trump America's top spy won't stick around to watch Donald Trump wield his doomsday device Cory Doctorow

military US Navy bans hemp shampoos, lotions, and soaps David Pescovitz

politics Trump wants 25% cut in US military fund to deter Russian aggression Xeni Jardin

prison Why aren't more conservatives concerned about felon voting rights? Thom Dunn

1201 Apple's extension of "Activation Locks" to laptops will turn refurbishable electronics into e-waste Cory Doctorow

privacy A single, mysterious server exposed 1.2 billion user records Cory Doctorow

security Information security and warfare metaphors: a toxic mix made in hell Cory Doctorow

law Supreme Court rules against "excessive" police seizures and sales of property Rob Beschizza

picks U.S. Strategic Command tweets nuclear war joke on New Year's Eve Xeni Jardin

infosec Using information security to explain why disinformation makes autocracies stronger and democracies weaker Cory Doctorow

politics 'Family detention' existed under Obama, too. But systematically separating kids is all new. Xeni Jardin

books Charles Stross's "Dark State": transdimensional, nuclear-tipped mutually assured destruction by way of a first-rate spy novel Cory Doctorow

security Ukraine is Russia's testbed for launching devastating cyberwar attacks with total impunity Cory Doctorow

Business Landmark ruling shows Canada has one of the world's worst DRM laws Cory Doctorow

uk Brexit, Chicken and Ulysses Pacts: the negotiating theory behind the UK-EU stalemate Cory Doctorow

economics Roddenberry's Star Trek was "above all, a critique of Robert Heinlein" Manu Saadia

scholarship Proposal: keep the nuclear launch codes in an innocent volunteer's chest-cavity Cory Doctorow