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It’s hard to argue with German authorities when their people’s privacy is concerned. On many occasions, Germany has valued its people’s rights on the Internet over striking deals with multinational data-sucking corporations. The German privacy watchdog has now banned Microsoft Office 365 in the state of Hesse over privacy concerns. In its statement, HBDI (Hesse […]
As the number of users on the platform has increased over the years, so has YouTube’s list of ‘banned content.’ Adding further to the list, YouTube has banned ‘instructional hacking and phishing’ videos. The latest bans have led to the deletion of several educational videos on ethical hacking as they now violate YouTube’s Terms of […]
The Madras High Court has asked the Indian government to ban popular Chinese video app TikTok saying it “encourages pornography.” The court has already ordered a ban with immediate effect in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is also pushing the Centre to prohibit the downloads of the mobile app because “the future of the youngsters and mindset of the […]
The popular battle royale game PUBG has gained a massive fan base in India with youths indulged in binge-playing. But it has also moved in the direction of becoming infamous, owing to all the controversies around it. The latest one is a theft case wherein an Indian boy stole money from his father. It is […]
Updated on March 13, 2019: In response to the situation in Russia, ProtonMail told Fossbytes that “the blocks are still in place, but we have implemented some technical measures to largely reduce the impact of the blocks, so services in Russia are operational at this time.” ProtonMail says that the blocking of the email provider […]
Respawn, the maker of Apex Legends, will not tolerate cheating on its platform as it confirmed in a Reddit post that more than 355,000 players have been banned on PC alone. To prevent cheating in Apex Legends, the developer uses Easy-Anti-Cheat tools for the PC version. While the anti-cheat measures are working fine, Respawn admits that […]