corruption Mysterious New Orleans "anti-crime" camera emblazoned with NOPD logos outside surveillance contractor's house is disavowed by NOPD Cory Doctorow
Gadgets Son-of-Reflectacles: Kickstarting a new generation of anti-surveillance eyewear Cory Doctorow
surveillance Hong Kong's #612strike protest movement: a million strong, leaderless, wireless and smart as hell Cory Doctorow
surveillance When you take a commercial genetic test, you opt your whole family into warrantless state genetic surveillance Cory Doctorow
privacy Mary Meeker's 2019 Internet Trends: stalled growth, security dumpster-fires, more online education and fear of regulation Cory Doctorow
surveillance Russia adds Tinder to the list of apps that have to release user data to its cops and spies on demand, without a warrant Cory Doctorow
Business Patronscan wants cities to require bars to scan your ID with its service so it can maintain a secret, unaccountable blacklist Cory Doctorow
surveillance Empirical analysis of behavioral advertising finds that surveillance makes ads only 4% more profitable for media companies Cory Doctorow
security HACKED: Perceptics, license plate reader provider for US Border Patrol at Mexico border Xeni Jardin
happy mutants Los Angeles! Come see me at Exposition Park library tonight talking about Big Tech, monopolies, mind control and the right of technological self-determination Cory Doctorow
privacy Americans believe that they should own the mountains of data produced by their cars, but they don't Cory Doctorow
politics London police arrest man who covered face during public facial recognition trials Rob Beschizza
happy mutants LA! Come see me this Saturday at the Nebula Awards Conference, and next Thursday at Exposition Park Library! Cory Doctorow
Business Amazon's staffing up a news vertical full of crime stories designed to scare you into buying a spying, snitching "smart" doorbell Cory Doctorow
corruption UK cops are secretly harvesting all data from the phones and cloud accounts of suspects, victims and witnesses and insecurely storing it forever Cory Doctorow
