A 1×1 tracking pixel was used as evidence of treason against 30,000 Turks, sent tens of thousands to jail

When Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Turkish government took reprisals against hundreds of thousands of people suspected to have been involved in the failed coup of 2016, one of the criteria they used for whom to round up for indefinite detention as well as myriad human rights abuses (including torture) was whether people had a cookie on their computers set by a 1×1 tracking pixel served by Bylock, which the Erdogan regime says is evidence of support of exiled opposition leader Fethullah Gülen. (more…)

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A 1×1 tracking pixel was used as evidence of treason against 30,000 Turks, sent tens of thousands to jail

Russian software security firm Kaspersky threatened to ‘rub out’ rival, email reveals

A hot tech intrigue story from Joe Menn at Reuters on alleged dirty-doings between Kaspersky and its rivals. Read the rest

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Russian software security firm Kaspersky threatened to ‘rub out’ rival, email reveals