Glyn Moody

writer (Rebel Code, Digital Code of Life, Walled Culture - free ebook download - https://walledculture.org/the-book/), journalist, blogger. On #DigitalRights, #privacy, #surveillance, #openness, #copyright, and #patents. email: [email protected]

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2026-10-14 19:02:22 GMT

MAGA Built The Censorship Machine It Spent Years Falsely Accusing Democrats Of Building - https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/14/maga-built-the-censorship-machine-it-spent-years-falsely-accusing-democrats-of-building/ funny how that works

2026-09-24 19:31:44 GMT

#Netanyahu hails the #IDF as “the most moral army in the world”. - https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/sep/24/netanyahu-mamdani-abbas-trump-unga-un-general-assembly-speech-new-york-israel-palestine-latest-updates?page=with%3Ablock-6ab56f268f086b315495fc6e#block-6ab56f268f086b315495fc6e what a deranged thing to say in the face of 73,000 Palestinian deaths, the majority of them civilians, and 174,000 injured

2026-09-07 16:34:34 GMT

Smartphone makers don't bother to comply with EU #repairability requirements - https://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/09/07/smartphone-makers-dont-bother-to-comply-with-eu-repairability-requirements/5294532 "Vast majority of new devices on market still don't give repair information to owners, but give themselves top marks for repairability "

2026-07-30 14:51:49 GMT

US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/30/government-map-mislabels-african-countries "contained an artificial intelligence watermark that signals it was made with OpenAI tools."

2026-07-23 09:36:49 GMT

Carmakers lobbied UK to revoke ban on petrol and diesel cars after 2035 - Carmakers lobbied UK to revoke ban on petrol and diesel cars after 2035 idiot car companies want to be left behind just like in #germany... #ev

2026-07-18 07:56:02 GMT

Burnham to announce plans for new North Sea oil and gas drilling - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c935yx2z9d4o #burnham is either a fool or a knave if he does this - or maybe just a coward, terrified of what #trump might say... in any case, #uklabour is done

2026-07-07 07:38:22 GMT

China built a 40-story tower that stores wind power by stacking concrete - https://boingboing.net/2026/07/06/post-china-built-a-40-story-tower-that-stores-wind-powe.html "Nine more towers are planned across China, totaling over 3.7 gigawatt-hours. Unlike pumped hydro, a gravity tower needs only flat ground."

2026-06-08 10:41:33 GMT

UK's answer to AI job fears is a bot to polish your CV - https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/06/08/uks-answer-to-ai-job-fears-is-a-bot-to-polish-your-cv/5251983 stupid: this will be detected as AI-written, and chucked away...

2026-05-13 09:26:44 GMT

exactly wrong, @nprofile…fu0r, exactly wrong.
#nevent1q…wm2z

2026-03-20 08:44:30 GMT

Jeff Bezos' rocket company Blue Origin applies to launch 51,000 datacenter satellites - https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/20/blue_origin_project_sunrise_orbital_datacenter/ "‘Project Sunrise’ needs a network that doesn’t exist, a rocket that’s hardly flown, and FCC approval" wave good bye to the night sky

2026-03-20 08:34:35 GMT

Germany’s Sovereign Digital Stack Mandates #ODF: a Landmark Validation of Open Document Standards - https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/19/germanys-sovereign-digital-stack-mandates-odf/ "establishes the technical standards for a shared, interoperable and sovereign digital infrastructure serving all Germany’s public administrations"

2026-03-10 16:10:46 GMT

Internet Archive Faces Copyright Lawsuit Over ‘Myspace Dragon Hoard’ - https://torrentfreak.com/internet-archive-faces-copyright-lawsuit-over-myspace-dragon-hoard/ oh dear...

