picks FBI may not need Apple's help with that iPhone after all, nevermind, maybe Xeni Jardin

crypto NYT: If you see weird text on a computer screen, might be terrorist encryption software Mark Frauenfelder

Technology Zoom transmits your info through China, and uses non-standard encryption, researchers say Xeni Jardin

Gadgets Become a master of Raspberry Pi and Arduino with the help of this training Boing Boing's Shop

crime Ex-Microsoft engineer convicted of 18 felonies after stealing $10M in digital currencies from Microsoft to make extravagant purchases Xeni Jardin

security CIA secretly owned world's top encryption supplier, read enemy and ally messages for decades Xeni Jardin

radiation There's a new radiation-eating fungus strand growing at Chernobyl Thom Dunn

boing boing 20 years of blogging at Boing Boing Rob Beschizza

Business The bubbles in VR, cryptocurrency and machine learning are all part of the parallel computing bubble Cory Doctorow

infosec This Welsh password generator might keep you safe from hackers, but definitely from dragons Thom Dunn

happy mutants Naomi Kritzer's "Catfishing on the CatNet": an AI caper about the true nature of online friendship Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Tpmfail: a timing attack that can extract keys from secure computing chips in 4-20 minutes Cory Doctorow

Business Goodbye Libra, hello Facebook Pay Xeni Jardin

Disney The case for breaking up Disney Cory Doctorow

ransomware The penniless hero of the ransomware epidemic has written more decryptors than anyone else Cory Doctorow

privacy The top FBI lawyer who tried to force Apple to backdoor its crypto now says working crypto is essential to public safety and national security Cory Doctorow

security Japanese robot hotel chain ignored repeated warnings that its in-room “bed-facing” robots could be turned into spy devices Cory Doctorow

Technology Malware hackers using steganography in WAV audio files to hide malicious code Xeni Jardin

snowden Edward Snowden on the global war on encryption: "This is our new battleground" Cory Doctorow

News Mark Zuckerberg to testify before House Financial Services Committee on Facebook's 'Libra' cryptocurrency Xeni Jardin