Boing Boing Gadgets The new Pixel phone has a bizarre, obscure "opt out" arbitration waiver Cory Doctorow

privacy Guide to finding and erasing your online data doppelganger Cory Doctorow

surveillance Stop Flock campaign targets invasive surveillance network Rob Beschizza

Technology Google has a free tool that scrubs your personal info from search Ellsworth Toohey

Technology California built a free tool to delete your data from 500+ data brokers at once Ellsworth Toohey

mistakes Everyone hates OneDrive, Microsoft's cloud app that steals then deletes all your files Rob Beschizza

Technology Google.ai predicts its own enshittification timeline Mark Frauenfelder

Japan Copyright holders are finally beginning to push back against OpenAI Grant St. Clair

Technology California now requires browsers to include a one-click option to stop companies from selling your personal data Ellsworth Toohey

Technology Data brokers caught hiding privacy opt-out pages from search results Ellsworth Toohey

FBI violated DNA privacy rules to solve Idaho murder case Ellsworth Toohey

artificial intelligence Watch Claude AI take control of a computer and build its own website from scratch Ellsworth Toohey

artificial intelligence Nightshade: a new tool artists can use to "poison" AI models that scrape their online work Ruben Bolling

libraries Scholastic Book Fair allegedly bows to censorship Jason Weisberger

capitalism REI ditches Black Friday to 'opt outside' Rusty Blazenhoff

robocalls A Texas man made $75,000 (so far) suing telemarketers and hopes others do the same Carla Sinclair

Netflix Finland makes taxes fun with a Netflix-style website Annie Rauwerda

COVID-19 Florida chiropractor signing hundreds of medical exemptions for kids to not wear masks at school David Pescovitz

florida Florida doctor loses job after Covid mask medical excuse letters sold for $50 online Rob Beschizza