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* Same goes with Hugo Boss, whose eponymous founder designed the uniforms worn by Nazi officers and utilised slave labour in producing them.
* The teleconferencing platform Zoom received a surge in popularity during the [[COVID-19 Pandemic]] where people are forced indoors to prevent the spread of the virus and are thus restricted to remote meetings. This however turned to infamy when numerous security and privacy issues with Zoom surfaced, one such incident with Pasig City, Philippines mayor Vico Sotto having his meeting raided by an errant troll who shoved in what appears to be a sexually-explicit picture of a man sitting on a chair.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGkexC_x5zE Zoom conference ni Pasig Mayor Vico Sotto at mga journalist, nasingitan ng ibang litrato (in Tagalog)]</ref> These so-called "Zoombombing" incidents eventually led to both enterprises and schools banning the use of Zoom in favour of open-source alternatives such as Jitsi.<ref>[https://appfigures.com/resources/insights/jitsi-meet-zoom-alternative The Open Source Zoom Alternative with More than 1.4M Downloads]</ref>
* The swastika used to be a positive symbol of good luck, only for the Nazis to adopt it as their insignia. Unless if you're Buddhist or a Jain, brandishing it could land you in hot water especially in Germany where use of it along with other "unconstitutional symbols" is [[Strafgesetzbuch section 86a|banned]]. There are exceptions to this such as the use of swastikas in works of art like films and television programmes, though it was only until recently when video games are now allowed to display them so as long as it is done in an artistic or historical context.
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