surveillance Foreigners visiting China are increasingly stumped by its cashless society Cory Doctorow

Boing Boing Gadgets Self helps you build credit just by building savings. Boing Boing's Shop

poverty How UBI is helping farmers deal with poverty and pandemic life at the same time Thom Dunn

Boing Boing Gadgets Clearcover saves money for drivers who know the right auto insurance provider matters Boing Boing's Shop

cars Lamborghini buyer sues dealer after white car turns yellow Mark Frauenfelder

china A Wechat-based "mobile court" presided over by a chatbot has handled 3m legal procedures since March Cory Doctorow

privacy Interoperability and Privacy: Squaring the Circle Cory Doctorow

privacy Mary Meeker's 2019 Internet Trends: stalled growth, security dumpster-fires, more online education and fear of regulation Cory Doctorow

privacy Bounty hunters and stalkers are able to track you in realtime by lying to your phone company and pretending to be cops Cory Doctorow

google Google says it won't remove Saudi government app that lets men track and monitor their wives and domestic employees Cory Doctorow

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Business Netflix walks away from App Store payments, costing Apple up to $256m/year Cory Doctorow

News FCC closed due to government shutdown, Ajit Pai won't be at CES Xeni Jardin

Long Cons Three men arrested in $364 million Ponzi scheme Mark Frauenfelder

christ what an asshole Ajit Pai: California net neutrality law is "illegal" Cory Doctorow

News North Korea: Operatives exploited Facebook, LinkedIn, other social media sites to get money and dodge sanctions Xeni Jardin

Business Consumer Reports now evaluates products' security and privacy Cory Doctorow

law States suspend your driver's license over inability to pay court fines, costing you your job and any ability to repay Cory Doctorow

Boing Boing Gadgets The Internet of Shit is so manifestly insecure that people are staying away from it in droves Cory Doctorow

law Leaked ICE forfeiture manual instructs agents to seize houses if they contain a phone implicated in crime Cory Doctorow