privacy Erik Prince's new "secure" smartphone is an even bigger joke than it sounds Thom Dunn

amazon Amazon's being greasy about Alexa user data. Again. Séamus Bellamy

privacy Empirical review of privacy policies reveals that they are "incomprehensible" drivel Cory Doctorow

privacy "Smart" doorlocks have policies that let landlords and third parties spy on you Cory Doctorow

amazon Amazon is making a Ring Camera TV show Thom Dunn

twitter Massive security breach exposes anonymous Twitter accounts' email addresses and phone numbers Mark Frauenfelder

police Amazon admits police get Ring camera footage without owners' consent or a warrant Rob Beschizza

mistakes Tesla stock slide puts Musk's Twitter deal in jeopardy Rob Beschizza

airlines Man hacked airline Web site to locate his lost luggage after customer service was unhelpful David Pescovitz

privacy You can help The Markup find the sleazy companies that secretly sell your location data Mark Frauenfelder

science fiction A brief history of using applied science fiction contests to design the future Thom Dunn

encryption A glimpse at the messy future of Signal, the popular encrypted messaging app Thom Dunn

News 'Black lives matter' —Mark Zuckerberg, who says Facebook may change policy on state violence, voter suppression Xeni Jardin

infosec A webcomic explainer on how the census deals with digital privacy Thom Dunn

privacy Wacom tablet drivers track apps you open Rob Beschizza

Technology Twitter tells facial-recognition app maker to stop scraping photos, Clearview AI used by 600+ US law enforcement agencies Xeni Jardin

education Security expert offers hacking advice to students whose campuses have implemented pervasive wireless surveillance Cory Doctorow

surveillance Multiple Amazon employees have been fired for spying on Ring owners' cameras Cory Doctorow

Business Kathryn Spiers: 'I was fired last week by Google for organizing.' Xeni Jardin

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