International Google launches "plus codes": open geocodes for locations that don't have street addresses Cory Doctorow

surveillance Under coronavirus lockdown, Russia expands surveillance state Xeni Jardin

happy mutants Documentation Gathering, Sanitization, and Storage: an excerpt from "A Public Service" Tim Schwartz

maps Old maps of Scotland impressed upon 3D elevation models Rob Beschizza

law FTC fines app TikTok/Musical.ly $5.7 million for child data privacy violations Xeni Jardin

Science WATCH: Two New Adam Savage #MythbustersJr episodes, 'Demolition Dominoes' and 'Gravity Defying Carl' Xeni Jardin

Funny Weirdly compelling game: Which domain name is more expensive? David Pescovitz

History The Nazis and your privacy Roderick Miller

privacy Bounty hunters track targets by buying realtime location data generated by T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T Cory Doctorow

army U.S. Military bans GPS-enabled fitness trackers Seamus Bellamy

creepy Spanish football app turns users into unwitting surveillance operatives Seamus Bellamy

Business An incredibly important paper on whether data can ever be "anonymized" and how we should handle release of large data-sets Cory Doctorow

politics Research report explains how adtech supercharges political deceit, allowing even bumblers to be master propagandists Cory Doctorow

Gadgets 8 big deals you can only get on Cyber Monday Boing Boing's Shop

privacy AccuWeather app caught "red-handed" tracking location of users against their wishes Rob Beschizza

politics Advanced de-faking: using public sources to trace the true age of a suspected propaganda video Cory Doctorow

privacy FBI paid at least $1.3 million to hack into the San Bernardino iPhone Rob Beschizza

mistakes A farm in Kansas receives non-stop threats and harassment because of mapping glitch Mark Frauenfelder

apple Apple releases iOS 9.3, with fix for a big iMessage security flaw Xeni Jardin

apple IOS 9.3 will let you dim display's blue light to help your brain shift towards sleep Xeni Jardin