Gadgets The Apple Watch just keeps getting better and you can grab one now for $20 off Boing Boing's Shop
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china Hong Kong's #612strike uprising is alive to surveillance threats, but its countermeasures are woefully inadequate Cory Doctorow
Business Illinois almost passed a bill that banned devices that record you without your consent — and then Big Tech stepped in Cory Doctorow
twitter A megathread of dirty industry secrets that you'll be glad you know even as you wish you didn't Cory Doctorow
security A year later, giant Chinese security camera company's products are still a security dumpster-fire Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Security researchers can turn Alexa into a transcribing, always-on listening device Cory Doctorow
Business Leaked presentation from AI snake-oil salesmen to AAA game company promises horrific, dystopian manipulation of players to drain their wallets Cory Doctorow
Gadgets Amazon's useless "transparency reports" won't disclose whether they're handing data from always-on Alexa mics to governments Cory Doctorow
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