politics Trump administration to begin taking DNA samples from migrants crossing border or in detention for federal criminal database Xeni Jardin

magic Alan Moore gave a surprisingly inspiring interview to Russia Today Thom Dunn

politics Review / Floor 13: Deep State Rob Beschizza

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politics FTC orders Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft to provide details on prior acquisitions of small companies Xeni Jardin

Business The privacy-invading, junk science "home DNA test" industry is cratering Cory Doctorow

fbi The FBI doesn't need Apple to give it a backdoor to encryption, because it already has all the access it needs Thom Dunn

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crime Armed robber who face-planted into Pizza Hut door left DNA, cops say Xeni Jardin

Business Genetic genealogy company Gedmatch acquired by company with ties to FBI & law enforcement—why you should be worried Jennifer Lynch

machine learning Networked authoritarianism may contain the seeds of its own undoing Cory Doctorow

race White supremacists record video at the new, bulletproof Emmett Till memorial sign Cory Doctorow

security China's new cybersecurity rules ban foreign companies from using VPNs to phone home Cory Doctorow

law Identity theft's newest target: your face Albert Fox Cahn

china Chinese authorities are secretly installing their anti-Uyghur surveillance app on the phones of tourists to Xinjiang province Cory Doctorow

art CEO of London's Serpentine Gallery resigns after Guardian report Cory Doctorow

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china Hong Kong's #612strike uprising is alive to surveillance threats, but its countermeasures are woefully inadequate Cory Doctorow

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