surveillance Foreigners visiting China are increasingly stumped by its cashless society Cory Doctorow
china A Wechat-based "mobile court" presided over by a chatbot has handled 3m legal procedures since March Cory Doctorow
privacy Mary Meeker's 2019 Internet Trends: stalled growth, security dumpster-fires, more online education and fear of regulation Cory Doctorow
privacy Bounty hunters and stalkers are able to track you in realtime by lying to your phone company and pretending to be cops Cory Doctorow
google Google says it won't remove Saudi government app that lets men track and monitor their wives and domestic employees Cory Doctorow
surveillance Ios and Android app stores both host Saudi government app that lets men track their spouses' movements Cory Doctorow
News North Korea: Operatives exploited Facebook, LinkedIn, other social media sites to get money and dodge sanctions Xeni Jardin
law States suspend your driver's license over inability to pay court fines, costing you your job and any ability to repay Cory Doctorow
Gadgets The Internet of Shit is so manifestly insecure that people are staying away from it in droves Cory Doctorow
corruption Leaked ICE forfeiture manual instructs agents to seize houses if they contain a phone implicated in crime Cory Doctorow
videos Mobile recharging station operators in India sell tens of thousands of women's phone numbers to stalkers Cory Doctorow
News Muckrock and Motherboard launch $2,000 Thiel Fellowship to FOIA the crap out of Peter Thiel Xeni Jardin
