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Journalist specialising in tech and cybersecurity. Currently working for - Get in touch david.gilbert@vice.com

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    Dec 7

    Crown: Meng being released on $1 million bail would be like asking upper middle class Canadian family to cough up $136. Her father has a net worth of $3.2bn

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    Dec 7

    Crown in case says each charge faced by could lead to up to 30 years in prison. Says "there is an incentive to flee."

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  3. Dec 7

    Reuters reported as far back as 2013 that CFO Wanzhou Meng was linked to SkyCom which was offering HP gear to Iran

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    Dec 7

    Crux of allegation from AG: Between approx 2009 and 2014 used an unofficial subsidiary called Skycom to track activity in Iran. Banks in the US then cleared money for Huawei. Unknown to them, they were conducting biz for skycom

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    Dec 7

    Publication ban in Huawei CFO hearing has just been lifted. Will be tweeting/reporting from courtroom

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  6. Dec 7

    It’s only been 24-hours and already I need to update my version of Facebook’s Year in Review after it was fined €10 million in Italy today for misusing user data

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  7. Dec 7

    The most interesting thing from ’s purge of far right figures and conspiracy theorists, is that Gab users are turning on Donald Trump

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    Dec 7

    But he seemed so happy at work

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  9. Dec 7

    The US Department of Justice informed Canada about Huawei’s CFO being arrested days before it happened. They just forgot to tell their own president

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  10. Dec 7

    I feel like may have copy-and-pasted this line from any number of previous morning newsletters

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  11. Dec 7

    So what is coming out today that Trump is scared about?

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  12. Dec 7

    just published its “Year in Review” — but for some reason it forgot to include things like: - Cambridge Analytica - Hate speech in Myanmar - Senate hearings - ’ investigation - WhatsApp problems in India - 50M accounts being hacked

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  13. Dec 6

    Facebook just published its Year in Review for 2018....but there were a few stories it forgot to include. I've fixed that for them now

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    Dec 6

    Third day of Cybercrime Investigation workshop. Focusing on Online Investigations and Dark Web. Not possible without the continued support of

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  15. Dec 6

    This is a good thread on and how the US government might prove it violated sanctions on sales of US-origin tech to Iran

    I’ve written about the Huawei CFO arrest, and its implications. They’re big. Very, very big. (Let me thread a bit.)
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  16. Dec 6

    The arrest of ’s CFO marks a major escalation in Washington's war against the Chinese tech giant

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    Dec 6

    This is a terrible opinion, Clonakilty has a residence for asylum seekers, thankfully. We are still winning awards & prospering as a town. Many of the residents are getting involved in the community & we are grateful. Wicklow should be ashamed of itself, fear mongering like that

    Asylum-seeker centre ‘will not offer positive view’ of Wicklow town, group says
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    Dec 5

    To all the journalists covering this, can one of you *please* use this headline in your next story? "Facebook uses new Android update to pry into your private life in ever more terrifying ways - reading your call logs, tracking you in businesses with beacons, etc"

    6) OK well at least Facebook developers were self aware of their public image (re: bluetooth beacons and call-logs): "Facebook uses new Android update to pry into your private life in ever more terrifying ways - reading your call logs, tracking you in businesses with beacons,etc"
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  19. Dec 5

    Here's what's in the 250 pages of secret Facebook emails the U.K. just released​

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    Dec 5

    First reaction to the seized Facebook documents: The most important elements are about anti-competitive behaviour, not "fake news" This is a potentially a big issue for Facebook - but may also cause questions to be asked about the behaviour of the committee

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