Technology The internet, 2008-2018: what's changed? Cory Doctorow

crime Inept cyber-crims stole a bunch of IP addresses Cory Doctorow

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twitter Twitter users will no longer be able to hide their blue checks Rob Beschizza

wikipedia Wikipedia's list of "long-term abusers" reads like a roster of pathetic supervillains Mark Frauenfelder

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law Germany demands an end to working cryptography Cory Doctorow

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surveillance Oh for fuck's sake, not this fucking bullshit again (cryptography edition) Cory Doctorow

spooks Australia announces plan to ban working cryptography at home and in the US, UK, New Zealand, and Canada Cory Doctorow

christ what an asshole Theresa May wants to ban crypto: here's what that would cost, and here's why it won't work anyway Cory Doctorow

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

politics What David Cameron just proposed would endanger every Briton and destroy the IT industry Cory Doctorow

ferguson Ferguson: Militarized police use force against protesters, arrest journalists Xeni Jardin