government agencies that do more harm than good CIA coder threatens to make his trial "maximally painful for the CIA" Mark Frauenfelder

conspiracy theories Raw milk lovers are spinning the government's H5N1 warnings into a conspiracy theory Jennifer Sandlin

politics Biden's first executive orders: pandemic, climate change, racism, immigration Xeni Jardin

racism Trump administration bans diversity training for federal workers, calling it "Anti-American" Thom Dunn

eff In serving big company interests, copyright is in crisis Cory Doctorow

eff ICANN needs to ask more questions about the sale of .ORG Mitch Stoltz

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

christ what an asshole Robert Bork is the architect of the inequality crisis Cory Doctorow

privacy Interoperability and Privacy: Squaring the Circle Cory Doctorow

law In a huge win for open data, Congress passes the Open, Public, Electronic, and Necessary Government Data Act Cory Doctorow

canada Russia-linked hacker Karim Baratov gets 5 years in U.S. prison & $250,000 fine for Yahoo breach Xeni Jardin

infosec Technology should serve us, not boss us around Cory Doctorow

Science Trump's war on science, a chronology (Week 1) Cory Doctorow

corruption Massive report details the surveillance powers of 12 Central and South American nations Cory Doctorow

security In FBI vs. Apple, New York Times editorial board sides with the tech resistance Xeni Jardin

law Exclusive: Snowden intelligence docs reveal UK spooks' malware checklist Cory Doctorow

hacking On ethics in information technology Raphaël Vinot

movies Meet the scientific storytellers who can make the public afraid of anything—for a price Ethan Gilsdorf

books Bruce Schneier's Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World Cory Doctorow

President Obama's tech-centered State of the Union: full text, and digital rights concerns Xeni Jardin