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Zoom’s Encryption Is “Not Suited for Secrets” and Has Surprising Links to China, Researchers DiscoverMicah LeeZoom rolled out its own encryption system and included an algorithm with known serious issues, say University of Toronto researchers.
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Key Medical Supplies Were Shipped From U.S. Manufacturers to Foreign Buyers, Records ShowLee FangU.S. firms exported large shipments of personal protective gear and respiratory equipment in recent weeks.
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Rikers Island Prisoners Are Being Offered PPE and $6 an Hour to Dig Mass GravesRyan GrimNew York City owns and operates a public cemetery on Hart Island, which has been tended by prison labor. Now prisoners are being asked to dig mass graves.
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A Private Equity Baron Sitting on an Empty Philadelphia Hospital Is in Line for Huge Tax Gift in the Covid-19 StimulusAkela LacyJoel Freedman, who shuttered Philadelphia’s Hahnemann University Hospital in September, could benefit from a provision that favors real estate investors.
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Beware of Trump Using the Coronavirus as a Cover for War With IranMehdi HasanStrangling Iran’s economy, already devastated by Covid-19, isn’t enough for Trump, even though a new war would be a strategic disaster.
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EPA Is Jamming Through Rollbacks That Could Increase Coronavirus DeathsSharon LernerThe sustained effects of air pollution appear to make people particularly vulnerable to the effects of the coronavirus.
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Coronavirus Started in China, but Europe Became the Hub for Its Global SpreadJoe PenneyTravel from Europe accounts for Covid-19 index cases in at least 93 countries, with African nations being the most affected.
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Privacy Experts Say Responsible Coronavirus Surveillance Is PossibleSam BiddleData collected to fight the pandemic should not be used for other purposes and should only be requested by health officials.
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NYPD’s Aggressive Policing Risks Spreading the CoronavirusAlice SperiAs Gov. Andrew Cuomo calls on the NYPD to be more aggressive, community advocates say police need to practice social distancing.
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Essential Workers and the Reverse Robin Hood Coronavirus BailoutInterceptedER nurse John Pearson, fired Amazon employee Christian Smalls, and journalists Meagan Day and David Dayen are this week’s guests.
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Is Donald Trump Criminally Responsible for Coronavirus Deaths?DeconstructedLegal analyst Glenn Kirschner argues that the president could face prosecution after he leaves office.
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