surveillance Billionaire Cartier boss returns from fishing holiday gripped with terror that the poors are going to start building guillotines Cory Doctorow
surveillance Raleigh cops are investigating crime by getting Google to reveal the identity of every mobile user within acres of the scene Cory Doctorow
security A new government malware company, fronted by Hacking Team's old spokesjerk, says it can spy on Signal and Telegram Cory Doctorow
web theory Rhode Island proposes blocking all online porn and charging $20 to unblock it Cory Doctorow
law Rancher takes feds to court over camera they placed on his property without permission Seamus Bellamy
surveillance It could happen here: How China's social credit system demonstrates the future of social control in smart cities Cory Doctorow
security Once again, a stalkerware company's had its servers pwned and wiped by a hacker who thinks they're selling an immoral product Cory Doctorow
privacy Seattle spends five years failing to come up with a privacy policy for its $3.6m surveillance network, then spends $150k ripping it out Cory Doctorow
books Charles Stross's "Dark State": transdimensional, nuclear-tipped mutually assured destruction by way of a first-rate spy novel Cory Doctorow
surveillance Motherboard files legal complaint against London police to force it to explain why an officer bought creepy, potential illegal stalkerware Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Empire Games: Charlie Stross starts a new phase in the Merchant Princes series, blending spycraft, Leninist thought experiments, and parallel dimensions Cory Doctorow
privacy Chinese transit cops deploy face-recognition glasses to spot indebted people, oppressed ethnic/religious minorities and criminals Cory Doctorow
Funny Watch man's clumsy but persistent attempt to break into truck with a mop handle David Pescovitz
privacy America's school systems serve unencrypted web resources that are riddled with ad-tech trackers Cory Doctorow
