Thread by @doctorow

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."

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1385434226435051523

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Foxconn's Wisconsin death-rattle: Imagine losing your family home for a GOP media op.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1385617036861005826

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John Deere's dismal infosec: Paternalistic security works well, fails badly.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1385627959646593025

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#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!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1385275693261484036

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Today's top sources: Ron Deibert (twitter.com/RonDeibert/), Slashdot (slashdot.org).

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