Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: UK ICO: surveillance advertising is dead; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/11/26/ico…
#Pluralistic 1/
Are you going to San Diego Comic-Con? Me too!
* I'll be signing at the Mysterious Galaxy Booth (#1325) on Sunday from 12-12:45PM
* And I'll be on a panel, The Kids Are (Kinda) All Right, on Sunday from 1:30-230PM
eventeny.com/events/comicco… 2/
UK ICO: surveillance advertising is dead: A true consent framework would do the trick.
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#10yrsago Interrogation of Byron Sonne, Toronto G20 hacker on trumped up charges for mocking G20 security web.archive.org/web/2011112823…
#5yrsago Chestburster roast turkey bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3415757/… 4/
#5yrsago Malcolm McLaren’s son torched his punk collection to protest the 40th anniversary of punk “celebrations” bbc.com/news/uk-381204… 5/
Yesterday's threads: Unions are finally fighting two-tier contracts; McKinsey taught Big Pharma how to price-gouge; and more!
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My latest book is Attack Surface, a sequel to my bestselling Little Brother books, now in paperback, wherever books are sold.
Signed copies at @DarkDel:
darkdel.com/store/p1840/Co… 7/
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:
onezero.medium.com/how-to-destroy…
Signed copies here:
darkdel.com/store/p2024/Av… 8/
My ebooks and audiobooks (from @torbooks, @HoZ_Books, @mcsweeneys, and others) are for sale all over the net, but I sell 'em too, and when you buy 'em from me, I earn twice as much and you get books with no DRM and no license "agreements."
craphound.com/shop/ 9/
Upcoming appearances:
* The Kids Are (Kinda) All Right (San Diego @Comic_Con), Nov 28
eventeny.com/events/comicco…
* Redistribute the Internet (@NGIForward Summit), Nov 30
summit.ngi.eu/programme#day2
* @intgovforum (Warsaw), Dec 10
intgovforum.org/en/schedule/20… 10/
Recent appearances:
* NFTs (@UpstreamPodcast)
soundcloud.com/upstreampodcas…
* Policy, Profit, Privacy, and Privilege: The Post-Pandemic Future of Remote Testing Technology (ACM-@USTPC):
acm.org/public-policy/…
* Alternative recommender systems in the DSA:
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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 @mcrockefeller. It's the monster book I dreamt of reading to my own daughter.
pluralistic.net/2020/07/14/poe… 12/
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My latest Medium column is "Apple’s Right-to-Repair U-turn":
medium.com/@doctorow/appl… 14/
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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: @slashdot (slashdot.org). 17/
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