2026-03-10 16:06:22 GMT

The Con Trump Used to Attempt to Hide How He’s Rewarding Russia for Helping Iran Target Americans - https://emptywheel.net/the-con-trump-used-to-attempt-to-hide-how-hes-rewarding-russia-for-helping-iran-target-americans/

2026-03-05 15:39:18 GMT

Using #Bellingcat’s New Open Source Tool to Explore Historical and Spatial Flight Data - https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2026/03/05/turnstone-flight-tracking-tool/ looks like a powerful new tool

2026-03-05 14:50:44 GMT

UK must double down on #renewables as wars drive up energy costs, experts say - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/05/uk-clean-energy-iran-war-fossil-fuel-prices-surge this was obvious years ago; shame on politicians for failing to act

2026-03-04 09:14:21 GMT

Kenyan workers training #Meta’s #AI glasses say they see users’ most intimate moments - https://techcabal.com/2026/03/04/kenya-meta-ray-ban-ai-intimate-moments/ a #privacy and #surveillance nightmare

2026-03-03 13:43:55 GMT

Pentagon’s Anthropic Designation Won’t Survive First Contact with Legal System - https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/pentagon%27s-anthropic-designation-won%27t-survive-first-contact-with-legal-system "This is designation as political theater: a show of force that will not stick."

2026-03-03 13:42:12 GMT

“Squirter:” The Catastrophic Stupidity that May [Have] Set Off a Larger Religious Conflict - https://emptywheel.net/the-catastrophic-stupidity-that-may-have-set-off-a-larger-religious-conflict/ "there are almost no people in Trump’s inner circle who have been paying attention. Instead, he’s got sycophants, Crusaders, and venal developers advising him, deliberately trying to purge anyone who has been paying attention."

2026-03-03 10:27:07 GMT

Trump says ‘special relationship is obviously not what it was’ after Starmer’s refusal to back Iran strikes - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/mar/03/trump-starmer-us-special-relationship-iran-yvette-cooper-labour-uk-politics-latest-news-updates good, we are fed up being #murica's poodle

2026-03-03 09:14:05 GMT

The Return Of Measles Is Bad. A #Polio Comeback Would Be So, So Much Worse - https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/02/the-return-of-measles-is-bad-a-polio-comeback-would-be-so-so-much-worse/ people have forgotten how horrible iron lungs were...

2026-03-03 09:13:15 GMT

Why encrypted backups may fail in an #AI-driven #ransomware era - https://www.zdnet.com/article/encrypted-backups-fail-ai-driven-ransomware/ "AI-driven ransomware now infiltrates networks, corrupts recovery points, and silently targets backup systems before you ever realize your data protection strategy has failed. "

2026-03-03 09:12:28 GMT

A new app alerts you if someone nearby is wearing #smartglasses - https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/02/nearby-glasses-new-app-alerts-you-wearing-smart-glasses-surveillance-meta-snap-bluetooth/ "constantly scans for nearby signals that emit from Bluetooth-enabled tech, such as wearable devices made by Meta (and Oakley) and Snap."

2026-03-03 09:11:25 GMT

The ‘European’ Jolla Phone Is an Anti-Big-Tech Smartphone - https://www.wired.com/story/jolla-phone-2026/ "The Finnish company Jolla is back with the #Linux-powered Jolla Phone. It’s being positioned as an antidote to the US-dominated smartphone status quo of #Android and #iOS."

2026-03-03 09:10:37 GMT

AI Bros Wanted Trump. Now They Learn What Happens When You Tell Him No. - https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/02/ai-bros-wanted-trump-now-they-learn-what-happens-when-you-tell-him-no/

2026-03-03 08:35:49 GMT

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@nprofile…c7z3 it's more visible now

2026-03-03 08:27:30 GMT

Trump neck rash from ‘preventative’ skin treatment, White House says - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/02/trump-neck-rash good news: #trump is rotting

2026-03-03 08:26:18 GMT

Welsh ‘revolution’ required to hit target of 1m speakers by 2050, says report - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/03/welsh-language-revolution-required-hit-target-million-speakers-2050 needless to say, #reform would do all it could to wipe out #welsh because it hates diversity and clever people who can speak more than one language

