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Pluralistic: 28 Jul 2022


Today's links

  • Your computer is tormented by a wicked god: Bootkits are why we can't have nice things.
  • Peter Thiel's evil, but he's not an "evil genius": How to criticize self-mythologizing villains.
  • Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
  • This day in history: 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
  • Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Author Cory DoctorowPosted on July 28, 2022August 15, 2022Tags app stores, apts, bootkits, computer science, cosmicstrand, criti-hype, evil geniuses, ground truth, hypervisors, infosec, kaspersky, max Chafkin, ngscb, ordinary mediocrities, peter thiel, prodigal tech-bro, red pills, rene descartes, rootkits, scogito ergo sum, security, self-mythologizing, trusted computing, uefi, uh-oh

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