security EFF publishes an indispensable, plain-language guide to "cell-site simulators": the surveillance devices that track you via your phone Cory Doctorow

neural networks Neural network makes 3D images from still pictures Mark Frauenfelder

politics SDNY may charge Trump-Giuliani crony Lev Parnas over 'Fraud Guarantee' Xeni Jardin

privacy Search-warrant demands that Google turn over account info, Android info, all accounts and passwords, calendar, contacts, cloud docs, financial data, photos, location history, search history, call records, etc Cory Doctorow

Kids Kid with cerebral palsy skateboards for first time with help from mom and technology Xeni Jardin

highrise lowlifes Trump Tower is #CrimeInfested Mark Frauenfelder

security Android apps are tracking your every move and there's currently no way to stop them Seamus Bellamy

security Vulnerabilities in GPS fleet-tracking tools let attackers track and immobilize cars en masse Cory Doctorow

Gadgets Review of a disarmingly convincing $100 counterfeit iPhone X Rob Beschizza

happy mutants Portuguese translation of Zuck's Empire of Oily Rags Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Canada's SOPA moment: Canadian telco giants pushing for site blocking without court orders Michael Geist

privacy China forces Xinjiang Uyghurs to install mobile spyware, enforces with stop-and-frisk Cory Doctorow

Gadgets How to check if a phone is stolen Rob Beschizza

privacy Xiaomi phones are pre-backdoored; your apps can be silently overwritten Cory Doctorow

Business EFF takes a deep dive into Windows 10's brutal privacy breaches Cory Doctorow

security Baidu browser isn't just a surveillance tool, it's a remarkably sloppy one Cory Doctorow

Business Israeli company's product can (allegedly) pwn any nearby mobile phone Cory Doctorow

surveillance LEAKED: The secret catalog American law enforcement orders cellphone-spying gear from Cory Doctorow

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