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Inside: The FTC takes aim at commercial surveillance; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/08/12/reg…

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Tomorrow (Aug 13), I'm co-presenting a program item at @Defcon (Las Vegas) called "Literal Self-Pwning: Why Patients - and Their Advocates - Should Be Encouraged to Hack, Improve, and Mod Med Tech" with @CDameffMD & @jefftullymd:

forum.defcon.org/node/242205 2/

The FTC takes aim at commercial surveillance: Oh, the sheer poetry of "Commercial Surveillance and Data Security Rulemaking."

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1558115615524659204

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Hey look at this

* Man who built ISP instead of paying Comcast $50K expands to hundreds of homes arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

* @McMansionHell: "Everything’s bigger in Texas" mcmansionhell.com/post/692219683…

* Gen-Z Harry Potter github.com/typoes/harry-p… (h/t @BoingBoing) 4/

#15yrsago Epcot’s secret meeting rooms web.archive.org/web/2007102505…

#10yrsago Time wars: our finite lives frittered away in the precarious world of automation web.archive.org/web/2012081305… 5/

#10yrsago Mitt Romney’s tax bill under Paul Ryan’s budget? 0.82% (Your taxes will probably go up, though) theatlantic.com/business/archi…

#5yrsago Amazon scammers’ new trick: shipping things to random widows in your town petapixel.com/2017/08/11/fel… 6/

#5yrsago You are Henry David Thoreau in the Walden simulator video game waldengame.com

#5yrsago 24 hours later, ANOTHER massive Wells Fargo fraud scandal theintercept.com/2017/08/12/the… 7/

Yesterday's threads: A dark money group is lying about Medicare cuts; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1557729379014176768

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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… 9/

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… 10/

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."

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Upcoming appearances:

* @DEFCON 30 (Las Vegas), Aug 13
defcon.org/html/defcon-30…

* Talking "Radicalized" with the @buildbridges4am Book Club, Aug 15
mobilize.us/buildbridges4a… 12/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Launch for @Motherboard's Terraform anthology, @Vice offices (Los Angeles), Aug 18
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* Radical Interoperability: An Internet Disassembly Manual, Aug 29 15h (@BurningMan Center Camp) 13/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Chokepoint Capitalism: a Better Deal for Creative Labor, Aug 30, 13h (@BurningMan @PalenqueNorte, 915 and B)

* Interview with @BunnieStudios on the Precursor and Trusting Trust, Aug 31, 12h (@BurningMan Liminal Labs, 945 and Rod's) 14/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* #UnfinishedLive (NYC), Sept 21-24
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Recent appearances:

* DRM Secretly Polices You (@dtnsshow)
dailytechnewsshow.com/2022/07/29/drm…

* Bricking Tractors (Inside Agri-Turf)
inside-agriturf.captivate.fm/episode/bricki…

* Blockchain, Bitcoin & Selling The Brooklyn Bridge (@MMTPodcast):
pileusmmt.libsyn.com/135-cory-docto… 16/

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… 17/

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My latest Medium column is "Como is Infosec"

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Today's top sources: @YvesSmith (nakedcapitalism.com), @Slashdot (slashdot.org). 22/