Business Mint: late-stage adversarial interoperability demonstrates what we had (and what we lost) Cory Doctorow
security The voting machines that local officials swore were not connected to the internet have been connected to the internet for years Cory Doctorow
eff Adversarial interoperability: reviving an elegant weapon from a more civilized age to slay today's monopolies Cory Doctorow
monopolism The story of how Buffalo's oldest, best-established Black neighborhood was literally wiped off the map is a perfect parable about systemic bias — UPDATED Cory Doctorow
corruption Charter will pay $174.2m for defrauding New Yorkers over data speeds, the largest settlement ever paid by a US ISP Cory Doctorow
Business Comcast cranks up extra charges on cable bills, again, even for people who signed contracts promising a lower rate Cory Doctorow
health Insurance companies gouge on CPAP machines and consumables, use wireless modems to spy on your usage Cory Doctorow
elections Leading voting machine company admits it lied, reveals that its voting machines ship backdoored, with pre-installed remote access software Cory Doctorow
telcoms Comcast's $1.2b/year modem-rental scam picks your pocket, then exposes you to hackers, stalkers and identity thieves Cory Doctorow
happy mutants In 2009 a NJ judge banned hooking up voting machines to the internet, but that's exactly how ES&S's "airgapped" machines work Cory Doctorow
