apple Apple's fine-print reveals a secret program to spy on Iphone users and generate "trust scores" Cory Doctorow
china China's pervasive "social credit" scheme is still in development, but already profoundly shaping public behavior Cory Doctorow
china Chinese jaywalkers are identified and shamed by facial recognition, and now they'll get warnings over text message Cory Doctorow
Civlib China's "citizen scores" used to blacklist 6.7m people from using high-speed rail or flying Cory Doctorow
Business Facebook accuses Israel's NSO Group of exploiting U.S. servers to infect 100s of devices via WhatsApp Xeni Jardin
Gadgets In the ingenious game Lightmatter, lights do matter…because the shadows will kill you Boing Boing's Shop
coronavirus Rush Limbaugh, noted epidemiologist: "The coronavirus is the common cold, folks." Mark Frauenfelder
fbi Both-side-ism comes for the FBI's abortion task force with exaggerated claims of "pro-choice violence" Thom Dunn
security After ransomware took Baltimore hostage, Maryland introduces legislation that bans disclosing the bugs ransomware exploits Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism Manhattan: a city of empty luxury condos and overflowing homeless shelters Cory Doctorow
authoritarianism Political journalist Omoyele Sowore arrested and tortured under Nigeria's overbroad "cyberstalking" law Cindy Cohn
privacy A woman's stalker compromised her car's app, giving him the ability to track and immobilize it Cory Doctorow
