*[The hypocrite] wants to see 'untrusted' Chinese apps like TikTok and WeChat removed from U.S. app stores, Pompeo says.*

*There are calls to ban TikTok in Australia — but you [and Australia] should worry about Facebook too*

Let's ban those Chinese surveillance apps, then proceed to ban the other apps that users can't trust — meaning, all the ones that are >not free/libre software.

*The Police Lie. All the Time. Can Anything Stop Them?* San Francisco DA Boudin: "Police are allowed to lie and get away with it over and over and over again in matters big and small… When you have a system of that kind of impunity, it snowballs. It teaches, encourages, and enforces bad behavior."

The problem of violence by thugs is a consequence of their ability to lie to excuse it, so cracking down on testifying is vital to ending their violence.

Google Nest is taking over the security company ADT. That means ADT alarm systems will start >feeding Google information about what happens in the customers' homes. For "smart", read "snooping."

The only home security device you should trust is one that runs all free software, and communicates encrypted with a service, sending it no data except what you want it to receive.

The new FSF video about nonfree software in education is great.

Mitre is developing for the US government *a prototype tool that can [crack] smartwatches, fitness trackers and home thermometers for the purposes of homeland security; software to collect human fingerprints from social media websites like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for the FBI; support in building what the FBI calls the biggest database of human anatomy and criminal history in the world; and a study to determine whether someone’s body odor can show they’re lying.*

Anyone who can crack a device with a microphone can make it listen to you all the time.