Pluralistic: 21 Apr 2021

Today's links

The Observatory of Anonymity: You are far less of a haystack-needle than you think.
Hawley and Taylor Greene faked their donor-surge: Juking stats for fun, fortune, and fame.
What's wrong with EU's trustbusters: And how to fix it.
Some thoughts on GWB's call for truth in politics: Mission accomplished.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Mass-action lawsuit against Facebook: Digital Rights Ireland wants to make the other GDPR shoe drop.
$100m deli made $35k in 2019/20: What the fuck is going on with Your Hometown Deli?
"Anti-voter-suppression" companies are lobbying to kill HR1: Keep your eyes on the prize.
People's Choice Communications: An ISP owned by striking Charter workers that diverts profits to its customers.
This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Jackpot: Inequality sucks…for everyone.
Bill Gates will kill us all: Elite philanthropy created vaccine apartheid.
What "IP" means: Control over customers, critics and competitors.
Data-brokerages vs the world: The public-private partnership from hell.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Privacy Without Monopoly: A new EFF white paper, co-authored with Bennett Cyphers.
Broad Band: Claire L Evans's magesterial history of women in computing.
$50T moved from America's 90% to the 1%: The hereditary meritocracy is in crisis.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Snowden's young adult memoir: The Young Readers' edition of Permanent Record.
Favicons as undeletable tracking beacons: F-cache considered harmful.
The ECB should forgive the debt it owes itself: Another round of austerity will destroy the European project.
Fleet Street calls out schtum Tories: When Paul Dacre and Katharine Viner agree…
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Mexican indigenous telco wins spectrum fight: First Nations treaties do not sign away electromagnetic franchises.
How apps steal your location: A deep dive into the murky depths of surveillance markets.
Understanding /r/wallstreetbets: More than a bull run, a symbiosis of a market maker and market destroyers.
Knowledge is why you build your own apps: Outsourcing software development squanders vital understanding.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Casino mogul steals First Nation's vaccine: Rodney and Ekaterina Baker, showing us settler colonialism is alive and well.
Facebook champions (its own) privacy: UK privacy regulator says its settlement is a secret.
Goldman CEO gets $17.5m reward for $4.5b fraud: 1MDB couldn't have happened without Goldman Sachs.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Race, surveillance and tech: The third Attack Surface lecture.
The Mounties lied about social surveillance: They always get their self-serving rationalisations.
Telehealth chickenizes docs: And hurts patients (but it's great for investors!).
Canada's GDPR: Down with fictional consent!
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

The joys of tailoring: Thrifting and tailoring are a match made in heaven.
Ransomware for coffee makers: Predicting the present.
My Reddit Privacy AMA: Oct 2-3.
This day in history: 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Blacklight: A realtime web privacy inspector.
Avoiding climate lockdowns: The climate crisis is inseparable from the health and economic crises.
Richard Scarry's Busy, Busy Day in Trump's America: Ruben Bolling at his finest.
This day in history: 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading