israel Jared Kushner says Palestinians screw-up every opportunity they've ever had, in celebration of a proposed two-state deal that he left them out of Thom Dunn
Technology Microsoft hires former AG Eric Holder to audit facial recognition tech used on West Bank Xeni Jardin
facebook After suing NSO Group for hacking Whatsapp, Facebook kicks NSO employees off its services Cory Doctorow
glam Triple Chaser: a short documentary that uses machine learning to document tear gas use against civilians, calling out "philanthropist" Warren Kanders for his company's war-crimes Cory Doctorow
corruption Lawyer involved in suits against Israel's most notorious cyber-arms dealer targeted by its weapons, delivered through a terrifying Whatsapp vulnerability Cory Doctorow
spooks Spies tried to infiltrate Citizen Lab and trick them into talking about their research on Israeli spytech company NSO Group Cory Doctorow
politics Gates tells Mueller of Trump campaign deal with Israel's Psy-Group for 2016 "social media manipulation" Xeni Jardin
racism Machine learning hucksters invent an AI racist uncle that predicts your personality from your facial bone structure Cory Doctorow
security MyHeritage leaks data of 92 million who use the genealogy and family tree website Xeni Jardin
Business Governments all over the world buy spy products that let them track and eavesdrop on global cellphones, especially US phones Cory Doctorow
infosec Israeli firm Cyberbit illegally spied on behalf of Ethiopia's despots, then stored all their stolen data on an unencrypted, world-readable website Cory Doctorow
health The US has quit UNESCO, the UN agency that protects world heritage sites and teaches poor children to read Cory Doctorow
Business Israeli company's spyware used to target corruption-fighting journalists and lawyers in Mexico Cory Doctorow
happy mutants The Realist: trenchant, beautifully surreal Israeli comics about a sweet and complicated existence Cory Doctorow
trumpism Israel to Trump: no, you can't land a helicopter on our UNESCO World Heritage Site Cory Doctorow
privacy How Kenyan spies and cops use electronic surveillance for illegal murder and torture squads Cory Doctorow
