computer science Hackers can listen to smartphone and computer displays to know what content you're consuming Seamus Bellamy

security Browser plugins from Avast and AVG yanked for stealing user data Cory Doctorow

useful stuff Cheap safe looks like a book Mark Frauenfelder

google From search-engine to walled garden: majority of Google searches do not result in a click Cory Doctorow

privacy Microsoft contractors are listening to your Skype conversations Seamus Bellamy

Business Chrome is patching a bug that lets sites detect and block private browsing mode, declares war on incognito-blocking Cory Doctorow

recreational lockpicking Look how easy it is to pick the lock on a FedEx transit safe Mark Frauenfelder

uk UK government is using child spies Seamus Bellamy

happy mutants EFF has released STARTTLS Everywhere: free tools to encrypt email between mail servers Cory Doctorow

facebook Facebook has repeatedly fired stalker employees, then covered it up Cory Doctorow

google It's 2018, and Google just proposed an instant messaging tool with no encryption Cory Doctorow

web theory Why no one has made a tool to turn off Facebook oversharing Cory Doctorow

Business Thanks to "consent" buried deep in sales agreements, car manufacturers are tracking tens of millions of US cars Cory Doctorow

makers Securing the IoT: a tele-dildo controlled through the Tor network Cory Doctorow

surveillance West coast jurisdictions advance community oversight of police surveillance Shahid Buttar

Kids In Rhode Island, students and parents must let schools spy on them day and night through their laptops Cory Doctorow

infosec The abysmal information security at Trump properties has probably already compromised US secrets Cory Doctorow

Kids Survey: nearly half think it may be legal to install spyware on a family member's devices Cory Doctorow

surveillance Having a job in America means being subjected to continuous, intimate surveillance Cory Doctorow