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2026-11-02 00:33:45
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Cory Doctorow
pluralistic@mamot.fr
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Inside: Autodoxing; and more!
Archived at:
https://pluralistic.net/2026/11/02/agony-verification/
#Pluralistic
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An engraving of a high-ceilinged Edwardian bathroom; it has been altered so that all the fixtures are leaking, flooding the floor. Peering up from the flooded water are various robot-heads.
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2026-11-02 00:34:26
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Cory Doctorow
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Autodoxing: The road to hell is paved with badly thought-through tech policy.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/117545881898595009
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2026-11-02 00:34:40
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Hey look at this
* ICE wants its mask back, and hired a company to ask
https://blog.flokinet.is/2026/10/29/ice-wants-its-mask-back-and-hired-a-company-to-ask/
* Is There Life After AI? Cory Doctorow Thinks So.
https://jacobin.com/2026/10/ai-bubble-labor-copyright-competition
* Online censorship is crushing indie webcomics
https://xtramagazine.com/culture/online-censorship-indie-webcomics-284463
* Fascists Thrive On Bad Economics
https://economicpopulist.substack.com/p/fascists-thrive-on-bad-economics
* PrivacySafe Foundation Releases Free Security Tools to Combat Global Cyber Threats
https://www.einpresswire.com/article/952907125/privacysafe-foundation-releases-free-security-tools-to-combat-global-cyber-threats
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2026-11-02 00:35:04
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#25yrsago
NY Post blames pagans from Indianapolis for spam malware
https://web.archive.org/web/20011103073038/http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/33077.htm
#25yrsago
The Shakespeare Programming Language
https://web.archive.org/web/20011207071324/http://shakespearelang.sourceforge.net/report/shakespeare/
#25yrsago
Appeals court: DeCSS is "pure speech"
https://web.archive.org/web/20011102003502/https://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,48075,00.html
#20yrsago
Apple drops Trusted Computing
https://web.archive.org/web/20070106150844/https://www.osxbook.com/book/bonus/chapter10/tpm/
#20yrsago
Microsoft threatens China pull-out over jailed bloggers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6102180.stm
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2026-11-02 00:35:18
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#15yrsago
Righthaven copyright troll’s victims send in US marshals to seize its assets
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2011/11/us-marshals-turned-loose-to-collect-6372080-from-righthaven/
#15yrsago
Supercuts: rapid-cut videos that collect repetition
https://web.archive.org/web/20111103190737/http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/11/supercut/
#15yrsago
Study: why parents help their underage kids pretend to be 13 in order to use Internet sites
https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/3850/3075
#15yrsago
Blue Coat “deep packet inspection” tools used by Syrian secret police and other repressive regimes
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/10/blue-coat-acknowledges-syrian-government-use-its-products
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2026-11-02 00:35:30
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#15yrsago
Extraordinary Catalog of Peculiar Inventions: awesomely dangerous pranks from the age of fraternal lodges
https://memex.craphound.com/2011/11/01/extraordinary-catalog-of-peculiar-inventions-awesomely-dangerous-pranks-from-the-age-of-fraternal-lodges/
#10yrsago
Cable prices have risen at more than double the rate of inflation for 20 years
https://cordcutting.com/news/cable-prices-have-risen-faster-than-inflation-for-each-of-the-past-20-years/
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Typical English village mystified by its cult status among Chinese tourists
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-37820663
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2026-11-02 00:35:40
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#10yrsago
Nebraska’s billionaire governor couldn’t preserve the death penalty through the law, so now he’s buying a ballot initiative
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/11/ricketts-nebraska-death-penalty/
#10yrsago
Anti-vaxx conspiracy leaders back Donald Trump, claim it’s mutual
https://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2016/11/02/donald-trump-and-disgraced-antivaccine-scientist-andrew-wakefield-best-buds-forever
#10yrsago
New, fast-spreading IoT botnet hybridizes two less-effective strains to achieve quick dominance
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/11/new-iot-botnet-that-borrows-from-notorious-mirai-infects-3500-devices/
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2026-11-02 00:35:55
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#1yrago
There's one thing EVERY government can do to shrink Big Tech
https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/01/redistribution-vs-predistribution/#elbows-up-eurostack
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2026-11-02 00:36:05
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Saturday's threads: Formalities; and more!
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/117536847223976096
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2026-11-02 00:36:13
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My latest nonfiction book is the internationally bestselling "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI," from MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux:
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374621568/thereversecentaursguidetolifeafterai/
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My previous nonfiction book is the internationally bestselling "Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It":
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374619329/enshittification/
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2026-11-02 00:36:24
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My ebooks and audiobooks (from FSGxMCD, Tor Books, Head of Zeus, McSweeneys, Beacon, Verso 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."
https://craphound.com/shop/
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2026-11-02 00:36:35
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Cory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances:
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#Kilkenny
: Kilkenomics, Nov 6-8
https://kilkenomics.com/
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#Courtenay
: Enshittification (Sid Williams Theatre Society), Nov 10
https://www.sidwilliamstheatre.com/events/cory-doctorow-talks-enshittification/
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#Vancouver
: BC Policy Solutions Gala, Nov 12
https://bcpolicy.ca/gala/
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#Folkestone
Writers Festival, Nov 16
https://www.creativefolkestone.org.uk/whats-on/cory-doctorow-the-internet-is-broken-now-what/
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#Oxford
: Ministry of the Future, Nov 23
https://ministryforthefuture.co.uk/events.html
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#Sheffield
: Reverse Centaur at Juno Books, Nov 25
https://www.outsavvy.com/event/40274/cory-doctorow-in-conversation
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2026-11-02 00:36:52
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Cory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* Virtual: Enshittification, AI, and the Future of Technology (UBC Master of Educational Technology), Nov 28
https://met.ubc.ca/2026/09/met-speaker-series-cory-doctorow-enshittification-ai-and-the-future-of-technology/
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#Oxford
: Bennett Oxford Symposium on Open Code in Science, Dec 9
https://www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/events/2026-bennett-institute-symposium/
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#Montreal
: World Science Fiction Convention, Sep 2-6
https://montreal2027.ca/en
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2026-11-02 00:37:02
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Recent appearances:
* Clint Eastwood (No Gods No Mayors)
https://www.patreon.com/NoGodsNoMayors/posts/clint-eastwood-173008088
* Life After AI (Brain Bar)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPPa43-n0vI
* Terms of Service with Clare Duffy (CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/terms-of-service-with-clare-duffy/episodes/458ce968-af5d-11f0-b539-13ed2afe25f8
* AI, Work, and Power (Software Engineering Daily)
AI, Work, and Power
https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/podcasts/cory-doctorow-on-ai-work-and-power/
* AI, Corporate Power, and the Fight for Worker Control (Plutopia)
https://plutopia.io/cory-doctorow-ai-corporate-power-and-the-fight-for-worker-control/
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