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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Delegating trust is really, really, really hard (infosec edition); and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/11/09/inf…

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Hey #DC! There's a *very special* invite-only book party for "Chokepoint Capitalism" on Nov 17 and while it's not a public event, there's a limited number of spaces I can distribute on a first come/first serve basis. If you'd like to come, email [e-mail]! 2/

Tomorrow (11/10), I'll be in #Edinburgh for the #RadicalBookFair:
lighthousebookshop.com/events/chokepo…

On Sat (11/12), I'm at @WaterstonesOxf:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/chokepoint-c…

Sun (11/13), I'm presenting at @AaronSwartzDay:
aaronswartzday.org/asd-2022-lives… 3/

Delegating trust is really, really, really hard (infosec edition): Who knows what secrets lurk in your browser's root certificate store?

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1590301458926161920

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Hey look at this

* It looks like I’m moving to Mastodon simonwillison.net/2022/Nov/5/mas… (h/t @Nelson Minar)

* S3C chrisbathgate.blogspot.com/2022/11/s3c.ht…

* Twitter consequences; not just for little people crookedtimber.org/2022/11/04/whi… 5/

#15yrsago Condo ass. claims copyright on Chicago's Marina City Towers arcchicago.blogspot.com/2007/11/stop-t…

#10yrsago Canadian Supreme Court puts Viagra in the public domain because Pfizer wouldn't disclose enough of its workings web.archive.org/web/2012111105… 6/

#10yrsago Microsoft patents spying on you with your TV's camera and fining you if there are too many people watching kotaku.com.au/2012/11/this-k…

#5yrsago At anti-monopoly event, Al Franken blasts big tech wired.com/story/al-frank… 7/

#5yrsago Despite Comcast's "misinformation campaign," Colorodans vote en masse to reject ban on municipal internet arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20… 8/

#5yrsago Family calls cops for help with harassment, cop shoots their dog and complains about the cost of the bullet techdirt.com/2017/11/08/dep…

#5yrsago Gated community developer blames Rand Paul assault on longstanding fights over lawncare, tree branches courier-journal.com/story/news/pol… 9/

#5yrsago The crooked Secret Service agent who stole Silk Road bitcoins did it again after pleading guilty arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20… 10/

#1yrago Stockholm's war on interoperability: An object lesson in how (not) to resolve the tension between comcom and privacy pluralistic.net/2021/11/09/skr… 11/

Yesterday's threads: Tech a la carte; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1589912704118149120

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My latest book is Chokepoint Capitalism (with @rgibli), nonfiction about monopoly and fairness in creative labor markets.

chokepointcapitalism.com

Signed copies available from @BookSoup:

booksoup.com/book/978080700… 13/

My latest novel 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… 14/

My ebooks and audiobooks (from @torbooks, @HoZ_Books, @mcsweeneys, @beaconPressBks et al) 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/ 15/

Upcoming appearances:

* #RadicalBookFair/@Lighthousebks (Edinburgh), 11/10
lighthousebookshop.com/events/chokepo…

* Chokepoint Capitalism at @WaterstonesOxf, Nov 12:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/chokepoint-c…

* @AaronSwartzDay and International Hackathon, Nov 13:
aaronswartzday.org/asd-2022-lives… 16/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Arthur C Clarke Award (DC), 11/16
clarkefoundation.org/2022-awards-ev…

* Chokepoint Capitalism at @ThePeale Museum (Baltimore), 11/18:
thepeale.org/event/book-tal…

* Big Ideas Live (London), 11/19
news.sky.com/bigideaslive 17/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Conversation with @Superwuster, #Informed22/@knightfdn (Miami), 11/30:
informed22.interkinnect.com

* @Aus_Digital Copyright Forum (Canberra), 2/17:
digital.org.au/2022/11/08/doc… 18/

Recent appearances:

* @PitchforkEcon
pitchforkeconomics.com/episode/chokep…

* Why Patients Should Hack Med Tech (@Defcon 30)


* Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan (@Lithub)
lithub.com/cory-doctorow-… 19/

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