amazon Amazon's being greasy about Alexa user data. Again. Seamus Bellamy

privacy Empirical review of privacy policies reveals that they are "incomprehensible" drivel Cory Doctorow

privacy "Smart" doorlocks have policies that let landlords and third parties spy on you Cory Doctorow

News 'Black lives matter' —Mark Zuckerberg, who says Facebook may change policy on state violence, voter suppression Xeni Jardin

infosec A webcomic explainer on how the census deals with digital privacy Thom Dunn

privacy Wacom tablet drivers track apps you open Rob Beschizza

Technology Twitter tells facial-recognition app maker to stop scraping photos, Clearview AI used by 600+ US law enforcement agencies Xeni Jardin

education Security expert offers hacking advice to students whose campuses have implemented pervasive wireless surveillance Cory Doctorow

surveillance Multiple Amazon employees have been fired for spying on Ring owners' cameras Cory Doctorow

Business Kathryn Spiers: 'I was fired last week by Google for organizing.' Xeni Jardin

happy mutants EFF announces major new EU focus and two amazing new hires Cory Doctorow

scholarship Facebook promised to provide academics data to study disinformation, but their foot-dragging has endangered the whole project Cory Doctorow

Business A sweeping new tech bill from Silicon Valley Democrats promises privacy, interoperability, and protection from algorithmic discrimination and manipulation Cory Doctorow

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

politics Peak billionaire: a billionaire tries to purchase a party nomination to outflank anti-billionaires so he can run against another billionaire Cory Doctorow

law 10,000 people are calling for Congress to investigate Amazon Ring Cory Doctorow

Business Google continues to funnel vast sums to notorious climate deniers Cory Doctorow

censorship Tiktok has become a vital tool for monitoring abuses against Xinjiang Uyghurs, but that's threatened by the company's new censorship rules Cory Doctorow

security In Cambridge Analytica clean-up, Facebook says it killed 'Tens of Thousands' of apps Xeni Jardin

trump Trump visits Silicon Valley for fundraiser, location a mystery even to donors Xeni Jardin