2026-03-02 13:37:33 GMT

UK ‘took far too long’ to let US use its airbases to attack Iran, Trump says - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/02/uk-airbases-us-attack-iran-trump-starmer classic blunder by #starmer: he grovels to please #trump, and gets kicked as thanks for doing so... what a fool

2026-03-02 08:26:33 GMT

The #Tamizdat Project. - https://languagehat.com/the-tamizdat-project/ "banned books were smuggled into the Soviet Union in the 20th century" we will need to do this for #murica soon... #trumpizdat

2026-03-01 15:23:46 GMT

Keir #Starmer abandoned #netzero to court Reform voters. He failed - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/01/keir-starmer-net-zero-reform-byelection eternal shame on him for doing so, now the #greenwave is coming

2026-02-28 14:13:42 GMT

‘I live in constant fear’: surge in giant #sinkholes threatens Turkey’s farmers - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/28/i-live-in-constant-fear-surge-in-giant-sinkholes-threatens-turkeys-farmers "Falling groundwater, extreme heat and water-intensive farming are accelerating land collapse, forcing a rethink in agricultural practices"

2026-02-28 13:47:26 GMT

Dirty water, death and decline: the inside story of a privatisation scandal - https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/feb/28/dirty-water-death-and-decline-the-inside-story-of-a-privatisation-scandal "Experts say it could even be getting worse" one of #starmer's most shameful failures

2026-02-28 13:32:13 GMT

if true, this is russia attacking ukraine and expecting a quick win, all over again
#nevent1q…hl8v

2026-02-27 16:28:58 GMT

#Lynx could return to Scotland – but can rewilders win over wary Highlanders? - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/27/lynx-could-return-to-scotlands-forests-but-can-rewilders-win-over-wary-highlanders he cited 20mph speed limits and the smoking ban. “Just do it, and people will accept it.”

2026-02-27 15:46:58 GMT

Cleverly calls for inquiry into voter fraud - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/feb/27/gorton-and-denton-byelection-result-labour-green-party-reform-uk-politics-latest-news?page=with%3Ablock-69a1af428f084586ef51f8c9#block-69a1af428f084586ef51f8c9 knock-off copies of #trump's refusal to accept defeat

2026-02-27 15:00:25 GMT

Why Tehran’s Two-Tiered Internet Is So Dangerous - https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/02/why-tehrans-two-tiered-internet-is-so-dangerous.html "Unlike China’s censorship regime, #Iran’s overlay model is highly exportable. It demonstrates to other authoritarian regimes that they can still achieve high levels of control by retrofitting their existing networks. "

2026-02-27 11:05:35 GMT

Labour’s worst fears realised by Greens’ victory in Gorton and Denton byelection - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/27/labour-worst-fears-realised-greens-victory-gorton-denton-byelection "Result shows progressive voters they have an alternative to Labour against Reform UK, and reveals task ahead for Starmer" this is the key #greens

2026-02-26 16:54:42 GMT

Stephen Colbert reacts to missing #Epstein files about #Trump - https://mashable.com/video/stephen-colbert-trump-missing-epstein-files "That these files are missing should be the biggest story in the world..."

2026-02-26 16:51:20 GMT

15 state attorneys general sue RFK Jr. over “anti-science” vaccine policy - https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/02/15-state-attorneys-general-sue-rfk-jr-over-anti-science-vaccine-policy/ " Trump administration’s reduced vaccine schedule “throws science out the window.” " #antivaxxers

2026-02-26 16:50:32 GMT

How Todd Blanche Gave Ghislaine Maxwell Blackmail over Donald #Trump - https://emptywheel.net/how-todd-blanche-gave-ghislaine-maxwell-blackmail-over-donald-trump/ "FBI interviewed a woman in 2019 who said she had been abused by Trump in the mid-1980s, but has withheld three of four interview reports with her from the #Epstein file release."

