spying risk 25:42 - FCC Targets China’s Huawei and ZTE 27:44 - China to Funnel $29 Billion Towards its Chip Ambitions 30:18 - Adobe gets U.S. license to operate in Venezuela despite sanctions 31:28 - Australia wants to use face recognition for porn age verification 32:56 - Russia's controversial sovereign internet law goes into force 34:24 - Government officials around the globe targeted for hacking through WhatsApp 36:04 - Facebook deletes the accounts of NSO Group workers 37:33 - Zuckerberg doubles down on Facebook political ads policy after Twitter ban 40:05 - Facebook agrees to pay Cambridge Analytica fine to UK 40:49 - Facebook alters video to make people invisible to facial recognition 43:46 - Facebook sues domain name registrar over cybersquatting addresses 45:13 - Exclusive: U.S. opens national security investigation into TikTok 47:00 - Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Says Company Will Stop Accepting Political Ads 48:52 - Man Sues Twitter For $1 Billion Claiming His Account's Suspension Violated His Right To Worship President Trump As A Demigod 51:03 - Why a top content moderation company quit the business instead of fixing its problems 53:48 - Black Salve Is A Dangerous Fake Cancer Cure, But Facebook Groups It To Flourish 55:25 - Facebook, Instagram to censor ‘horny’ eggplant and peach emojis 58:16 - China Launches Blockchain Propaganda App That Measures Communist Party Loyalty 59:20 - BlizzCon Protest: Dozens Gather Outside Activision Blizzard Event 1:00:00 - Blizzard says ‘we failed in our purpose’ after Hearthstone Hong Kong controversy 1:02:18 - Blizzard Sponsor Mitsubishi Bailed After the Company Punished Pro-Hong-Kong Gamer Blitzchung 1:04:29 - Google has officially purchased Fitbit for $2.1 billion 1:05:44 - Huawei Shoots Up 66% As Apple Plummets: China Has Given Its Blacklist Verdict 1:06:29 - GeForce GTX 1660 Super Review: Turbo Charged 1080p Gaming 1:08:00 - Intel hits 10nm goals and signals a shift away from traditional CPUs 1:09:45 - So long, Origin? EA comes back to Steam with new games 1:10:53 - Amazon blames ‘error’ for blocking Nintendo resellers from listing products 1:12:41 - AirPods Pro teardown confirms that they’re just as disposable as ever 1:14:28 - 'Nearly All' Counter-Strike Microtransactions Are Being Used for Money Laundering 1:16:12 - Netflix Plan to Test Varying Play Speeds Meets Filmmaker Backlash 1:18:00 - This Time, There Really Are NO IPv4 Internet Addresses Left 1:19:44 - Nearly two-thirds of Uber customers don’t tip their drivers, study says 1:21:49 - Uber hack: Company allegedly paid hackers ransom, had them sign NDAs 1:24:02 - The majority of 11-year-olds own smartphones. And experts are worried 1:27:26 - One of America’s Largest Publishers Is Screwing Over Libraries 1:30:14 - Deadspin is dead after refusing to "stick to sports" 1:31:21 - Apple TV+ Price, Shows vs. Netflix vs. HBO Max vs. Disney+ 1:32:53 - Google, Walmart Drive India Payments Past 1 Billion Transactions 1:34:02 - Startup Front pays employees $200 a month to reduce phone screen time 1:35:54 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare faces Russian backlash 1:37:58 - NHS pagers are leaking medical data 1:39:40 - Georgia hit by massive cyber-attack 1:41:52 - Thousands of QNAP NAS devices have been infected with the QSnatch malware 1:42:53 - Breaches at NetworkSolutions, Register.com, and Web.com 1:44:09 - NordVPN users’ passwords exposed in mass credential-stuffing attacks 1:45:09 - How Gaggle Surveils Every Document, Email, Chat, And Picture That Students Create 1:47:26 - This New Android Malware Can Survive a Factory Reset 1:48:58 - New Chrome 0-day Bug Under Active Attacks 1:50:59 - Free typeface Hellvetica is Helvetica's evil twin