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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!
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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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Cory Doctorow
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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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