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ISP snooping

jeudi 29 mars 2018 à 02:00

Given Facebook’s Privacy Backlash, Why Aren’t We Angrier With the Broadband Industry?

I suspect the answer is that there has been no single identifiable scandal about ISP snooping.

Chemical plant explosion

jeudi 29 mars 2018 à 02:00

A chemical plant in Texas exploded, and it was hard for firefighters and residents of the area to know what to do about it, because Texas allows them to keep their operations secret and the saboteur-in-chief is cooperating with that.

Georgia Senate Bill 315

jeudi 29 mars 2018 à 02:00

Security Experts Say Georgia Senate Bill 315 Could Criminalize Legitimate [Security] Research. It could criminalize a lot of other computer use, must like the stretched interpretation of the federal CFAA.

The 'gig economy'

jeudi 29 mars 2018 à 02:00

The "gig economy" is the result of plutocracy's plan to impoverish most people.

The suicides of taxi drivers illustrate the giant injustice.

Companies such as Uber and Lyft are not morally entitled to the right to use harmful business practices, or to exist at all. If they hurt people — and these companies do — we are entitled to stop them. That is what democracy is for.

The solution is political, and advances are being made even without support from governments.

When we elect nonplutocratic governments, we can go even further. However, we must also carry out our duty as citizens to refuse to buy from companies that mistreat their workers.

I refuse to buy from Amazon. Please join me.

Lies, hoaxes and smears

jeudi 29 mars 2018 à 02:00

How Rightwingers Have Attacked [Marjory Stoneman Douglas High] Students with Lies, Hoaxes And Smears.

I prefer to refer to them by the name of their school, rather than the name of their town, to honor Marjory Stoneman Douglas.