Goodbye, Chrome: Google’s web browser has become spy software https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/06/21/google-chrome-has-become-surveillance-software-its-time-switch/
Google admits bug could let people spy on Nest cameras https://www.dailydot.com/debug/google-bug-spy-nest-camera/
Roger McNamee: Facebook and Google, like China, use data to manipulate behavior and it needs to stop https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/10/roger-mcnamee-facebook-and-google-like-china-manipulate-behavior.html
Google promises to play nice with ad blockers (again) https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-promises-to-play-nice-with-ad-blockers-again/
Google fires several lobbying firms amid possible antitrust probe: report https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/google-fires-lobbying-firms-possible-antitrust-probe-report
Opera, Brave, Vivaldi to ignore Chrome’s anti-ad-blocker changes, despite shared codebase https://www.zdnet.com/article/opera-brave-vivaldi-to-ignore-chromes-anti-ad-blocker-changes-despite-shared-codebase/
Google confirms that advanced backdoor came preinstalled on Android devices https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/06/google-confirms-2017-supply-chain-attack-that-sneaked-backdoor-on-android-devices/
Antitrust Troubles Snowball for Tech Giants as Lawmakers Join In https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/03/technology/facebook-ftc-antitrust.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/03/technology/facebook-ftc-antitrust.html
How YouTube Is Endangering Children https://offspring.lifehacker.com/how-youtube-is-endangering-children-1835212113
Google faces antitrust investigation by U.S. Justice Department https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-google-antitrust-investigation-20190531-story.html
Google relents slightly on blocking ad-blockers – for paid-up enterprise Chrome users, everyone else not so much https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/05/29/google_webrequest_api/
Google Stored G Suite Users’ Passwords in Plain-Text for 14 Years https://thehackernews.com/2019/05/google-gsuite-plaintext-password.html
Google’s Censored Search Would Help China “Be More Open,” Said Ex-CEO Eric Schmidt https://theintercept.com/2019/05/14/google-search-china-eric-schmidt-comments/
The Week in Tech: Facebook and Google Reshape the Narrative on Privacy https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/10/technology/facebook-google-privacy.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/10/technology/facebook-google-privacy.html
Google’s privacy push gets a mixed reception https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/googles-privacy-promises-sway-experts-62897139
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