security Canary claws back cloud features from its IoT camera, starts charging $10/month Cory Doctorow

Comic Books Here's another example of one cartoonist swiping another cartoonist's work Mark Frauenfelder

robocalls It's not just you — social security scam phone calls are 23 times more common this year Thom Dunn

libraries Social justice is a library issue; libraries are a social justice issue Cory Doctorow

law Creating a "coercion resistant" communications system Cory Doctorow

china Alex Stamos schools Apple after they whine about Google revealing a whack of Ios zero-days Cory Doctorow

finance The rent's less damned high: rents falling in most of America's most expensive cities Cory Doctorow

Journalism Australia's raids on journalists signal an authoritarian turning point Cory Doctorow

law AOC has backed a progressive, anti-establishment public defender for DA of Queens Cory Doctorow

censorship Alex Stamos on the security problems of the platforms' content moderation, and what to do about them Cory Doctorow

travel Man, 71, successfully floated across the Atlantic in a motorless metal capsule David Pescovitz

airplanes Are you the owner of this jetliner? If so, please move it immediately. David Pescovitz

useful things Favorite 2018 tool finds under $10 Mark Frauenfelder

Business Facebook's former security head: making Facebook moderate content will cement its dominance Cory Doctorow

security "Smart home" companies refuse to say whether law enforcement is using your gadgets to spy on you Cory Doctorow

privacy SpiderOak warrant canary to be replaced by 'transparency report' Rob Beschizza

politics Facebook security chief Alex Stamos quits, joins Stanford 'Information Warfare' group Xeni Jardin

Gadgets Sentimental coal-miners carried canary resuscitators to revive their feathered lifesavers Cory Doctorow

Business Cambridge Analytica is out of business, but its heavy hitters have reopened under a new name Cory Doctorow

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