security Propublica finds millions of Americans' medical images and data sitting on unprotected, publicly accessible servers Cory Doctorow

Business U.S. Justice Department opens criminal investigation into Equifax stock sales Mark Frauenfelder

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law Courts in UK may stop treating computer data as legally infallible Rob Beschizza

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law Germany demands an end to working cryptography Cory Doctorow

surveillance Oh for fuck's sake, not this fucking bullshit again (cryptography edition) Cory Doctorow

spooks Australia announces plan to ban working cryptography at home and in the US, UK, New Zealand, and Canada Cory Doctorow

christ what an asshole Theresa May wants to ban crypto: here's what that would cost, and here's why it won't work anyway Cory Doctorow

happy mutants In the Interests of Safety: using evidence to beat back security theater Cory Doctorow