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How American law lets Feds spy on WhatsApp without needing to say why. In July of last year, the Drug Enforcement Administration in Ohio wanted to carry out surveillance on seven WhatsApp users. To do that, agents asked a judge to approve the use of surveillance tools known as… (Thomas Brewster via Forbes)
Americans are willing to take pay cuts to never go into the office again. A new survey shows 65% of workers who said their jobs could be done entirely remotely were willing to take a 5% reduction to stay at home. (Lisa Fleisher via Bloomberg)
Substack doubles down on uncensored 'free speech' with acquisition of Letter. Substack announced last week that it acquired Letter, a platform that encourages written dialogue and debate. The financials of the deal weren't disclosed, but this acquisition follows Substack's recent $65 million raise. (Amanda Silberling via TechCrunch)
Private companies added 330,000 jobs in July, according to ADP, far short of the 653,000 estimate. Companies added 330,000 positions for July, well below the 653,000 estimate. The total was also well below the 680,000 added in June and the lowest total since February. (Jeff Cox via CNBC)
YouTube chief product officer Neal Mohan on the algorithm, monetization, and the future for creators. YouTube chief product officer Neal Mohan joined Decoder this week to discuss YouTube's new $100 million fund to begin paying creators who use YouTube Shorts, which is its competitor to TikTok. (Nilay Patel via The Verge)
How to go from stolen PC to network intrusion in 30 minutes. Let’s say you’re a large company that has just shipped an employee a brand-new replacement laptop. And let’s say it comes preconfigured to use all the latest, best security practices, including full-disk encryption using a trusted platform module, password-protected BIOS settings, UEFI SecureBoot, and virtually all other recommendations from the National Security Agency and NIST for locking down federal computer systems. (Dan Goodin via Ars Technica)
Facebook Disables Accounts Tied to NYU Research Project. Company says researchers of political ads were scraping data NYU's Ad Observatory got cease-and-desist letter last October Facebook Inc. has disabled the personal accounts of a group of New York University researchers studying political ads on the… (Kurt Wagner via Bloomberg)
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