Business Report: someone is already selling user data from defunct Canadian retailer's auctioned-off servers Cory Doctorow
politics Most U.S. states now share the addresses of people with COVID-19 with first responders Xeni Jardin
politics CDC may ground flights if airlines fail to collect data on coronavirus-prone flyers Xeni Jardin
privacy Majority of period-tracking app share incredibly sensitive data with Facebook and bottom-feeding analytics companies Cory Doctorow
Business Cathay Pacific's new privacy policy: we are recording you with seatback cameras, spying on you in airports, and buying data on your use of competing loyalty programs Cory Doctorow
security EFF publishes an indispensable, plain-language guide to "cell-site simulators": the surveillance devices that track you via your phone Cory Doctorow
Business Leaked memo suggests that Google has not really canceled its censored, spying Chinese search tool Cory Doctorow
Business Internal sources say googler uprising has killed Google's plans to launch a censored, spying Chinese search engine Cory Doctorow
Business Google engineer calls for a walkout over China censorship and raises $200K strike fund in hours Cory Doctorow
Business Google's secret project to build a censored Chinese search engine bypassed the company's own security and privacy teams Cory Doctorow
Business Google's censored Chinese search engine links every search to the user's phone number Cory Doctorow
oshw This year's Electromagnetic Field hacker campout demonstrated the awesome power of DIY cellphones and DIY stingrays Cory Doctorow