2026-02-26 13:50:52 GMT

Immigrants Will Make America Great Again Faster Than Natural-Born Citizens - https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/24/immigrants-will-make-america-great-again-faster-than-natural-born-citizens/

2026-02-26 13:50:26 GMT

Gig workers in Africa have been helping the US military. They had no idea - https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026-02-23/appen-gig-workers-us-military "Appen hires workers around the world to do obscure tasks with little explanation. It has also held $17m in military contracts"

2026-02-26 13:42:50 GMT

Ancient stepwells brought back to life as India begins to run out of water - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/feb/26/ancient-stepwells-brought-back-india-run-out-water-day-zero functional and beautiful

2026-02-26 09:54:40 GMT

US tells diplomats to lobby against foreign data sovereignty laws - https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/25/us-tells-diplomats-to-lobby-against-foreign-data-sovereignty-laws/ get lost, matey

2026-02-26 09:50:26 GMT

#Cybertruck a flop, base price cut to $59,900 - https://boingboing.net/2026/02/25/cybertruck-a-flop-base-price-cut-to-59900.html #musk

2026-02-26 09:47:00 GMT

A White House Staffer Appears to Run Massive Pro-Trump X Account - https://www.wired.com/story/a-white-house-staffer-appears-to-run-massive-pro-trump-meme-page/ "A popular right-wing account that called a video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes "a masterpiece" appears to be run by a White House staffer"

2026-02-26 08:21:50 GMT

Hackers Expose The Massive Surveillance Stack Hiding Inside Your “Age Verification” Check - https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/25/hackers-expose-the-massive-surveillance-stack-hiding-inside-your-age-verification-check/

2026-02-26 08:20:38 GMT

#LLMs killed the privacy star, we can't rewind, we've gone too far - https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/26/llms_killed_privacy_star/ as some of us warned would happened years ago....

2026-02-26 08:16:00 GMT

The #Pokémon People Care About IP More Than Anything Else, Including Human Life - https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/25/the-pokemon-people-care-about-ip-more-than-anything-else-including-human-life/ #copyright

2026-02-25 09:31:17 GMT

#Reform’s local councils are bringing climate denial into the mainstream - https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026-02-25/reform-local-councils-climate-denial-uk these people are deeply stupid, as is anyone who votes for them

2026-02-25 09:26:17 GMT

NPR: Justice Department withheld #Epstein files detailing allegation #Trump sexually abused 13-year-old girl - https://boingboing.net/2026/02/24/npr-justice-department-withheld-epstein-files-detailing-allegation-trump-sexually-abused-13-year-old-girl.html

2026-02-24 10:34:24 GMT

How Copyright Litigation Over #AnneFrank’s Diary Could Impact The Fate Of #VPNs In The EU - https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/23/how-copyright-litigation-over-anne-franks-diary-could-impact-the-fate-of-vpns-in-the-eu/ "The current dispute is another clear example of how #copyright has become for some an end in itself, more important than the things that it is supposed to promote."

2026-02-24 10:27:49 GMT

Protecting #EU data and #privacy rights in the Digital Omnibus - https://www.beuc.eu/sites/default/files/publications/BEUC-X-2026-011_Protecting_EU_data_and_privacy_rights_in_the_Digital_Omnibus.pdf "BEUC calls for the rejection of certain provisions, the inclusion of strong safeguards and clarifications on several aspects"

2026-02-24 09:00:57 GMT

#China’s Yangtze River shows signs of remarkable recovery after fishing ban - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/12/china-yangtze-river-recovery-after-fishing-ban "Doubling of fish biomass and rebounding of endangered species shows government measures starting to work, biologists say"

2026-02-24 08:59:01 GMT

Texas Is About To Overtake California In #Battery Storage - https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/02/24/0043228/texas-is-about-to-overtake-california-in-battery-storage despite #trump

2026-02-24 08:52:24 GMT

The Media Still Can’t Figure Out That #Trump Says Things That Aren’t True - https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/23/the-media-still-cant-figure-out-that-trump-says-things-that-arent-true/ calling out the lies...

