law Thai police arrest three Chinese nationals in raid on social media "like"-farm Cory Doctorow

security Linux worm turns Raspberry Pis into cryptocurrency mining bots Cory Doctorow

crime Inept cyber-crims stole a bunch of IP addresses Cory Doctorow

youtube Beaker: a decentralized, peer-to-peer web browser that lets you create and fork websites Cory Doctorow

corruption Ethiopia shuts down national internet "to prevent exam cheating" Cory Doctorow

books How can networked protest movements hold power while staying flexible and inclusive? Cory Doctorow

surveillance The CIA created a "Snowden Stopper" to catch future whistleblowers Cory Doctorow

web theory Facebook use is a predictor of depression Cory Doctorow

web theory Scuttlebutt: an "off-grid" P2P social network that runs without servers and can fall back to sneakernet Cory Doctorow

privacy Trump administration wants to force visitors to US to reveal social media passwords and answer questions about political beliefs Cory Doctorow

web theory When should web designers use modal overlays? Cory Doctorow

Funny One mysterious hooded figure is responsible for virtually every online security breach Cory Doctorow

happy mutants A new (slow) open source JPEG algorithm makes images 35% smaller and looks better than older compression systems Cory Doctorow

web theory The grueling emotional labor of an open source maintainer Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Queen Bees and Wannabes: a parents' up-to-date guide to the perils of "girl-world" Cory Doctorow

security London cops use an insecure mail-server that lets third parties intercept mail in transit Cory Doctorow

web theory Google's troll-fighting AI can be defeated by typos Cory Doctorow

Business The internet promised open markets, delivered rigged ones, then fake ones, then outright monopolies Cory Doctorow

web theory To understand trumpism, study the self-professed "betas" of 4chan Cory Doctorow

web theory Techdirt is being sued by the "I invented email" guy and needs your money Cory Doctorow