facebook Project Atlas: Facebook has been secretly paying Iphone users to install an all-surveilling "VPN" app Cory Doctorow
security Major vulnerability in 5G means that anyone with $500 worth of gear can spy on a wide area's mobile activity Cory Doctorow
mobile Android malware uses accelerometer readings to figure out if it was running on a real phone or in emulation Cory Doctorow
mobile Vermont official fact-checks mobile carriers' coverage maps, proves they're lying like crazy Cory Doctorow
Gadgets Google Fi to carriers: don't sell our customers' location data to third parties Cory Doctorow
privacy Surveillance libraries in common smartphone apps have amassed dossiers on the minute-to-minute movements of 200 million+ Americans Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Kickstarting the Makerphone: an open-source hardware phone kit, programmable with python and Scratch Cory Doctorow
usausausa Carriers to FCC: Americans would totally be happy with throttled, capped wireless at home instead of home fiber Cory Doctorow