2026-02-24 08:48:32 GMT

Preserving The Web Is Not The Problem. Losing It Is. - https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/17/preserving-the-web-is-not-the-problem-losing-it-is/

2026-02-23 19:41:12 GMT

#Reform UK’s #ICE-style deportation plan condemned as ‘#sadistic’ - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/23/reform-uk-ice-style-deportation-plan-condemned-as-sadistic that's the word

2026-02-21 10:42:34 GMT

#OpenAI’s first #ChatGPT gadget could be a smart speaker with a camera - https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/882077/openai-chatgpt-smart-speaker-camera-glasses-lamp what could possibly go wrong? #privacy #surveillance

2026-02-20 19:46:16 GMT

‘The costs could rise’: Austria manslaughter ruling could alter climbing in Europe - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/20/austria-conviction-affect-climbing-europe "Hofer’s ruling suggests a novel and potentially complex duty of care: between more experienced and more novice participants in mountain sports." interesting decision

2026-02-20 16:15:06 GMT

#Trump illegally overstepped executive power with global tariffs, supreme court rules - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/20/trump-supreme-court-tariffs-ruling first big slapdown from #scotus

2026-02-20 13:28:38 GMT

Labour minister falsely linked journalists to ‘pro-Kremlin’ network in emails to GCHQ - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/20/labour-minister-falsely-linked-journalists-to-pro-kremlin-network-in-emails-to-gchq "#Simons pressed intelligence officials to investigate reporters, in emails described as ‘#McCarthyite smear’" he's got to go

2026-02-20 13:19:38 GMT

What We Talk About When We Talk About #AI (Part Five) - https://emptywheel.net/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-ai-part-five/ "The AI industry seems to be humbly asking all of humanity to give them perhaps, roughly, half of all the world’s wealth? Several times the whole world’s wealth?"

2026-02-20 10:17:11 GMT

Wikimedia and the new knowledge loop – report from a Wikimedia CH roundtable - https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/02/20/wikimedia-and-the-new-knowledge-loop-report-from-a-wikimedia-ch-roundtable-2/ "The future threat is not that #AI uses #Wikipedia, but that Wikipedia becomes invisible to humans."

2026-02-20 08:56:34 GMT

A preventable virus, a paralyzed child, and zero regrets - https://boingboing.net/2026/02/19/a-preventable-virus-a-paralyzed-child-and-zero-regrets.html "A South Carolina mother has no regrets about denying her child the measles vaccine, even though her lucky-to-be-alive son has suffered measles encephalitis and will have trouble walking." she's a monster #antivaxxers

2026-02-20 08:19:08 GMT

New #drone unit to investigate illegal waste dumping across England - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/20/drone-unit-to-investigate-illegal-waste-dumping-england-crime-gang good use of new tech

2026-02-19 17:03:05 GMT

Dozens of Palestinian #journalists beaten, starved or raped, report alleges - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/19/dozens-of-palestinian-journalists-beaten-starved-or-raped-report-alleges "CPJ) reviewed dozens of testimonies, photographs and medical records documenting what it describes as serious abuses by Israeli soldiers and prison guards" #israel

2026-02-18 12:57:47 GMT

The world after Epstein: a watershed moment in the fight against corruption? - https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026-02-18/the-world-after-epstein-a-watershed-moment-in-the-fight-against-corruption "Bad apples, black sheep, lone crooks – the old excuses no longer hold water. And politicians will have to act accordingly" we'll see...

2026-02-18 12:56:45 GMT

You can jailbreak an F-35 just like an iPhone, says Dutch defense chief - https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/18/jailbreak_an_f35/ now do trident submarines...

2026-02-18 11:19:22 GMT

#Epstein files suggest acts that may amount to crimes against humanity, say UN experts - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/18/epstein-files-crimes-against-humanity-un-experts "‘grave’ nature regarding scale of atrocities against women and girls" I'm sure #trump will agree...

