law Maryland's Attorney General: you consent to surveillance by turning on your phone Cory Doctorow

Technology U.S. is investigating claims that TikTok violated children's privacy Xeni Jardin

coronavirus Autopsy shows George Floyd tested positive for COVID-19 in April Xeni Jardin

politics Ferguson, Missouri elected its first black mayor who is also the first female mayor David Pescovitz

Business Ben & Jerry's on Black Lives Matter and the police killing of George Floyd: We Must Dismantle White Supremacy Xeni Jardin

Business Investigation into TikTok as risk to U.S. children's privacy urged by 4 U.S. senators Xeni Jardin

Technology North Dakota's COVID-19 contact tracing app leaks location data to Foursquare and a Google Ads ID: Report Xeni Jardin

healthcare England moves to opt-out organ donation model Rob Beschizza

Business ICANN board votes to reject .org registry sale to private equity firm Ethos Capital Xeni Jardin

Technology Zoom: Thousands of calls found via web search, thanks to default file naming scheme after users saved them in unprotected spaces like open AWS S3 buckets Xeni Jardin

Technology Zoom shares your information with Facebook, lawsuit says Xeni Jardin

politics Coronavirus bill clears Congress, $2 trillion CARES Act (H.R. 748) heads to Trump for signature Xeni Jardin

Gadgets Save over 20% on Living DNA one of the most advanced DNA test kits around Boing Boing's Shop

tsa Woman says TSA officer groped and threatened her during a groin search Mark Frauenfelder

tesla Man buys used Tesla with autopilot. Tesla remotely disables autopilot: "not a feature that you had paid for" Mark Frauenfelder

privacy Wacom tablet drivers track apps you open Rob Beschizza

surveillance Ring doorbell app packed with third-party trackers Bill Budington

Business Antivirus firm Avast sold user data via 'Jumpshot' to Pepsi, Google, Microsoft — REPORT Xeni Jardin

privacy The answer to the Clearview AI scandal is better privacy laws, not anti-scraping laws Cory Doctorow

eff In serving big company interests, copyright is in crisis Cory Doctorow