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eff EFF sues Musk: Keep your grubby mitts off our government worker data Ellsworth Toohey

COVID-19 vaccine Californians: get your digital COVID-19 vaccine record Jason Weisberger

News OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma pleads guilty on criminal charges including anti-kickback law, and defrauding the U.S. Xeni Jardin

One in 5 people who get COVID-19 experience mental illness within 90 days, study reports Xeni Jardin

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health In any other industry, emergency medical billing would be considered fraudulent Cory Doctorow

books Boing Boing's 28 favorite books in 2019 Rob Beschizza

guns Seattle authorities used "Red Flag" gun laws to disarm a Neo-Nazi Thom Dunn

Boing Boing Gadgets The Vatican's new electronic rosary is activated by activated by making the sign of the cross John Struan

data breaches An FDNY employee may have compromised the personal information of over 10,000 people Séamus Bellamy

surveillance How deceptive browser extensions snaffled up 4m users' browsing history, including Nest videos, medical history and tax returns Cory Doctorow

floss Electronic Health Records: a murderous, publicly subsidized, $13B/year grift by way of shitty software Cory Doctorow

security NHS okays hospitals and doctors storing patient data on public cloud servers Cory Doctorow

privacy China will collect the DNA of every adult in Xinjiang province, where Uyghur people are systematically oppressed Cory Doctorow

security For sale: any Australian's full health record for a mere $22 Cory Doctorow

security Security of America's healthcare system is on the brink of catastrophic collapse Cory Doctorow

tabloids National Enquirer succeeds where FBI and White House have failed, finding "Proof Obama Wiretapped Trump!" Peter Sheridan

Sex Smartphone microscope and app for testing your sperm David Pescovitz

Science Your medical data: misappropriated by health-tech companies, off-limits to you Cory Doctorow