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US athletes told to use burner phones at Beijing Winter Olympics

The Verge

In 2019, China was caught secretly installing spyware on tourists’ phones who entered from the Xinjiang region. But even if the Olympic athletes want to use their burner phones to browse the internet, they still might not get unlimited access. The Committee’s fears aren’t unfounded.

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Fed Tech News Roundup

CTOvision

The following are some of the hot topics in the federal technology ecosystem: Senate advances secret plan forcing Internet services to report terror activity Ars Technica (Today) - Legislation modeled on 2008 law requiring Internet companies to report child porn.The legislation, approved 15-0 in a closed-door hearing, remains "classified."

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Technology News and Hot Topics

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A team consisting of University faculty members in multiple disciplines and students of all levels has been developing this new imaging technology since 2008, said Prabhas Moghe, a distinguished professor in the Department of Chemical and Biochemical … Read more on RU Daily Targum. Regin, new computer spyware, discovered by Symantec.

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Help! I have a Virus!

Sean Daniel

Spyware is software that tends to steal from you, capture credit card information, your password etc, also bad, and again Windows Defender will capture most of these, but not all Bloatware is software that that is trying to help you do something, but something you probably don’t need. So be careful here!

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