Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Vizio makes more money spying on people who buy TVs than it does on TVs themselves; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/11/14/sti…

#Pluralistic 1/
Tomorrow (Monday) at 2PM PT, I'm chairing a webinar for ACM-USTPC called "Policy, Profit, Privacy, and Privilege: The Post-Pandemic Future of Remote Testing Technology"

acm.org/public-policy/… 2/
Vizio makes more money spying on people who buy TVs than it does on TVs themselves: Even if you're paying for the product, you're still the product.

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#5yrsago Keep hoping machine running: Woody Guthrie’s New Years resolutions, 1943 memex.craphound.com/2016/11/14/kee… 6/
Yesterday's threads: How to be safe(r) online; 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… 8/
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… 9/
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/ 10/
Upcoming appearances:

* Policy, Profit, Privacy, and Privilege: The Post-Pandemic Future of Remote Testing Technology (ACM-@USTPC), Nov 15
acm.org/public-policy/… 11/
Upcoming appearances:

* Alternative recommender systems in the DSA: How to protect free expression, create competition and empower users all at once (@Article19org)
zoom.us/webinar/regist… 12/
Upcoming appearances:

* Launch for @happierman and @J9andIf's "You Feel It Just Below the Ribs" (@Keplers), Nov 18
keplers.org/upcoming-event…

* The Kids Are (Kinda) All Right (San Diego @Comic_Con), Nov 28
eventeny.com/events/comicco… 13/
Recent appearances:

* @BridgeTales:
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* Seize the Means of Computation (@InternetArchive):


* Making Money (@DIDiscworld)
desertislanddiscworld.com/episodes/6-1-c… 14/
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… 15/
You can also follow these posts as a daily blog at pluralistic.net: no ads, trackers, or data-collection!

Here's today's edition: pluralistic.net/2021/11/14/sti… 16/
If you're a @Medium subscriber, you can read these - as well as previews of upcoming magazine columns and early exclusives on doctorow.medium.com. 17/
My latest @Medium column is "Bait and Switch: Capitalism’s Shell Game: From Robert Bork to John Deere"

medium.com/@doctorow/bait… 18/
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Are you trying to wean yourself off Big Tech? Follow these threads on the #fediverse at @pluralistic@mamot.fr.

Here's today's edition: mamot.fr/@pluralistic/1… 21/
Today's top sources: @Slashdot (slashdot.org). 22/

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