eff This is bad: the UAE's favorite sleazeball cybermercenaries have applied for permission to break Mozilla's web encryption Cory Doctorow

crypto wars Installing a root certificate should be MUCH scarier Cory Doctorow

Business Sennheiser's headphone drivers covertly changed your computer's root of trust, leaving you vulnerable to undetectable attacks Cory Doctorow

Business CEO of Trustico emails 23,000 HTTPS private keys, triggering panicked mass-revocation Cory Doctorow

Business 4-10% of encrypted web connections are man-in-the-middled and intercepted Cory Doctorow

security Cheating Chinese certificate authorities, caught by Certificate Transparency, will get the death penalty Cory Doctorow

Business Google: Chrome will no longer trust Symantec certificates, 30% of the web will need to switch Certificate Authorities Cory Doctorow

security Chrome is about to start warning users that non-HTTPS sites are insecure Cory Doctorow

surveillance UAE surveillance contractor is recruiting an army of foreign hackers to break into its citizens' devices Cory Doctorow

Boing Boing Gadgets If your phone charger can't open a beer, what are you doing? Boing Boing's Shop

medical myths Ish sucks venom from a snakebite in Earth Abides. But experts agree: Don't do this! Carla Sinclair

art Films, books and artwork entering the public domain in 2025 Rob Beschizza

Entertainment Allee Willis — genius behind "Friends" theme song, finally gets her incredible story told Mark Frauenfelder

Science Tiniest stars not much larger than Jupiter Rob Beschizza

halloween Obvious Plant's satirical Halloween costumes Popkin

halloween Halloween means its David S Pumpkins time! Jason Weisberger

Delightful Creatures Tiny toad found in Brazil only 6.95mm long Rob Beschizza

Cute kitten at animal shelter was something else entirely Allan Rose Hill

new york city City paves over beloved Bed-Stuy street aquarium Jennifer Sandlin

law Vermont man charged with drunk driving in Canada thought he was in U.S. Rob Beschizza