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US athletes told to use burner phones at Beijing Winter Olympics

The Verge

“Your device(s) may also be compromised with malicious software, which could negatively impact future use.” In 2019, China was caught secretly installing spyware on tourists’ phones who entered from the Xinjiang region. The Committee’s fears aren’t unfounded.

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Technology News and Hot Topics

CTOvision

Facial recognition software that can identify suspects, databases that can be tapped to track suspects’ movements and locations, automatic license plate … Read more on Los Angeles Times. Regin, new computer spyware, discovered by Symantec. A software problem in … Read more on New York Times.

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Help! I have a Virus!

Sean Daniel

Let’s quickly talk about what a “virus” is: A virus is actually software that is harmful to you or others running on your computer. as a side note this is why I always format and re-install these computers, if you have the technical know how) Software you install. These are the steps that I’m going to follow, so now you can too!

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