security Whatsapp, Slack, Skype and apps based on popular Electron framework vulnerable to backdoor attacks Cory Doctorow
intellectual impropriety Facebook's blatant rip-off of Bitmoji avatars is a legal lesson in skirting copyright Rob Beschizza
youtube Youtube's Content ID has become the tool of choice for grifty copyfraudsters who steal from artists Cory Doctorow
privacy Majority of Americans know they're under constant surveillance, don't trust the companies doing it, and feel helpless to stop it Cory Doctorow
tabloids Johnny Depp dying, Caitlyn Jenner’s baby, and the sexiest man alive, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
christ what an asshole "The Tragedy of the Commons": how ecofascism was smuggled into mainstream thought Cory Doctorow
happy mutants On Fire: Naomi Klein's book is a time-series of the shift from climate denial to nihilism to Green New Deal hope Cory Doctorow
white supremacy Ecofascism isn't new: white supremacy and exterminism have always lurked in the environmental movement Cory Doctorow
death If you think Jeffrey Epstein was murdered because no prison would treat an inmate that negligently… Cory Doctorow
uk On Grenfell's second anniversary, 60,000 Britons are still living in firetraps clad in the same deadly, decorative materials Cory Doctorow
Business Patronscan wants cities to require bars to scan your ID with its service so it can maintain a secret, unaccountable blacklist Cory Doctorow
gwot Big Tech is deleting evidence needed to prosecute war crimes, and governments want them to do more of it Cory Doctorow
institutional sociopathy Texas prison inmate allergic to wool has been trying to get a cotton blanket for 10 years Mark Frauenfelder
