U+D801 It's dismayingly easy to make an app that turns a smart-speaker into a password-stealing listening device and sneak it past the manufacturer's security checks Cory Doctorow
threat models matter Not only is Google's auto-delete good for privacy, it's also good news for competition Cory Doctorow
crisis actors etc etc The far right is dominating the information wars through "keyword signaling" Cory Doctorow
golden handcuffs China's new cybersecurity rules ban foreign companies from using VPNs to phone home Cory Doctorow
americans for tax reform Google continues to funnel vast sums to notorious climate deniers Cory Doctorow
if you stand up for your users we'll stand up for you America's rotten ISPs object to encrypted DNS, argue that losing the ability to spy on your traffic puts them at a competitive disadvantage Cory Doctorow
compelled linking After the passage of the EU Copyright Directive, Google nukes Google News France Cory Doctorow
labor rights Google must allow employees to discuss 'workplace issues,' new settlement determines Xeni Jardin
journalism awards we haz them Google changes news story ranking, Google News to favor 'journalism awards' and original reporting Xeni Jardin
justice Google hit with demands for detailed ad business info from Texas and other states Xeni Jardin
Steve Marshall Everyone's investigating Google for antitrust violations…except California and Alabama Cory Doctorow
human warrant canary Alex Stamos schools Apple after they whine about Google revealing a whack of Ios zero-days Cory Doctorow
high-tech feudalism Critical essays (including mine) discuss Toronto's plan to let Google build a surveillance-based "smart city" along its waterfront Cory Doctorow
hate content Infowars relaunches YouTube channel one day after Susan Wojcicki takes action to reduce extremist content Xeni Jardin
