Minnesota’s own big box tech retailer, Best Buy, sees its Geek Squad in the news since the FBI Used Best Buy’s Geek Squad To Increase Secret Public Surveillance. Are Geek Squad people really being used as spies? Unfortunately it certainly seems so.
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Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories
Kidizen lands $3.2M in VC, ramps up hiring
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NASA Using Digi International Device To Create “Wireless-In-Space” Network
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Wikileaks ‘Vault 7’ Part 1:
WikiLeaks releases massive CIA hacking document archive
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With C.I.A. Hacking Revelations, How to Protect Your Devices
PSA: Signal, WhatsApp and other secure IM apps not compromised by CIA hacking tools
Google goes after Slack and splits Hangouts into Chat and Meet
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Phil: BuzzFeed brings Video Producers to Minneapolis Office.
Tim: The Yoerg Brewing Company
Steve: Steve Martin Teaches Comedy
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