privacy Putting a price on our data won't make the platforms stop abusing our privacy Cory Doctorow

Business Google Maps will show COVID-19 travel alerts, crowdedness predictions Xeni Jardin

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lifestyles of the rich and hideous South Dakota is becoming a "mini-Switzerland for the world’s rich" Mark Frauenfelder

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Technology Zoom transmits your info through China, and uses non-standard encryption, researchers say Xeni Jardin

tabloids Coronavirus cured (again), Britain’s Royals clash (again) and the woman who pees alcohol (unprecedented) in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

politics CDC may ground flights if airlines fail to collect data on coronavirus-prone flyers Xeni Jardin

Gadgets Save an additional 15% on these industry-leading VPNs in honor of President's Day Boing Boing's Shop

privacy Facebook pays $550m settlement over illegally-collected facial recognition data Rob Beschizza

surveillance Ring doorbell app packed with third-party trackers Bill Budington

Business The privacy-invading, junk science "home DNA test" industry is cratering Cory Doctorow

eff ICANN needs to ask more questions about the sale of .ORG Mitch Stoltz

politics Why AG Barr's use of Pensacola shooter case to rebuke Apple is so suspicious Xeni Jardin

hackers Boing Boing was hacked Boing Boing

Copyfight Three years after the W3C approved a DRM standard, it's no longer possible to make a functional indie browser Cory Doctorow

privacy New York Times analyzes a leaked set of location data from a private broker, sounds the alarm Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Americans should definitely be worried about the EU's new copyright rules Cory Doctorow

law Tiktok took less than a day to settle parents' lawsuit over spying on their kids Cory Doctorow