Pluralistic: China hacked Verizon, AT&T and Lumen using the FBI's backdoor (07 Oct 2024)

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China hacked Verizon, AT&T and Lumen using the FBI's backdoor: There's no such thing as a backdoor that only works when 'good guys' use it.
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Pluralistic: 09 Mar 2020

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Jesse Jackson endorses Sanders: "I stand with him because he stands with you."
Choose Your Own Adventure was Milton Friedman for Kids: There Is No Alternative.
Woman sues TSA over "pat-down" that penetrated her vagina: Las Vegas airport's finest.
Shat-out pig pedometer sparks farm-fire: Beyond Thunderdome, free range
UCSC strike prompts systemwide student and faculty solidarity strikes: Meanwhile, the regents are deporting striking TAs.
An open syllabus on "housing struggles": Detailed resources from the Pirate Care collective.
Yanis Varoufakis on how austerity leads to fascism: And how "constructive disobedience" can win support for alternatives.
John Deere is Right to Repair's archnemesis: Digital feudalism has reinvented the tenant farmer.
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