security Internet of Battle Things: a militarized IoT where "cognitive bandwidth constraints" require "autonomous cyber agents" Cory Doctorow
security Under Armour: hackers stole the data of 150,000,000 Myfitnesspal users because of course they did Cory Doctorow
Gadgets The business-logic of Silicon Valley means that it can only make creepy, surveillant, pointless "smart" sex toys Cory Doctorow
Gadgets Your smart TV is trivial to hack and leaks your personal information like crazy unless you disable all its useful features Cory Doctorow
Business Demolition of derelict robotic parking garages reveals entombed vehicles, trapped for 15 years Cory Doctorow
security Vtech covered up a leak of data on 6.3m children and their families, then tried to force us not to sue – the FTC just fined them $0.09/kid Cory Doctorow
Copyfight Armstrong Zoom ISP to 1,000,000 internet subscribers: if you are accused of piracy, you may lose the ability to control your smart thermostat Cory Doctorow
security The FBI and the New York Times warn that smart toys are emissaries from the Internet of Shit Cory Doctorow
security New Consumers Union report catalogs the potential collateral damage from the crypto wars Cory Doctorow
internet of shit "Friendly" apps are good at maximizing engagement, but their context-blindness is a cesspit of algorithmic cruelty Cory Doctorow
Games Mirai's creators plead guilty, reveal that they created a DDoS superweapon to get a competitive edge in the Minecraft server industry Cory Doctorow
videos Talking Casa Jasmina, a house of the future designed for people, not corporations, with Jasmina Tesanovic and Bruce Sterling Cory Doctorow
Copyfight One of the net's most important freedom canaries died the day the W3C greenlit web-wide DRM; what can we learn from the fight? Cory Doctorow
Gadgets Reverse-engineering a connected Furby toy, revealing its disturbing security defects Cory Doctorow
security Connected sex-toy allows for code-injection attacks on a robot you wrap around your genitals Cory Doctorow
Business Hackers can freeze the camera that lets you know whether your "Amazon Key" equipped door is locked and who is using it Cory Doctorow
Gadgets The Internet of Shit is so manifestly insecure that people are staying away from it in droves Cory Doctorow
Gadgets Consumer groups' labs advise parents not to buy connected toys, claim risk of strangers listening and talking to kids over the internet Cory Doctorow
Business Lovesense sex toys make accidental audio recordings of your sex sessions, which the company describes as a "minor bug" Cory Doctorow
