security In less than one second, a malicious web-page can uniquely fingerprint an Iphone, Pixel 2 or Pixel 3 without any explicit user interaction Cory Doctorow

privacy Firefox is getting more browser fingerprinting protection courtesy of Tor Browser's "letterboxing" technique Cory Doctorow

privacy How surveillance capitalism tracks you without cookies Cory Doctorow

facial recognition A toilet with facial recognition for your butthole Thom Dunn

chiptunes Chiptunes plagiarized Rob Beschizza

Business Behind the One-Way Mirror: EFF's "deep dive into corporate surveillance" Cory Doctorow

facebook Google's watching you watching porn Seamus Bellamy

usausausa The US requires visas for some EU citizens, so now all US citizens visiting the EU will be subjected to border formalities too Cory Doctorow

machine learning Shitty Tumblr pornbot inception Cory Doctorow

Gadgets Security researchers identify "fingerprints" in 3D printed objects that can be used to trace their manufacturing Cory Doctorow

News Mozilla's Firefox & Apple's Safari browsers add anti-Facebook and Google privacy protections Xeni Jardin

Gadgets Big Bang: the "stupid patent" on teledildonics has expired Cory Doctorow

canada Judge was supposed to preside over a Pennsylvania couple's wedding. She called ICE on them instead Seamus Bellamy

Gadgets The Internet of Connected Sex Toys is every bit as horrifyingly insecure and poorly thought out as you imagine Cory Doctorow

law The in-depth tale of Bylock, the Turkish messenger app whose 1×1 tracking GIF was the basis for tens of thousands of treason accusations Cory Doctorow

law Germany mulls sweeping surveillance bill, crypto backdoors and fingerprinting kids Cory Doctorow

Gadgets Federal magistrate judge in Illinois rules that being forced to unlock your phone with a fingerprint could violate your rights Cory Doctorow

picks China to require fingerprints of all foreign visitors as new security step Xeni Jardin

trumpism The Internet Archive's Trump Archive will ensure that Trump's U-turns and lies can always be challenged Cory Doctorow

uber El Paso taxi companies upset that city council loosened taxi regulations Mark Frauenfelder