2026-02-18 11:06:36 GMT

just outrageous
#nevent1q…csvh

2026-02-18 10:18:51 GMT

Presenting the Big Tech Lobby Playbook - https://www.somo.nl/presenting-the-big-tech-lobby-playbook/ "case studies reveal a highly toxic form of political influence, where Big Tech manipulates the legislative and regulatory process in ways that threaten the fabric of democracy."

2026-02-18 09:09:34 GMT

Elon #Musk's #Grok faces another EU investigation over nonconsensual AI images - https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-x-grok-eu-investigation-ireland-ai-generated-nonsconsensual-images "Grok's AI image generation feature reportedly created tens of thousands of sexual images of children." reportedly??? #csam

2026-02-18 08:58:14 GMT

Password managers’ promise that they can’t see your vaults isn’t always true - https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/02/password-managers-promise-that-they-cant-see-your-vaults-isnt-always-true/ " Contrary to what password managers say, a server compromise can mean game over." best to stay local

2026-02-17 20:17:17 GMT

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@nprofile…c7z3 which one, there are so many...?

2026-02-17 20:01:17 GMT

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@nprofile…c7z3 it would be, but he lacks the guts

2026-02-17 19:58:56 GMT

£111M later, frictionless post-#Brexit border dream 'brought to early closure' - https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/17/uk_single_trade_window/ "Ministers long pitched it as a cornerstone of post-Brexit border modernization, part of the plan to build the "world's most effective border."" what a pathetic joke

2026-02-17 19:57:32 GMT

#Australia’s Social Media Ban Is Isolating Kids With Disabilities—Just Like Critics Warned - https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/17/australias-social-media-ban-is-isolating-kids-with-disabilities-just-like-critics-warned/

2026-02-17 19:56:47 GMT

#Georgia’s journalists forced to leave profession — their stories - https://jam-news.net/georgian-journalists-changing-careers/ grim

2026-02-17 13:15:02 GMT

Russia threatens to deploy navy to protect vessels from ‘western piracy’ - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/17/russia-threatens-to-deploy-navy-vessels-shadow-fleet-europe yeah, sure... russians are cowards, as #ukraine shows #shadowfleet

2026-02-17 11:45:19 GMT

Ireland joins regulator smackdown after X's #Grok #AI accused of undressing people - https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/17/ireland_dpc_x_grok_probe/ probably leading to a mild slap on the wrist, as usual with #ireland...

2026-02-17 11:42:47 GMT

#CBS refused to broadcast this Stephen Colbert interview. Here's how to watch it anyway - https://mashable.com/video/stephen-colbert-cbs-talarico-interview-banned-broadcast-watch "The late show host called out his network for pre-emptively capitulating to the U.S. government." #hero

2026-02-17 09:35:27 GMT

Europeans are dangerously reliant on US tech. Now is a good time to build our own - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/17/europeans-are-dangerously-reliant-on-us-tech-now-is-a-good-time-to-build-our-own "This has, in effect, handed Trump a kill switch that Europeans should fear."

2026-02-17 09:09:26 GMT

#EU Parliament blocks #AI tools over cyber, privacy fears - https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-parliament-blocks-ai-features-over-cyber-privacy-fears/ " AI features on EU devices sent data to cloud, prompting the Parliament’s IT support to switch them off. "

2026-02-17 08:45:44 GMT

“The more data that technology [such as mobile phones] includes, the more work there is for policing,” - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/feb/17/domestic-abuse-women-suicide-police-caseloads and this is precisely why there is no need to break #encryption: there is already a huge amount of digital data for police to use

2026-02-16 10:58:14 GMT

Fast-spreading #measles outbreak takes hold among under-10s in north London - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/feb/15/measles-outbreak-under-10s-north-london clearly a lot of stupid people in #Enfield...

