Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Laundering torturers' reputations with copyfraud; Foxconn's Wisconsin death-rattle; John Deere's dismal infosec; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/04/23/rep…
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Laundering torturers' reputations with copyfraud: Eliminalia, where "we erase your past and help you build your future."
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Foxconn's Wisconsin death-rattle: Imagine losing your family home for a GOP media op.
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John Deere's dismal infosec: Paternalistic security works well, fails badly.
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#1yrago Riot Baby pluralistic.net/2020/04/23/rio…
#1yrago Mayor of Las Vegas says the "free market" will decide what's safe pluralistic.net/2020/04/23/rio…
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Yesterday's threads: The awesome destructive power of a billionaire; Banks made bank on covid overdraft charges; Moxie hacks Cellebrite; Fighting FLoC is compatible with fighting monopoly; EFF sues Proctorio over copyfraud; and more!
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My latest novel is Attack Surface, a sequel to my bestselling Little Brother books. @washingtonpost called it "a political cyberthriller, vigorous, bold and savvy about the limits of revolution and resistance."
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My book "How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism" is a critique of Big Tech connecting conspiratorial thinking to the rise of tech monopolies (proposing a way to deal with both) is now out in paperback:
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Signed copies here:
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Upcoming appearances:
* Book launch for Bruce Sterling's Robot Artists & Black Swans (Book People), Apr 27, bookpeople.com/event/virtual-…
* Seize the Means of Computation, Ryerson Centre for Free Expression, May 19, cfe.ryerson.ca/events/how-des…
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Recent appearances:
* Right to Repair, Monopolies, and Solarpunk
* The surveillance state, digital monopolies, and why we should be worried (Podsongs)
anchor.fm/podsongs/episo…
* Conspiracy Theories (Utopian Horizons):
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My first picture book is out! It's called Poesy the Monster Slayer and it's an epic tale of bedtime-refusal, toy-hacking and monster-hunting, illustrated by Matt Rockefeller. It's the monster book I dreamt of reading to my own daughter.
pluralistic.net/2020/07/14/poe…
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Are you trying to wean yourself off Big Tech? Follow these threads on the #fediverse at @pluralistic@mamot.fr.
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Today's top sources: Ron Deibert (twitter.com/RonDeibert/), Slashdot (slashdot.org).
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