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Facebook cryptocurrency won’t go ahead without full government approval – 16 July 2019
Facebook will be defending its new cryptocurrency ‘Libra’ before Congress, due to concerns of criminal misuse. The company will need to navigate government regulation and oversight, existing government-backed currencies, criminal use and privacy, to get full government approval.
Anti-theft surveillance technology – 16 July 2019
A new generation of anti-theft surveillance equipment called ‘S20’ developed for retailers, is being rolled out now by Checkpoint Systems. S20, is a radio frequency electronic article surveillance antenna (EAS)
https://www.applianceretailer.com.au/2019/07/anti-theft-surveillance-technology/
Warning from AFP of scam targeting Chinese community, South Australia – 15 July 2019
The Australian Federal Police is warning the public of complex social engineering fraud and telephone scams currently targeting the Chinese community. They include the: virtual kidnap and extortion scam”; Tax impersonation scam”; Chinese Embassy official or the “Chinese embassy scam”; and the logistics provider or the “Package notification scam”.
https://www.miragenews.com/warning-from-afp-of-scam-targeting-chinese-community-south-australia/
Hundreds of millions lost due to fake crypto news – 15 July 2019
Fake news is costing Bitcoin and cryptocurrency investors hundreds of millions of dollars every year. This is because the markets are highly volatile and a single tweet is sometimes all it takes, to move the price up or down. The reason behind fake news is that people want to believe they’ll become rich from Bitcoin. The key here is to research first!
https://micky.com.au/hundreds-of-millions-lost-due-to-fake-crypto-news/