2026-02-14 09:35:30 GMT

Log files that describe the history of the internet are disappearing. A new project hopes to save them - https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/14/internet_history_initiative/ "The Internet History Initiative wants future historians to have a chance to understand how human progress and technical progress align"

2026-02-14 09:14:54 GMT

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@nprofile…tkx6 I imagine most people do this, I certainly do...

2026-02-12 17:55:22 GMT

#Musk posted about race almost every day in January - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/12/elon-musk-posts-january-white-supremacists "Many social media posts by Tesla CEO on his platform are indiscernible from those of white #supremacists, say experts" if it walks like a white supremacists, and quacks like a white supremacists...

2026-02-12 17:32:51 GMT

As men dominate the #Epstein Files headlines, we must listen to the voices of the survivors - https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026-02-12/as-men-dominate-the-epstein-files-headlines-where-are-the-voices-of-the-survivors "The files’ shocking details read like an extreme expression of the sexism that many of us are familiar with" #trump

2026-02-12 17:30:36 GMT

#Doctors told to give #Palantir's #NHS data platform the cold shoulder - https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/11/bma_palantir_nhs/ "200,000-strong union says spy-tech firm's ICE work undermines patient trust" damn right

2026-02-12 17:28:15 GMT

Unredacted #Epstein files contain a whole lot of "Donald J. #Trump" - https://boingboing.net/2026/02/11/unredacted-epstein-files-contain-a-whole-lot-of-donald-j-trump.html "After reviewing unredacted Epstein files, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) told Axios that when he searched for Donald Trump's name, it appeared "more than a million times,""

2026-02-11 09:27:21 GMT

#Epstein details scrubbed from #Mandelson’s #Wikipedia page by shady paid editor - https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026-02-11/epstein-details-scrubbed-from-mandelsons-wikipedia-page-by-shady-paid-editor "As the then-ambassador came under fire, an anonymous user tried to downplay his history of support for Jeffrey Epstein"

2026-02-11 09:25:57 GMT

Bondi and Patel hide senders of #Epstein's most disturbing emails - https://boingboing.net/2026/02/10/bondi-and-patel-hide-senders-of-epsteins-most-disturbing-emails.html Epstein writing "I loved the torture video" to an unnamed recipient and someone telling him "I give you permission to kill him." #trump

2026-02-11 09:24:01 GMT

Brendan Carr Launches Fake Investigation Of ABC’s ‘The View’ Because They Haven’t Adequately Coddled Trumpism - https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/10/brendan-carr-launches-fake-investigation-of-abcs-the-view-because-they-havent-adequately-coddled-trumpism/

2026-02-11 09:22:31 GMT

#India makes #Aadhaar more ubiquitous, but critics say security and privacy concerns remain - https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/09/india-makes-aadhaar-more-ubiquitous-but-critics-say-privacy-concerns-remain/

2026-02-11 09:17:08 GMT

The first signs of burnout are coming from the people who embrace #AI the most - https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/09/the-first-signs-of-burnout-are-coming-from-the-people-who-embrace-ai-the-most/

2026-02-05 09:21:05 GMT

Addicted to the #algorithm: how Big Tech lobbies to keep us hooked on #socialmedia
- https://corporateeurope.org/en/2026/02/addicted-algorithm-how-big-tech-lobbies-keep-us-hooked-social-media "With Trumpists and far-right allies likely to join the chorus against the DFA, the Commission’s own drive for deregulation at all costs is not helping the chances of strong legislation."

2026-02-04 13:51:39 GMT

EU plan to share data with US border force sparks #surveillance fears - https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-moves-open-up-data-for-us-border-checks-sparking-surveillance-chills/ how stupid can you be, when #trump has threatened to take #greenland by force? are eu politicians complete idiots, or just craven fools?

2026-02-02 16:11:03 GMT

Elon #Musk’s #Grok is still undressing men - https://www.theverge.com/report/872062/grok-still-undressing-men "Elon Musk insists xAI’s chatbot doesn’t break the law, but it’s still churning out nearly naked, sexualized images of men. "