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mark_wollschlager@diaspora.glasswings.com
Mark Wollschlager

Most folks in the US can identify with this story.
The sensible parts of the world will prhaps find it puzzling.
Or just Very American.
The three drugs mentioned in the article are Dulaglutide (Trulicity) , Varenicline (Chantix ), and Tofacitinib ( Xeljanz) all very hyped on broadcast tv and print media.
They are just three examples of the 70% of advertised drugs with "Low therapeutic value ".
ars technica
#Advertising #medicine #PrescriptionPillPeddling #hanginthere

70% of drugs advertised on TV are of “low therapeutic value,” study finds

Ads often tout new, pricey drugs that are not much better than old, cheaper ones.

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mark_wollschlager@diaspora.glasswings.com
Mark Wollschlager

Looks like at least one certificate authority was a front for something.

Web browsers drop mysterious company with ties to U.S. military contractor

TrustCor Systems is what’s known as a root certifcate authority, a key position in the internet infrastructure that guarantees a website is genuine.

Major web browsers moved Wednesday to stop using a mysterious software company that certified websites were secure, three weeks after The Washington Post reported its connections to a U.S. military contractor
Mozilla’s Firefox and Microsoft’s Edge said they would stop trusting new certificates from TrustCor Systems that vouched for the legitimacy of sites reached by their users, capping weeks of online arguments among their technology experts, outside researchers and TrustCor, which said it had no ongoing ties of concern. Other tech companies are expected to follow suit.
“Certificate Authorities have highly trusted roles in the internet ecosystem and it is unacceptable for a CA to be closely tied, through ownership and operation, to a company engaged in the distribution of malware,” Mozilla’s Kathleen Wilson wrote to a mailing list for browser security experts. “Trustcor’s responses via their Vice President of CA operations further substantiates the factual basis for Mozilla’s concerns.”
The Post reported on Nov. 8 that TrustCor’s Panamanian registration records showed the same slate of officers, agents and partners as a spyware-maker identified this year as an affiliate of Arizona-based Packet Forensics, which has sold communication interception services to U.S. government agencies for more than a decade. One of those contracts listed the “place of performance” as Fort Meade, Md., the home of the National Security Agency and the Pentagon’s Cyber Command.

#internet #privacy #hanginthere
Wahington Post

Web browsers drop mysterious company with ties to U.S. military contractor

TrustCor Systems was a root certificate authority, a key position in internet infrastructure. But details about the company raised questions about where it is based and who it works with.

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