mistakes Porno malware infestation hits U.S. Geological Survey Rob Beschizza

coronavirus Florida reports a massive surge in new covid-19 cases Mark Frauenfelder

police Protesting is a non-essential activity, according to the Raleigh Police Department Thom Dunn

politics Trump calls Voice of America's work “disgusting”, threatens to adjourn Congress so he can put a crony in charge of VOA Xeni Jardin

politics Clearview AI gave accounts to ex Trump staffer, GOPers, Holocaust denier Xeni Jardin

Cryptozoology Washington state government tweets photo of Bigfoot David Pescovitz

privacy Facial recognition isn't just bad because it invades privacy: it's because privacy invasions fuel discrimination Cory Doctorow

surveillance Toronto business and government signal full support for Sidewalk Labs' dominance of the city and beyond Rosemary Frei

Science Watch crane collapse onto boat, causing a terrible oil spill in the Galapagos Islands David Pescovitz

privacy Apple poses a false dichotomy between "privacy" and "competition" Cory Doctorow

machine learning Networked authoritarianism may contain the seeds of its own undoing Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Tiny alterations in training data can introduce "backdoors" into machine learning models Cory Doctorow

Business "Out of Home Advertising": the billboards that spy on you as you move through public spaces Cory Doctorow

privacy A woman's stalker compromised her car's app, giving him the ability to track and immobilize it Cory Doctorow

Business Transcription service rev.com cuts "professional transcriptionists'" effective hourly wage from $6.35 to $4.50 Cory Doctorow

security Information security and warfare metaphors: a toxic mix made in hell Cory Doctorow

canada Critical essays (including mine) discuss Toronto's plan to let Google build a surveillance-based "smart city" along its waterfront Cory Doctorow

brexit Brexit: No-deal opponents defeat government, Boris Johnson loses in Westminster Xeni Jardin

books Rage Inside the Machine: an insightful, brilliant critique of AI's computer science, sociology, philosophy and economics Cory Doctorow

security You have the right to remain encrypted Albert Fox Cahn & Ayyan Zubair