surveillance Toronto business and government signal full support for Sidewalk Labs' dominance of the city and beyond Rosemary Frei
canada Canada's infrastructure was once cheap and effective to build. Now, it's a titanic transfer from taxpayers to the world's biggest businesses and investors Rosemary Frei
corruption Across America, DMVs make millions selling your license data to private eyes — and randos Cory Doctorow
privacy Civil rights groups call for a stop to Amazon's doorbell surveillance partnerships with cops Cory Doctorow
surveillance Amazon struck secret deals with local cops to get them to push surveillance-camera doorbells Cory Doctorow
privacy Florida DMV makes millions selling Floridians' data…for pennies (and you can't opt out) Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism The paradox of good government: the best stuff works well and is thus unnoticeable (and therefore easy to sell off) Cory Doctorow
security Hackers say they stole tens of thousands of health records of Ontario home-care patients and they want to get paid Cory Doctorow
uk Owner of a private school bus contractor fires low-waged drivers and shuts company without notice: "Fuck it" Cory Doctorow
law Juvenile criminal defense attorneys forced to agree to Taser's terms of service to see the state's evidence Cory Doctorow
Civlib China's "citizen scores" used to blacklist 6.7m people from using high-speed rail or flying Cory Doctorow
education Australian educational contractor warns of wifi, vaccination danger to "gifted" kids' "extra neurological connections" Cory Doctorow
uk BBC fires UK government's Meterological Office, opens up weather prediction to global firms Cory Doctorow
surveillance Multiple Amazon employees have been fired for spying on Ring owners' cameras Cory Doctorow
Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow