Pluralistic: Apple's encryption capitulation (25 Feb 2025)

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Apple's encryption capitulation: They put the gun on the mantelpiece in Act One, they don't get to be surprised now.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
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Revenge of the Linkdumps: Something for the weekend, sir?
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How workers get trapped by "bondage fees": Two-sided markets always lead to enshittification.
Red Team Blues Chapter One, part five: The final installment – now get the book!
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This day in history: 2003, 2013, 2018
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Iowa's starvation strategy: Maybe the cruelty IS the point?
The Red Team Blues tour: LA, San Diego, Burbank, San Francisco, PDX, Mountain View, Berkeley, Vancouver, Calgary, Gaithersburg, DC, Toronto, Hay, Nottingham, Manchester, Edinburgh, London, Berlin.
Red Team Blues Chapter One, part three: Danny does THE THING.
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This day in history: 2008, 2013, 2018
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How tech does regulatory capture: An extremely frank and open look inside the ugliest of sausage-factories.
Red Team Blues Chapter One, part two: How Danny Lazer came back from the brink.
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This day in history: 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022
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Podcasting "How To Make a Child-Safe TikTok": My Medium column on a surveillance-free internet.
Serializing the first chapter of Red Team Blues: Meet Marty Hench and his "foolish and ungainly and luxurious tour bus."
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This day in history: 2003, 2013, 2018, 2022
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Booklist on "Red Team Blues": "Another winner from an sf wizard who
has always proved himself adept at blending genres for both adults and teens."
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This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018
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A useful, critical taxonomy of decentralization, beyond blockchains: Not all who decentralize are bros.
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This day in history: 2002, 2012, 2017.
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