Cattle farmers in Queensland are making rapid progress on eliminating the habitat of the endangered koala.

If you're in the UK, tell stores you can only pay cash! If you go to a store, ask the staff if they accept cash, and get no for an answer, it is perfectly reasonable to ask to speak to the manager, then state your unwillingness to identify yourself by using one of today's digital payment system. Then you can say that you disapprove of the store's policy and you will not buy there.

Don't curse at them or revile them -- that would only lead them to regard you as vicious. If you keep a civil but disapproving tone, you will inform them that yes, there are people who feel mistreated by what they are doing.

The store won't know that there are people who object to surveillance capitalism enough to refuse, if we don't tell them!

Apple and Google have repeatedly bowed to Putin's threats by using their power over users on Putin's behalf.

In particular, Apple made use of the fact that the iMonster is a jail (users can't install applications without Apple's approval) to deny Russians the ability to install apps designed to express criticism of Putin.

Apple has already done such things on China's behalf.

Any company that has power to restrict what users can use a computer to do will be compelled to use that power on behalf of evil regimes.

The US should prevent this from happening again, by prohibiting the sale of a computer that's a jail.

Al-Jazeera accuses Russia of severe repression of Crimean Tatars, in Crimea before, and now it parts of Ukraine that the Putin forces have captured.

Cattle farmers in Queensland are making rapid progress on eliminating the habitat of the endangered koala.