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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 4 months ago

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: FTC vs surveillance pricing; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/07/24/gouging-the-all-seeing-eye/

#Pluralistic

A WWII-era photo of a five-story tall prop cash register in front of an apartment block on a busy street. The image has been altered: it has been colorized, and three psychedelic staring eyes have been added to the cash register.

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 4 months ago

Support me this summer on the Clarion Write-A-Thon and help raise money for the Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers' Workshop!

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 4 months ago

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FTC vs surveillance pricing: A prelude to an ass-kicking.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/112842767990433153

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 4 months ago

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Hey look at this

* One in six Conservative voters likely to die before next election, analysis shows https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/conserative-voters-age-next-general-election-b2583660.html (h/t @cstross)
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* What Would Kamala Harris Do About Corporate Power? https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/what-would-kamala-harris-do-about

* Breaking Up the Giants of Harm https://static1.squarespace.com/static/65c9daef199ea70aa66592fe/t/669f0cc835d34a76dcb9328d/1721699547182/Breaking+Up+the+Giants+of+Harm%2C+Balanced+Economy+Project_July+2024.pdf

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 4 months ago

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#15yrsago Ask Google to guarantee privacy for the future of reading https://web.archive.org/web/20100703132925/https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=433

#15yrsago Richard Kadrey's SANDMAN SLIM: a hard-boiled revenge novel from Hell https://memex.craphound.com/2009/07/24/kadreys-sandman-slim-a-hard-boiled-revenge-novel-from-hell/

#10yrsago Michigan sheriff issues inmates black-and-white striped uniforms https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/07/22/michigan-inmates-to-get-black-and-white-striped-uniforms-orange-is-now-too-cool-sheriff-says/

#10yrsago Back pain: Acetaminophen no better than placebos https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(14)60805-9/abstract

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 4 months ago

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#10yrsago Report from America’s militarized, constitution-free border-zone https://www.salon.com/2014/07/20/bring_the_battlefield_to_the_border_how_americas_immigration_wars_were_poisoned_by_the_military_industrial_complex/

#10yrsago Family kicked off Denver Southwest flight because Dad tweeted about the rude gate-agent https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/family-asked-to-leave-sw-plane-after-tweet/

#10yrsago Pirate Bay traffic doubles over three years https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-traffic-doubles-despite-isp-blockades-140717/

#10yrsago Comixology adds DRM-free option! Excelsior! https://memex.craphound.com/2014/07/24/comixology-adds-drm-free-option-excelsior/

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 4 months ago

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#5yrsago Share prices slide as DOJ announces sweeping antitrust investigations of Big Tech https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/23/doj-reportedly-to-open-broad-antitrust-review-of-big-tech-tech-stocks-dip.html

#5yrsago AP: the mob who attacked Hong Kong protesters were rural thugs hired by gangsters https://apnews.com/article/4867ea5aafbd45b78eb1747b8b84c04f

#5yrsago A generalized method for re-identifying people in “anonymized” data-sets https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/23/health/data-privacy-protection.html

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 4 months ago

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#5yrsago William Barr’s terrible, stupid idea to ban working crypto is slightly less terrible and stupid than earlier ideas https://memex.craphound.com/2019/07/24/william-barrs-terrible-stupid-idea-to-ban-working-crypto-is-slightly-less-terrible-and-stupid-than-earlier-ideas/

#5yrsago Because Internet: the new linguistics of informal English https://memex.craphound.com/2019/07/24/because-internet-the-new-linguistics-of-informal-english/

#1yrago Autoenshittification https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/24/rent-to-pwn/#kitt-is-a-demon

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 4 months ago

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Yesterday's threads: Holy CRAP the UN Cybercrime Treaty is a nightmare; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/112835625854125015

Image:
EFF
https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/cybercrime-2024-2b.jpg

CC BY 3.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/ — Image: EFF https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/cybercrime-2024-2b.jpg CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 4 months ago

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My latest nationally bestselling novel is "The Bezzle," an ice-cold revenge story of high-tech finance crime starring the forensic accountant Martin Hench:

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250865878/thebezzle

Signed copies from Chevalier's Books:

https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/product-page/the-bezzle

My latest nonfiction book is "The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation" from Verso Books:

http://seizethemeansofcomputation.org

Signed copies available from Book Soup:

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Both are national bestsellers!

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 4 months ago

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My ebooks and audiobooks (from 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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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 4 months ago

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Upcoming appearances:

* @defcon 32 (Las Vegas), Aug 8-11
https://shop.defcon.org/products/def-con-32-las-vegas-convention-center

* Albacon (Albany/remote), Sep 13-15
https://albacon.org/2024/

* TusCon (Tucson), Nov 8-10
https://tusconscificon.com/

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 4 months ago

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Recent appearances:

* The Paradigm Shift
https://paradigm-shift-on-4zzz.pinecast.co/episode/dbf12eaf/tech-criticism-with-cory-doctorow

* How To Fix The Internet ( @eff)
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/podcast-episode-fighting-enshittification

* Big Tech and the News (Tech Policy Press)
https://www.techpolicy.press/big-tech-and-the-news/

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr · 4 months ago

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