web theory Major corporations blacklist ads on news stories that include the words "Trump," "racism," "gun," "Brexit," "suicide" and more 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
privacy Facebook's internal security goons track ex-employees and critics using Facebook's apps Cory Doctorow
canada Canadian border guards have secret access to a US "anti-terror" database of 680,000 names Cory Doctorow
covid Ryanair blacklists passengers who got Covid lockdown refunds: pay us back or you're not boarding Rob Beschizza
Boing Boing Gadgets Stay protected with these VPN, cloud storage, and password manager deals on sale for an extra 20% off Boing Boing's Shop
racism Amazon secretly planned to use facial recognition and Ring doorbells to create neighborhood "watch lists" Cory Doctorow
Copyfight Podcast of Affordances: a new science fiction story that climbs the terrible technology adoption curve Cory Doctorow
Copyfight "Affordances": a new science fiction story that climbs the terrible technology adoption curve Cory Doctorow
Business After #MeToo, whole industries have been blacklisted by insurers for sexual harassment liability coverage Cory Doctorow
Business Leaked documents reveal Google's plan to create a censored search engine for the Chinese market Cory Doctorow
books Paypal blacklists payments for a World Socialists pamphlet about the Iranian opposition Cory Doctorow
Copyfight A proposal to stop 3D printers from making guns is a perfect parable of everything wrong with information security Cory Doctorow
happy mutants What living in a dictatorship feels like, and why it may be too late by the time you notice it Cory Doctorow
fraud Spam was nearly dead, then it became an essential tool for crime and came roaring back Cory Doctorow
