Liberty Links 10/6/18 – The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies

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The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies (I have so many questions when it comes to the huge claims made in this article, Bloomberg)

What Businessweek Got Wrong About Apple (Apple’s denial of Bloomberg story, Apple)

Setting the Record Straight on Bloomberg BusinessWeek’s Erroneous Article (Amazon’s denial of Bloomberg story, AWS)

Supply Chain Security Speculation (The Grugq, Medium)

Collusion Bombshell: DNC Lawyers Met with FBI on Russia Allegations Before Surveillance Warrant (The Hill)

Google Admits It Lets Hundreds of Other Companies Access Your Gmail Inbox (Very disturbing, The Telegraph)

“I Was Devastated”: Tim Berners-Lee, the Man Who Created the World Wide Web, Has Some Regrets (Must read, Vanity Fair)

Exclusive: Tim Berners-Lee Tells Us His Radical New Plan to Upend the World Wide Web (Also good, Fast Company)

The Tyranny of the U.S. Dollar (Bloomberg)

What Can Be Done To Stop Amazon From Devouring Everything? (Really good read, The Gothamist)

Amazon Warehouse Workers Lose Bonuses, Stock Awards for Raises (Told ya it was a stunt, Bloomberg)

Bolton 2.0: Trump’s Tough Guy on Iran Picks His Battles (This guy is completely obsessed with Iran, The Hill)

The Myth of The Infrastructure Phase (Excellent read, Union Square Ventures)

U.S. News/Politics

Bezos Bows To Pressure On $15/hr. Keep Pressuring Him. Keep Pressuring Them All. (Caitlin Johnstone, Medium)

Pence Calls on Google to End Censored Search Engine for China (The Hill)

Smaller Outlets Reduce, Scrap Facebook Promotion over New Ad Rules (Columbia Journalism Review)

Growing Share of Americans Say Supreme Court Should Base Its Rulings on What Constitution Means Today (Pew Research)

Elon Musk and America’s Toxic Cult of the CEO (The New Republic)

Neera Tanden And Bill Kristol Unite To Say That Populism Undermines Democracy (Caitlin Johnstone, Medium)

No Cash Needed At This Cafe. Students Pay The Tab With Their Personal Data (No thank you, NPR)

California Just Became the First State with an Internet of Things Cybersecurity Law (The Verge)

Foreign Affairs/WW3

After 17 Years of War in Afghanistan, More Say U.S. Has Failed Than Succeeded in Achieving Its Goals (Pew Research)

Pence to Ramp up Criticism of China: Russian Efforts ‘Pales in Comparison’ (The Hill)

U.S. Defense Secretary Says Russian Violation of Arms Control Treaty ‘Untenable’ (Reuters)

U.S. Hints At Naval Blockade Of Russian Energy Exports Which Moscow Warns Would Be “An Act Of War” (Zerohedge) 

U.S. to Keep Supporting French Military Effort in Mali: Pentagon Chief (Reuters)

Hong Kong Refuses Visa for FT Journalist Who Hosted Independence Speech (Reuters)

Travelers to New Zealand Refusing Digital Search Now Face $5000 Customs Fine (Creepy, Radio New Zealand)

Saudi Crown Prince Says Jobs, Investment on Track as Doubts Grow (No it’s not, Bloomberg)

How The U.S. Runs Public Relations Campaigns – Trump Style – Against Russia And China (Alternative take on China hack and other stuff, Moon of Alabama)

Democratizing Brexit (Yanis Varoufakis, Project Syndicate)

Economy/Finance/Crypto

China Censors Bad Economic News Amid Signs of Slower Growth (Things must be really bad over there, The New York Times)

Russia Lays Plans to Cut Dollar Use Amid Sanctions Fears (Bloomberg)

Dollar’s Share of Global Foreign Reserves Hits Lowest Since 2013 (Bloomberg)

Can China Influence Global Oil Prices? The Debate Heats Up (Bloomberg)

Decentralizing the Web: The Key Takeaways (Worth reading, P2P Foundation)

Institutional Investors Are Using Back Door for Crypto Buys (Bloomberg)

With Rambling Clinton Keynote, Ripple Is Sending a Clear Message (Ripple is incredibly sleazy, Coindesk)

Ethereum Holdings in the ICO Treasury Accounts (Bitmex)

Liberty Blitzkrieg Partners

Open the Books (Every Dime. Online. In Real Time)

Pacific Precious Metals

 

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Michael Krieger

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