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Inside: When Facebook came for your battery, feudal security failed; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/05/bat…

#Pluralistic 1/

Next week (Feb 8-17), I'll be in #Australia, touring my book #ChokepointCapitalism* with my co-author, @rgibli. We'll be in #Brisbane on Feb 8, and then we're doing a remote event for #NZ on Feb 9. Next are #Melbourne, #Sydney and #Canberra.

chokepointcapitalism.com 2/

When Facebook came for your battery, feudal security failed: A tale of whistleblowers, security through obscurity, and binding arbitration.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1622334469007867904

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Hey look at this

* Amazon’s Endgame prospect.org/power/amazon-b…

* Mastodon Flock mastodon-flock.vercel.app (h/t Waxy)

* Watch David Byrne sing David Bowie's "Heroes" with beautiful, massive backup choir boingboing.net/2023/02/04/wat… 4/

#20yrsago PacBell and Scientology knock Kevin Burton offline web.archive.org/web/2003021908…

#20yrsago Brewster Kahle’s librarian rant web.archive.org/web/2003040920…

#10yrsago Bogosity generators: the secret heart of science fiction rudyrucker.com/blog/2013/02/0… 5/

#10yrsago NYT, 1924: Hitler’s tamed by prison, “no longer to be feared” web.archive.org/web/2013020622…

#5yrsago Trump’s Consumer Finance Protection Board chief gives up on punishing Equifax for doxing the entire United States of America reuters.com/article/us-usa… 6/

#5yrsago The GOP candidate who would represent a suburban Chicago district is an open Holocaust denier, white supremacist and anti-Semite chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2019/… 7/

#5yrsago 139 pieces of (seemingly nonfunctional) malware that exploit Spectre and Meltdown are now circulating in the wild securityweek.com/malware-exploi…>

#1yrago How to design an anti-monopoly interop system pluralistic.net/2022/02/05/tim… 8/

Yesterday's threads: Higher interest rates increase both the monetary supply and inflation; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1621962878952656898

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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… 10/

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… 11/

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/ 12/

Upcoming appearances:

* Avid Reader (#Brisbane), 2/8
avidreader.com.au/pages/6834-Cho…

* Chokepoint Capitalism: A Kiwi Perspective, 2/13
…alism-a-kiwi-perspective.lilregie.com/booking/attend…

* Future of Arts/Culture/Tech, @ACMI, (#Melbourne), 2/14
acmi.net.au/whats-on/in-co… 13/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* @statelibrarynsw (#Sydney), 2/15
sl.nsw.gov.au/events/chokepo…

* ANU/@canberratimes Meet The Author (#Canberra), 2/16
anu.edu.au/events/in-conv…

* @Aus_Digital Copyright Forum (#Canberra), 2/17:
digital.org.au/2022/11/08/doc… 14/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* #Antitrust, Regulation & Political Economy (#Brussels), 3/2:
brusselsconference.com/registration 15/

Recent appearances:

* Chokepoint Capitalism: Can It Be Defeated? (UCL Institute of Brand and Innovation Law):


* A theory of how internet platforms die (Marketplace Tech)
marketplace.org/shows/marketpl…

* Graeber's Pirate Enlightment (Everyday Anarchism) 16/

pca.st/w58ald39 17/

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