surveillance New study shows how to use wifi signals like sonar to spy on people Thom Dunn

amazon Amazon is making a Ring Camera TV show Thom Dunn

surveillance Evan Greer's "Surveillance Capitalism" is the internet's new official protest song Thom Dunn

privacy How coronavirus restrictions inadvertently lead to mass surveillance Thom Dunn

privacy The surveillance economy has 67 days to disarm before Trump is sworn in Cory Doctorow

security Sneaky ultrasonic adware makes homes vulnerable to ultrasonic hacking Cory Doctorow

happy mutants The Attention Merchants: a deep dive into the origins of the surveillance economy Cory Doctorow

president Cornel West is running for President Jennifer Sandlin

History Why We Fight was a 2006 documentary on the logic of America's endless parade of pointless wars Elías Villoro

big tech Cory Doctorow describes what's wrong about "Surveillance Capitalism" Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants Send Pics: ripping, brutal, amazing novel about teens, sextortion, revenge and justice Cory Doctorow

politics FTC orders Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft to provide details on prior acquisitions of small companies Xeni Jardin

canada Internal docs reveal that Canada's Exxon subsidiary knew about climate change risks and lied about it for decades Cory Doctorow

politics Large, diverse coalition of civil society groups tell the US, UK and Australian governments not to ban working encryption Cory Doctorow

books Boing Boing's 28 favorite books in 2019 Rob Beschizza

AI Second wave Algorithmic Accountability: from "What should algorithms do?" to "Should we use an algorithm?" Cory Doctorow

privacy Interoperability and Privacy: Squaring the Circle Cory Doctorow

documentaries Triple Chaser: a short documentary that uses machine learning to document tear gas use against civilians, calling out "philanthropist" Warren Kanders for his company's war-crimes Cory Doctorow

china Human Rights Watch reverse-engineered the app that the Chinese state uses to spy on people in Xinjiang Cory Doctorow

Business Trump signs 'American AI Initiative' executive order to prioritize federal funding for artificial intelligence research Xeni Jardin