privacy How to download and save your Facebook data before deleting Andrea James

youtube Excellent advice: 3 minutes of Poppy reciting "Delete Your Facebook" Cory Doctorow

trumpism EFF's full-page Wired ad: Dear tech, delete your logs before it's too late Cory Doctorow

law NYC will cease retaining data that Trump could use for mass deportations Cory Doctorow

privacy This free VPN is a massive security risk Séamus Bellamy

privacy Airlines create permanent surveillance files on all travelers Ellsworth Toohey

twitter Nazi cartoonist meets the Streisand Effect after Twitter censors discussion of his identity Rob Beschizza

law Court rules that automakers may store your texts and calls without explicit authorization Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Gadgets These encrypted iStorage hard drives and flash drives are the ultimate peace of mind for your data Boing Boing's Shop

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happy mutants Documentation Gathering, Sanitization, and Storage: an excerpt from "A Public Service" Tim Schwartz

Business The Death of Tumblr Nate 'Igor' Smith

Copyfight Cloud computing and DRM: a match made in hell Cory Doctorow

happy mutants The GDPR might actually create an "attention economy" Cory Doctorow

facebook sucks Survey: 89% of Android users didn't give Facebook consent Mark Frauenfelder

police Philando Castile's killers secretly tried to order Facebook to let them spy on Castile's girlfriend Cory Doctorow

law How to legally cross a US (or other) border without surrendering your data and passwords Cory Doctorow

Were police snooping on Women's March protesters' cellphones? Too many departments won't say Curtis Waltman

trump Tech companies: you have 63 days to make these 5 changes to protect your users before Trump is sworn in Cory Doctorow

infosec Someone at the Chaos Communications Congress inserted a poem into at least 30 million servers' logfiles Cory Doctorow